Mr. Ronald L. Sargent has been the Chairman and Interim Chief Executive Officer of the company since March 2025 and Director of the company since 2006. Previously, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Staples from 2002 to 2016. Prior to joining Staples, he spent 10 years with Kroger in several roles across stores, sales, marketing, manufacturing and strategy.

Mr. Timothy A. Massa has been the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer of the company since March 2025. Previously, he served as the Senior Vice President from June 2018 to March 2025. Prior to this, he served as Group Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations from June 2014 to June 2018. Previously, he served as Vice President of Corporate Human Resources and Talent Development. Mr. Massa also served in various Human Resources leadership roles including Global Human Resources Director of Customer Business Development at Procter & Gamble.

Mr. Brian W. Nichols has been Vice President and Corporate Controller of the company since March 2024. Previously, he served as Vice President, Assistant Corporate Controller of Kroger from April 2021 to March 2024. Prior to this, he served as the Senior Director and Assistant Corporate Controller from May 2018 to April 2021. Earlier, he served as the Senior Director and Assistant Corporate Controller at Kroger. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles, including Senior Manager of Corporate and External Financial Reporting and Senior Financial Analyst of SEC Reporting. He joined Kroger in 2000 as Assistant Controller of the Central Division.

Mr. Yael Cosset has been the Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer of the company since March 2025. Previously, he was the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of the company. He also served as the Chief Digital Officer of the company from 2017 to 2019. Prior to this, Mr. Cosset served as the Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Information Officer of 84.51° LLC from 2015 to 2016. Earlier, Mr. Cosset held various roles including Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of dunnhumby USA LLC from 2009 to 2015.

Ms. Mary Ellen Adcock has been Executive Vice President and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer of the company March 2025. Previously, she served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Merchant and Marketing Officer from December 2024 to March 2025. Earlier, she served as the Senior Vice President of Retail Operations. Previously, she served as the s Group Vice President of Retail Operations from June 2016 to April 2019. Prior to this, she held leadership roles in Kroger’s Columbus Division, including Vice President of Operations and Vice President of Merchandising. Earlier, she served as Vice President of Natural Foods Merchandising and as Vice President of Deli/Bakery Manufacturing and held several leadership positions in the manufacturing department, including human resources manager, general manager and division operations manager.