As group vice president for Grocery Products, Luis Marconi is responsible for the leadership and general direction of the company’s grocery business.
Marconi began his career with Hormel Foods in 2000 as the manager of international sales and marketing in the international division. Prior to joining Hormel Foods, Marconi spent nine years in several international marketing roles at The Quaker Oats Company.
He advanced in 2006 to a senior role in the Grocery Products division as manager of international joint ventures. In 2009, when the MegaMex Foods joint venture was formed, Marconi was appointed managing director by the board of managers. He was named the vice president of Grocery Products marketing in 2012 and assumed his current role in 2016.
Marconi graduated from Pontifical Xaverian University in Colombia with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering and received his master of business administration degree from Icesi University. He is also a graduate of the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Executive Program in Minneapolis.
He and his wife, Juliana, have two children.