Alanna Cotton

Alanna Cotton is a Global Consumer Products and Consumer Technology executive with over 30 years of leadership experience. Previously serving as Chief Business Officer, President, and Senior Vice President/General Manager for some of the world's top companies, she is a visionary leader known for delivering on tough business challenges, including business turnarounds, digital transformations, M&A integration, portfolio optimization, and entering new lines of business.

In her previous role as President and Chief Business Officer of Ferrero North America, she was responsible for driving continued growth for Ferrero's business in the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean. She joined Ferrero from The Coca-Cola Company, where she was President of Operations for Central & Eastern Europe and Global Chief Marketing Officer, Still Beverages. Prior to that, as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Samsung Electronics America, she led the growth and introduction of new-to-the-world technologies. She also held executive positions at Fortune 50 companies PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble.

Alanna previously served on the Board of Huntington Bancshares, a top 25 publicly traded retail bank, and Aleph Farms, Inc, a global start-up in the cultivated meat space, advising on M&A & divestitures, succession planning, commercial modernization, and corporate strategy.

Named Corporate Innovator of the Year by DCEO Magazine and one of the Most Powerful Women in Consumer Electronics by Dealerscope Magazine, she has been a featured speaker at Mobile World Congress and the Consumer Electronics Show. Alanna holds an MBA from Stanford University and a B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University.