{{short description|American businessman (born 1952)}}
'''H. Todd Stitzer''' (born 10 March 1952)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Blackhurst|first=Chris|date=1 November 2004|title=The MT Interview: Todd Stitzer|url=http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/mt-interview-todd-stitzer/article/455129?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=14 November 2009|website=Management Today}}</ref> is an American businessman who served as the [[chief executive officer]] of [[Cadbury plc]] from 2003 to 2010.
==Early life==
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He joined [[New York City|New York]] law firm, [[Lord Day & Lord]], in 1973 as an associate attorney.
In 1983, joined Cadbury North America as Assistant General Counsel, later becoming marketing chief for US beverages.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Pratley|first=Nils|date=2004-12-04|title=Interview: Todd Stitzer, chief executive of Cadbury Schweppes|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2004/dec/04/cadburyschweppesbusiness|access-date=2020-11-23|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He moved to London in 1991 as Group Development Director and then back to the United States in 1993 as Vicevice-Presidentpresident of Marketing and Strategic Planning and then Chief Operating Officer for Cadbury Beverages, North America.<ref name=":0" /> He was Presidentpresident and Chiefchief Executiveexecutive Officerofficer of [[Dr Pepper/Seven Up]] from 1997 to 2000 and Chief Strategy Officer from 2000 to 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 November 1997|title=Seven Up cuts down - Nov. 4, 1997|url=https://money.cnn.com/1997/11/04/companies/cadbury/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-23|website=CNN Money}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Batt|first=Carolyn|date=6 December 2002|title=Cadbury Schweppes lines up Stitzer as first American chief|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2835727/Cadbury-Schweppes-lines-up-Stitzer-as-first-American-chief.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-23|website=The Telegraph|language=en-GB}}</ref> He joined the board of Cadbury plc in 2000 and in 2003, was appointed Chiefchief Executiveexecutive Officerofficer.<ref name=":1" /> On 2 February 2010, [[Kraft Foods Inc.]] successfully completed the acquisition of Cadbury which was originally a [[hostile takeover]], the next day Stitzer along with Cadbury Chairman Roger Carr announced their resignations.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2010-02-03|title=Cadbury bosses Todd Stitzer and Roger Carr leave after Kraft takeover|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/business/cadbury-bosses-todd-stitzer-and-roger-carr-leave-after-kraft-takeover-6745170.html|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Evening Standard|language=en}}</ref>
Stitzer has two children, a son and a daughter, and homes in [[Connecticut]] and [[Surrey]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>[[#refDavidsonNov2003|Davidson, Nov 2003]]</ref>
