Christian A. Brickman is Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer.

Mr. Brickman joined Kimberly-Clark in 2008 and leads the development and monitoring of the company’s strategic plans and processes to enhance K-C’s enterprise growth initiatives.

Mr. Brickman was most recently a principal in McKinsey & Company’s Dallas office and a leader in the firm’s consumer packaged goods and operations practices. His consulting experience includes a broad mix of strategy, organization and operations projects for leading global packaged goods companies.

Before joining McKinsey, Mr. Brickman was president and CEO of Whitlock Packaging (1998-2001), the largest non-carbonated beverage co-packaging company in the United States. From 1994 through 1998 he was with Guinness/United Distillers, initially as vice president of strategic planning and then as vice president and general manager for Guinness Brewing Worldwide’s Latin America region. His previous experiences included serving as managing consultant for CSC Index Consulting and as marketing director for Aspartame at the NutraSweet Company.

Mr. Brickman was awarded an advanced bachelor’s degree in economics in 1986 from Occidental College in Los Angeles, where he graduated with honors, Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude.