Kraft Foods International President to Speak for Distinguished Leaders Series

Series Brings Established, High-Level Business Leaders to Campus

WHAT: Sanjay Khosla, executive vice president and president, international for Kraft Foods, will speak at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business as part of the Distinguished Leaders Series. The event is open to the public.

The Distinguished Leaders Series annually brings to Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business accomplished leaders who share their unique experiences with undergraduate and graduate business students.

WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, 4:30 p.m.

WHERE: Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, 37th & O Streets, NW, Rafik B. Hariri Building, 
Lohrfink Auditorium, Washington, DC

RSVP: Media who are interested in covering the event should contact Teresa Mannix, director of media relations, at (202) 687-4080 or tmm53@georgetown.edu.

NOTE: Mr. Khosla will be unable to answer questions regarding Cadbury.

BACKGROUND:
Sanjay Khosla joined Kraft Foods in 2007 and leads its businesses in developing markets, specifically the Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, and Middle Eastern, African, and Latin American regions. He also has strategic oversight of Kraft’s global category teams.

Before working at Kraft Foods, Khosla was with Fonterra Cooperative Group, a multinational dairy company based in New Zealand, where he served as managing director of the company’s consumer and foodservice business. Prior to joining Fonterra in 2004, Khosla spent 27 years with Unilever in India, London, and Europe. He most recently was senior vice President, global beverages and chairman of Unilever’s $4 billion beverages category.

Khosla graduated with honors in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. In 1998, he completed the Harvard University Advanced Management Program. That same year, he was named “Marketing Superstar” by Advertising Age. He currently serves on the board of directors of Best Buy and NIIT, a global information technology education company based in India, and he is a trustee of the Goodman Theater in Chicago. Khosla has taught courses on managing international brands and business at Columbia University and IMD in Switzerland.

SERIES SCHEDULE:
The remaining events in the series will be held in Lohrfink Auditorium at 4:30 p.m. They include:

• Tuesday, Nov. 10: Patrick McCloskey, managing director, Evolution Markets, Inc.
• Monday, Nov. 16: Stephen Spinelli Jr., president of Philadelphia University and co-founder of Jiffy Lube
• Wednesday, Nov. 18: Wyatt Andrews, CBS correspondent
• Tuesday, Dec. 1: General Peter Pace (Ret.), former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
• Thursday, Dec. 3: Cheryl Healton, CEO of the American Legacy Foundation
• Monday, Dec. 7: Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen
• Tuesday, Jan. 26: J. Willard “Bill” Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO of Marriott International, Inc.

About Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business

Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business is a premier business school located at the center of world politics and business in Washington, D.C. Some 1,400 undergraduates, 1,000 MBA students, and 500 participants in executive education programs study business with an intensive focus on leadership and a global perspective. Founded in 1957, the business school today resides in the new Rafik B. Hariri Building, a state-of-the-art facility that blends the tradition of Georgetown University with forward-thinking functionality. For more information about Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, visit http://msb.georgetown.edu.