VIRGINIA | Mars announced Marina F. Bellini will join the organisation to lead operations, global business services, and enterprise digital technologies across Mars.
This is a $50bn+ business with a diverse and expanding portfolio of leading pet care products, veterinary services, and quality snacking and food products. Bellini has been based in Newark and reported to Claus Aagaard, CFO of Mars, Incorporated.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Marina to Mars. She joins us with outstanding experience driving high-impact change across various global industries. I’m confident she’ll continue transforming our GBS organisation into best-in-class operations and services – creating further value for Mars,” said Aagaard.
Bellini has more than 25 years of experience leading digital, technology, data and shared services teams in global consumer packaged goods (CPG) and financial services.
A transformational leader in billion-dollar businesses, she has a proven record of building operating models designed to transform operations, IT, digital, data and analytics, and business services into high-value inputs to businesses and customers.
“A global, family-owned, purpose-driven business, Mars has a strong reputation for doing well and good. I’m excited to join this iconic organisation,” said Bellini.
“I look forward to bringing what I know about digital, technology, data enablement, and shared services to build on the solid foundation and unlock opportunities for Mars and Associates.”
Bellini joined Mars after serving as the COO of Itaú Unibanco, Latin America's largest bank, for the past two years. She has worked with organisations around the globe, including in Latin America, North America and Europe, where she has led various digital transformations and turned data and transactions into outstanding customer experience, growth, and efficiency.
Before Itaú Unibanco, Bellini led the digital transformation at BAT as CIO/CDO. She also drove value creation as CIO for PepsiCo Latin America and global categories. She worked for AB InBev for 13 years in regional and global roles, including IT, digital, data and analytics, and operations, ultimately becoming global CIO and GBS SVP.
