Ann M. Fudge Chairman & CEO Young & Rubicam Brands, a subsidiary of WPP
Ann M. Fudge, 59, Former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Young & Rubicam Brands, global marketing communications network, New York, New York. Director since 1999. Ms. Fudge received a BA degree from Simmons College and an MBA from Harvard University. Ms. Fudge served as the chairman and chief executive officer of Young & Rubicam from 2003 to the end of 2006. Prior to joining Young & Rubicam, Ms. Fudge worked at General Mills and at General Foods, where she served in a number of positions including president of Kraft General Foods? Maxwell House Coffee Company and president of Kraft?s Beverages, Desserts and Post Divisions. Ms. Fudge is a director of Novartis AG and Unilever PLC. She is chair of the U.S. Program Advisory Panel of the Gates Foundation, a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation and serves on the Advisory Council of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture and President Obama?s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Leadership, Government and Marketing experience?former CEO of marketing communications company (Young & Rubicam); former president of leading consumer products business units (General Mills and General Foods); member of presidential commission (National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform). Global and Industry experience?former CEO of large multinational company (Young & Rubicam); director of global healthcare products company (Unilever).
