Mathew Holt Email Address

Interim Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President

Fred Meyer Stores, based in Portland, Ore., offers one-stop shopping at its 128 multi-department stores in four Western states. More than 28,000 Fred Meyer associates help customers fill their food, apparel and general merchandise needs in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Stores range in size from 130,000 to 200,000 square feet and carry more than 250,000 products under one roof. Additionally, Fred Meyer contributes more than $3 million to communities across the Northwest each year through grants from the Fred Meyer Foundation as well as corporate donations sponsorships. Fred Meyer is a division of The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR).

Finance executive with over 23 years of progressive leadership experience, including multiple Kroger corporate and division roles and CFO for private equity ownership. ✓ Successful M&A, including the sale of Cardenas Markets from KKR to Apollo. ✓ Proven ability to adapt and evolve to lead meaningful changes across organizations. ✓ Establish partnerships and build consensus to continually improve, add value, and drive growth. ✓ Led several organizational restructures to right-size and gain efficiencies. ✓ A leadership style that models integrity, honesty, and ethical behavior and values diversity at every level. Over the years, I have created and developed great teams by putting people in the right roles to succeed, then, and most importantly, listen to them. Feedback is a gift. I intentionally seek out feedback and promote collaboration. Experiences: M&A due diligence, sell-side due diligence, quality of earnings, rating review process with Moody's and S&P, quarterly lender presentations, cross-department collaboration, strategic and operationally focused, budgeting & forecasting, strategic planning, building high-functioning teams, coaching, mentorship, promoting diversity, talent management, external relations, systems implementation, Oracle/Hyperion/Arbor Essbase, Applied OLAP Dodeca, listening, making teams better