MICHAEL DAVIS
Age: 55
Position: Senior vice president for global human resources at General Mills
Education: A certified public accountant who holds an MBA from the University of Chicago as well as bachelor's degrees in industrial management and computer science from Purdue University.
Career: Responsible for all human resource functions at General Mills. Specialty is executive compensation. Before joining General Mills, Davis worked for 15 years as a consultant with Towers Perrin. He lectures frequently on human resource issues at colleges and universities, including Harvard and Columbia.