Maria Henry is the independent lead director of General Mills, the American packaged food group. She spoke for the board on 30 September 2026 when it announced that chief operating officer Dana McNabb had been named chief executive officer and that Jeff Harmening would become executive chair.
Career History
- Independent Lead Director, General Mills
What Maria Henry brings to the lead independent director role at General Mills: the independent directors' voice on a chief executive succession in which the outgoing chief executive remains on the board as executive chair. That structure places particular weight on the lead independent director in defining the new chief executive's room to act.
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