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Marc Firestone is Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Affairs and General Counsel for Kraft Foods Inc. Firestone is responsible for the company's corporate and government affairs, legal and compliance functions worldwide.
Firestone previously served as Kraft’s EVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. In that role, he was responsible for the company's legal function worldwide and also served as Corporate Secretary of Kraft Foods Inc.
Prior to joining Altria Group, Inc. (formerly Philip Morris Companies Inc.) in 1988, where he held a number of senior management positions within Legal and Regulatory affairs, Firestone was an attorney at Arnold & Porter. In 1993, Firestone was named Regional Counsel for Philip Morris Europe, covering Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, based in Switzerland. From 1995 to 1997, Firestone rejoined Philip Morris Companies Inc. as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Regulatory Affairs and Associate General Counsel.
He returned to Switzerland in 1998 as Chief Counsel for Philip Morris Europe. In 2001, he became Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Philip Morris International. Firestone joined Kraft in 2003 as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Kraft Foods, and later that year was named Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Kraft Foods.
Firestone earned his B.A. in Romance Languages and Philosophy from Washington & Lee University and received his J.D. from Tulane University School of Law. | 