Carl Mount — Senior Vice President of Logistics & U.S. Retail Supply Chain at Starbucks

Mr. Carl Mount is Senior Vice President of Logistics and U.S. Retail Supply Chain at Starbucks Corp., since 2018. Mr. Mount is responsible for leading Starbucks global logistics strategy with a focus on demand and supply planning, transportation, distribution, and retail store delivery operations for Starbucks business in the Americas. He also serves on the leadership team for company-owned stores in the United States. Prior to joining Starbucks in 2017, he was the Global Chief Supply Chain Officer for KFC Global, a division of Yum! Brands. He joined Diedrich Coffee in November 1999 as its Vice President'Manufacturing and Purchasing. Mr. Mount served as the interim President of Diedrich Coffee Inc.'s Gloria Jean's division from October 2000 until January 2001. From January 1999 to November 1999, Mr. Mount was a plant manager for the Pepsi Bottling Group in Hayward, California. He served as a Senior Consultant, Manufacturing Services for the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia from July 1998 to January 1999. Prior to this, he served as Group Operations Manager from November 1996 to July 1998, and as Operations Manager from August 1995 to November 1996 for the Coca-Cola Company in Istanbul, Turkey and Bursa, Turkey respectively. Mr. Mount received a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Southern California, and a masters degree in business administration from Santa Clara University.