Florence Makope

Florence Makope serves as the vice president for the finance department and as company treasurer at Hormel Foods. In these roles, she is responsible for global treasury operations including banking and cash management, enterprise risk management, and customer credit.

Prior to joining Hormel Foods, Makope was director of the strategy deployment for Oshkosh Corporation, where she led the strategic planning process for the global manufacturing company. Prior to leading strategy, she was the company’s director of international finance. Before joining Oshkosh Corporation, Makope worked for Plexus Corp., as treasurer and assistant treasurer. She also worked for CARE USA where she managed global treasury services. Earlier in her career, she was the co-founder and director of finance and administration for Trade Finance Company. Makope began her career at British American Tobacco, where she held several positions of increasing responsibility, and ultimately held the position of group treasury manager.