Christopher Kirkham Email & Phone Number

Greater Chicago Area

Strategic marketing consultant with 15+ years of experience building businesses ranging from nascent to well-established $1B+ brands at international consumer packaged goods companies. Expert in general management, business transformation, margin improvement, operations, research and development. Professional development coach for several senior managers.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Member of Board of Directors.

Greater Chicago Area

Leading value chain transformation across multiple functions including international commercial, supply chain, and regulatory.

Responsible for commercial strategies and local implementation (primarily China, India and Southeast Asia) for a $5 billion international healthcare/consumer goods division. Managed three senior program managers and 1 summer intern.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Responsible for overall operations of $105 million nutrition franchise including sales, marketing and portfolio strategy, P&L management, organizational development, long range planning, new product launches,consumer, medical, and trade communication and promotions, regulatory affairs, government relations, and supply chain operations. A turn-around story.

Responsible for developing objectives, strategies and tactics and managing their successful implementation for Abbott Nutrition International/Asia (China, Japan, SE Asia, India, Middle East/Africa) reporting to the Division President.

Responsible for global brand strategies, marketing program development and implementation for key pediatric nutrition products generating over $800 million in revenue.

Responsible for Molson Canadian & Canadian Light brand marketing, promotion, and distribution in the on premise(bar and restaurant) environment.

Responsible for all aspects of direct to consumer promotion, trade management, new product strategy and product development for a $53 million per year new acquisition. Led cross-functional brand integration team. Professional development mentor for associate brand manager and two brand assistants.

Combat proven carrier aviator with over 1,000 hours’ flight time primarily in the Pacific and Persian Gulf areas of operation. As Director, Integrated Warfare Architecture (IWAR) program, supervised the capital asset andprogram planning process for the U.S. Navy balancing a $42 billion deficit in the Future Years Defense Plan.Awarded the Meritorious.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Systems Management

Activities and Societies: McClellan Award for academic excellence. Chairman, Macintosh Users' Group. Teaching Assistant.

Ba, Political Science, International Relations

Activities and Societies: Midshipman Lieutenant, NROTC. Editor "Wildcat" NROTC Newspaper. Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity, Photographer and.