John P. Bilbrey ("J.P") was the president and CEO of

The Hershey Company The Hershey Company, commonly known as Hershey's, is an American multinational company and one of the largest chocolate manufacturers in the world. It also manufactures baked products, such as cookies and cakes, and sells beverages like milksh ...

from May 17, 2011, to March 2017. Bilbrey is currently the interim chief executive officer for Olaplex, where he was previously the executive officer on the board.

Career

In addition to his work as the president and CEO of The Hershey Company, Bilbrey also is a director of the company. Bilbrey was the interim president and CEO for a month in April and May 2011 after David J. West resigned. He was previously the executive vice president and COO of Hershey from November 2, 2010, until May 17, 2011. He was the president of North America at The Hershey Company from December 2007 until November 2010 and was the senior vice president from November 2005 until November 2010. Before his work at Hershey, he held executive jobs at

Mission Foods Mission Foods, a subsidiary of Gruma Corporation, is an American manufacturer of tortillas and tortilla-related products based in Irving, Texas. History Mission Foods was founded as a subsidiary of Grupo Maseca in California in 1977 as a brand ...

and Danone Waters of North America Inc. He spent 22 years at The

Procter & Gamble The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...

Co. where he worked in both U. domestic business and in international assignments.

Education

Bilbrey has a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

from

Kansas State University Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...

, where he ran track and was a member of

Delta Sigma Phi Delta Sigma Phi (), commonly known as Delta Sig or D Sig, is a fraternities and sororities, fraternity established in 1899 at City College of New York, The City College of New York (CCNY). It was the first fraternity to be founded on the basis o ...

Director roles

Bilbrey has been a director at McCormick & Co. Inc. since November 22, 2005, and a director of The Hershey Company since June 2011.

References

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