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Kellogg Company’s board of directors has elected John A Bryant, the company’s president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board effective July 1, 2014. Current chairman James M. Jenness will remain on the board as a non-executive director.

John A Bryant has been a member of the company’s board of directors since July 2010. He has been president and CEO since January 2011. Bryant joined Kellogg in 1998. Prior to becoming CEO, he held a variety of key senior leadership roles including chief financial officer, president of Kellogg North America, president of Kellogg International, and chief operating officer.

John A Bryant succeeds Jenness, who has worked with and for Kellogg Company for 40 years. He has been a Kellogg Company board member since 2000. Jenness also served as the company’s chief executive officer from February 2005 until Dec. 31, 2006. Prior to joining Kellogg, Jenness was co-founder and chief executive officer of Integrated Merchandising Systems LLC, and served as vice chairman and chief operating officer of Leo Burnett Company.