Helen Mills Joins Mars Petcare as VP Corporate Affairs

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - Mars Petcare announced today that Helen
Mills will join their global management team as the leader of
Corporate Affairs. Mills has over 20 years of experience in
communications, advocacy and change management, and her background in
the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry will complement the Mars
Petcare strategy to offer holistic care of pets from nutrition to
veterinary care.

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Mills will join Mars Petcare in March from Amgen, one of the world's
leading biotechnology companies, where she led Corporate Affairs for
Amgen's global Commercial business for the last five years.

Before joining Amgen, Mills managed a global Corporate Affairs team
at AstraZeneca in Sweden and the UK. Mills also managed external
communication for one of GlaxoSmithKline's global therapeutic
franchises based in the UK and spent three years at PR agency, Hill &
Knowlton, first in London, and later in Australia, where she ran
H&K's Melbourne healthcare practice.

"We are very excited to welcome Helen to Mars Petcare," said Poul
Weihrauch, Global President, Mars Petcare. "Her passion, and
experience will help us advance our purpose of creating A Better
World for Pets."

"I'm delighted to be joining Mars, a world class company and a leader
in many categories, and excited to help to grow the Mars Petcare
business around the globe," said Mills.

"As Mars continues to increase its external engagement on issues
important to our business and society, we are pleased to be building
our Corporate Affairs capabilities from within and by adding new team
members like Helen," said Andy Pharoah, VP Corporate Affairs and
Strategic Initiatives, Mars, Incorporated.

About Mars Petcare

Mars Petcare is the world's leading pet nutrition and health care
business that strives to make A Better World for Pets(TM) every day.
Mars Petcare believes that pets make our lives better and that pet
ownership brings joy and benefits which should be accessible to
everyone. Mars Petcare has a total of 41 brands in our portfolio,
including billion dollar brands PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, ROYAL CANIN® and
BANFIELD®. Other leading brands include: IAMS®, CESAR®, SHEBA®,
NUTRO®, DREAMIES®, EUKANUBA®, BLUEPEARL® and PET PARTNERS(TM). And
the WALTHAM Centre for Pet Nutrition, a leading scientific authority
on pet nutrition and wellbeing. Mars Petcare has more than 40,000
Associates worldwide.

About Mars, Incorporated

Mars, Incorporated is a private, family-owned business with more than
a century of history, $35 billion in sales, and diverse business
segments producing some of the world's best-loved brands: PEDIGREE®,
ROYAL CANIN®, IAMS®, BANFIELD® CESAR® (Petcare); M&M'S®, SNICKERS®,
DOVE®, GALAXY®, MARS®, MILKY WAY®, TWIX® (Chocolate); DOUBLEMINT®,
EXTRA®, ORBIT®, 5(TM), SKITTLES® (Wrigley); UNCLE BEN'S®, DOLMIO®,
MASTERFOODS®, SEEDS OF CHANGE® (Food); ALTERRA COFFEE ROASTERS(TM),
THE BRIGHT TEA COMPANY(TM), KLIX® FLAVIA® (Drinks); and COCOAVIA®
(Symbioscience). Headquartered in McLean, VA, Mars operates in 421
facilities across 78 countries, where our more than 80,000 Associates
-all united by the company's Five Principles of Quality, Efficiency,
Responsibility, Mutuality and Freedom -strive every day to create
relationships with our stakeholders that deliver growth we are proud
of.

For more information about Mars, Incorporated, please visit
http://www.mars.com. Follow us on Facebook
(https://www.facebook.com/Mars/), Twitter
(https://twitter.com/MarsGlobal), LinkedIn
(https://www.linkedin.com/company/mars) and YouTube
(https://www.youtube.com/marsincorporated).

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