Kevin B. George

Biography

 Mr. Kevin B. George serves as Chief Marketing Officer at Acosta, Inc., and has been its President of Mosaic since June 07, 2016. Mr. George served as President of Acosta Marketing Group at Acosta, Inc. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Beam Suntory Inc. (formerly, Beam, Inc.) since September 28, 2009. He served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President of Beam Global Spirits & Wine LLC from September 28, 2009 to October 2011. Prior to joining Beam, Mr. George spent 13 years at Unilever, an international manufacturer of food, home care, and personal care products, where he held senior management and brand development positions of increasing responsibility. Mr. George served as General Manager and Vice President of Combined Antiperspirant Deodorant & Hair Care Business of Unilever United States, Inc. since January 22, 2008 to 2009. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Deodorants and hair care business unit of Unilever N.V. and Unilever plc from January 2006 to 2009. Previously, he served as Marketing Director for the Deodorant business of Unilever from 2003 to 2005. Since joining Unilever, Mr. George served various marketing roles as a Member of the Home and Personal Care team. He served as Vice President and General Manager of Unilever's Chicago-based Deodorant business. Prior to Unilever, he spent seven years in the spirits industry at Seagram Americas, where he held key sales and marketing positions for a number of premium spirits brands. His other roles included director of marketing, director of customer marketing, director of customer planning and strategy, director of Wal-Mart International and customer marketing manager, Wal-Mart. He serves on the governing board of the Chicago CMO Executive Summit and is an active member of the Boys and Girls Club of America. Mr. George holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Pepperdine University and Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from Miami University of Ohio.

Research Interest

 Accounting & Marketing