Executive Vice President for Legal and Regulatory Affairs
ConAgra Foods
Robert F. Sharpe Jr. has been appointed executive vice president for legal and regulatory affairs at ConAgra Foods.
Sharpe was most recently a partner with the Brunswick Group LLC, a privately held global financial communications firm, where he had worked since 2002. Prior to that, Sharpe was senior vice president, public affairs, secretary and general counsel for PepsiCo Inc., where he had responsibility for the company’s worldwide law and government affairs functions. Sharpe had also served as senior vice president and general counsel at RJR Nabisco.
Sharpe earned a bachelor of arts from DePauw University, a bachelor of science from Purdue University, and a juris doctorate from Wake Forest University. He serves on the board of Ameriprise Financial Inc., formerly American Express Financial Advisors.