mattel inc (MAT:NASDAQ GS)

Executive Profile*

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Mr. Robert A. Eckert, Bob, served as the Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc. from May 2000 to December 31, 2011. Mr. Eckert joined Mattel Inc. in May 2000 from Kraft Foods Inc. He is a 23-year veteran of Kraft and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer from October 1997 to May 2000. He was responsible for overseeing all of Kraft's business units and for leading its policy decision-making board. He served as Group Vice President of Kraft Foods Inc. from ... 1995 to 1997 where he was responsible for its Oscar Mayer Foods and North American Foodservice Division, along with the Operations, Sales and Customer Service, Technology, Marketing Services, and Business Development staff functions. Mr. Eckert served as the President of Oscar Mayer Foods division of Kraft Foods Inc. from 1993 to 1995. He also oversaw the introduction of new varieties of Oscar Mayer Lunchables Lunch Combinations, which has consistently delivered double-digit volume growth. He joined Kraft Foods in 1977 and held a variety of marketing positions until he was named Vice President of Strategy and Development for Kraft's Grocery Products Division in 1987, Vice President of Marketing for Refrigerated Products in 1989, and Executive Vice President of Kraft Foods and General Manager of the Kraft Cheese Division in 1990. He serves as Chairman of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. Mr. Eckert served as the Chairman of the Board of Mattel Inc. from May 2000 to December 31, 2012. He has been a Director for Levi Strauss & Co. since May 10, 2010 and Amgen Inc. since January 1, 2013. He has been a Director of McDonald's Corporation since 2003. He serves as a Member of Dean's Advisory Board of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and serves as a Member of the Board of Visitors at The Anderson School at UCLA. He serves on the Eller College of Management National Board of Advisors at the University of Arizona. He serves as a Director of the Business Council in Washington D.C. He served as a Director of Mattel Inc. from May 2000 to December 31, 2012 and Amgen Inc. until December 31, 2012. He is a Member of the Asia Society, the Business Council, the Young President' Organization in Los Angeles and Town Hall Los Angeles. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Arizona in 1976, a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. in marketing and finance from Northwestern University in 1977.

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