John Moorhead

After completing his MBA, John Moorhead spent almost thirty years working in marketing in the food and beverages industry.

He began his career as product manager responsible for marketing at General Mills, and then went on to become marketing director at PepsiCo-Frito Lay, vice president of Marketing at Taco Bell, and vice president of Marketing at PepsiCo.

In 1997, he was named president of Bestfoods, where was responsible for commercial management of branded food products (Knorr, Hellmann's, Mazola). He went on to help lead the turnaround of the Home & Office Papers division of International Paper.