Kroger Names Emilee De Martino Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Kroger (NYSE: KR) appointed Emilee De Martino as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, succeeding Tim Massa, who plans to retire on September 18.
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Kroger (NYSE: KR) appointed Emilee De Martino as Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, succeeding Tim Massa, who plans to retire on September 18. De Martino joins from McDonald's, where she led people strategy for International Operated Markets, overseeing more than 750,000 employees across 19 countries.
She intends to begin by engaging Kroger associates across stores, distribution centers, manufacturing facilities and offices. Her background spans senior roles at McDonald's, CNA Financial, Accenture and Mercer. Kroger reports more than 400,000 associates serving over 11 million customers daily across its family of companies.
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Key Figures
- Countries overseen
- 19 countries
- Scope of people strategy at McDonald's international operated markets
- Workforce led
- more than 750,000 employees
- Workforce under De Martino at McDonald's international operated markets
- Tenure at McDonald's
- eight years
- Period De Martino spent at McDonald's Corporation
- Kroger associates
- more than 400,000 associates
- Kroger workforce size across its family of companies
- Customers served daily
- over 11 million customers
- Daily customers served via e-commerce and retail food stores
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De Martino joins Kroger from McDonald's Corporation, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer for International Operated Markets. In that role, she led people strategy across 19 countries and a workforce of more than 750,000 employees, working closely with business leaders to drive growth, transformation and an elevated employee experience.
During her eight years at McDonald's, De Martino made significant contributions to the company, including shaping and embedding the company's People Brand Standards and Values across the global system and advancing enterprise transformation efforts to fuel sustainable growth. Known for her commitment to talent development and employee experience, she fostered a high-performing, people-first culture, contributing to record levels of restaurant crew retention across the International Operated Markets.
"Emilee is a proven leader with a track record of building strong people organizations at scale," said Greg Foran, CEO of Kroger. "Her experience leading transformation across one of the world's largest workforces, combined with her commitment to developing talent, makes her exceptionally well-suited to lead the next chapter of our people work at Kroger."
Prior to McDonald's, De Martino served as Vice President of Change and Culture at CNA Financial Corporation, where she led organizational transformation initiatives, including multiple system transformations, organization redesign and modernization efforts throughout the company. During her tenure, De Martino played a critical role in harnessing culture, talent and leadership development to drive performance. Before joining CNA Financial Corporation, De Martino worked in management consulting at Accenture and
"Kroger is one of the most respected companies in America, with a long-standing commitment to its associates and the communities it serves," said De Martino. "I am honored to join an organization where people are central to the strategy and excited to work with associates across the business to continue building Kroger as an employer of choice."
De Martino holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration & Management from Fort Hays State University and a Master of Business Administration from Kansas State University. She also completed
About Kroger
At The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), we are dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit™. We are, across our family of companies more than 400,000 associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through an e-Commerce experience and retail food stores under a variety of banner names, serving America through food inspiration and uplift, and creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities. To learn more about us, visit our newsroom and investor relations site.
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