Paul Thompson

Paul Thompson has over 25 years of experience in the finance industry. Paul began their career at Diageo in 1994 as a Senior Manager in Corporate Finance for The Pillsbury Company. Paul then spent three years as the Finance Director for Nestle S.A., before taking on the role of Finance Director for Marketing at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, they joined Safeway as the Senior Vice President of Finance, Pricing & Enterprise Systems, a position they held for 10 years until leaving to become the President of KinderCare Education in 2015.

Paul Thompson has a BA in Accounting from Gustavus Adolphus College.

Some direct reports include Abe Lietz - SVP & CIO, Tony Amandi - EVP & CFO.