Jeff Harmening is executive chair designate of General Mills, moving to the role at the start of 2027 after serving as chief executive officer of the Minneapolis packaged food group since 2017. He led the company through the pandemic-era demand surge and the subsequent inflation and volume-normalisation cycle that reshaped the packaged food sector.
Harmening was named chief executive of General Mills in 2017. On 30 September 2026 the board announced that he would become executive chair and that chief operating officer Dana McNabb had been named to succeed him as chief executive. Announcing the decision, the board's independent lead director credited his "steadfast and calm leadership during nearly a decade of extraordinary and unprecedented circumstances."
Career History
- Executive Chair designate, General Mills (from 2027)
- Chief Executive Officer, General Mills (2017 to 2026)
What Jeff Harmening brings to the executive chair role at General Mills: board-level continuity through a chief executive transition that the company has framed around a change of pace rather than a change of strategy. An executive chair who has run the business for nine years gives the board direct insight into how far the incoming chief executive's growth reinvestment should go.
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