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David Kennerley

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Chief Financial Officer at Kroger
📍 United States

David Kennerley is the Chief Financial Officer at Kroger, bringing nearly 24 years of extensive financial leadership from PepsiCo, where he most recently served as CFO for Europe. His experience spans the UK, USA, and EMEA, giving him a broad international and commercial finance background.

His academic roots are in humanities, having studied French and German at University College London. This international and linguistic foundation complements his global business experience and his early career as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen.

After a distinguished 24-year career at PepsiCo, he transitioned from the CPG sector to lead the finances of one of Americas largest grocery retailers.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Chief Financial Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Financial Performance
In his public communications and earnings calls, he consistently emphasizes delivering strong quarterly results and building a solid financial foundation for Kroger.
eCommerce & Digital
He frequently highlights the impressive performance and growth of Kroger's eCommerce business as a key strategic priority and a significant contributor to recent success.
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Career

Work history

3-2025
Chief Financial Officer
Kroger
3-2020 - 3-2025
Chief Financial Officer, Europe
PepsiCo
11-2019 - 3-2020
Senior Vice President Finance, FP&A and Commercial
PepsiCo
2-2019 - 11-2019
Senior Vice President, Commercial Finance
PepsiCo
2-2015 - 1-2018
Vice President, Finance, North America Beverages
PepsiCo, Inc
In the press

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Kroger names PepsiCo executive David Kennerley as its next CFO. Featured in Reuters
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Education
1993 - 1997
French and German
UCL
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