Chicago, Illinois, United States, January 2026 — Richard Chambers has started a new role as Vice President, Global Talent Management at Mondelēz International, where he will lead the organization’s global talent management strategy, leadership development, organizational effectiveness and enterprise capability-building agenda as the company continues to strengthen its people-first growth culture worldwide.
Richard joins Mondelēz International after an impactful eight-year tenure at General Mills, where he most recently served as Director of Enterprise Talent, Change & Organizational Effectiveness. In this role, he led enterprise-wide change, transformation and organizational effectiveness initiatives, strengthening leadership capability, data-driven talent strategies and workforce effectiveness across global operations.
Prior to this, he was Director of Enterprise Change & Transformation at General Mills, driving strategic transformation programs and embedding change management frameworks to enhance business agility and enterprise performance. He earlier served as Director, Talent Management and Manager, Talent Management, where he built leadership development pipelines, talent analytics capabilities and enterprise learning frameworks supporting long-term succession and leadership readiness.
Before General Mills, Richard spent close to four years at PepsiCo, where he held multiple enterprise talent management roles, contributing to leadership development, change management and talent analytics initiatives across large-scale corporate environments.
He began his career with early consulting and research roles at AROS Consulting, Louisiana Tech University, and Prometric, building strong foundations in analytics-driven talent strategy and organizational development.
Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is a global leader in snacking, employing more than 80,000 people worldwide. Headquartered in Illinois, the company is home to iconic brands such as Oreo, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Milka, Toblerone, Sour Patch Kids, belVita, LU and Trident. Guided by its purpose to empower people to snack right, Mondelēz focuses on accelerating consumer-centric growth, driving operational excellence and building a winning growth culture across global markets.
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