Wan Ling Martello (1958,

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) is a

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businesswoman. Martello was an executive vice president of

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from 2011 to 2018.

Education

Martello is an American citizen of Chinese heritage, born and raised in the Philippines. She has a

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and

accounting Accounting, also known as accountancy, is the process of recording and processing information about economic entity, economic entities, such as businesses and corporations. Accounting measures the results of an organization's economic activit ...

from

University of the Philippines-Diliman The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; ), also referred to as UP Diliman, is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on February 12, 1949, as the flagsh ...

. She received her MBA from

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. She is fluent in English,

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

Hokkien Chinese Hokkien ( , ) is a variety of the Southern Min group of Chinese languages. Native to and originating from the Minnan region in the southeastern part of Fujian in southeastern China, it is also referred to as Quanzhang ( zh, c=泉漳, poj=C ...

and Tagalog.

Career

From 2005 to 2011, she held executive positions at

Walmart Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States and 23 other ...

. She had the following roles: Executive Vice President of Global eCommerce, Emerging Markets at Walmart, EVP, COO, Global eCommerce; and Senior Vice President, CFO & Strategy for Walmart International. From 2011 to 2018, she worked for

, the world's largest food company, as executive vice president (since 2011),

chief financial officer A chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization who is assigned the primary responsibility for making decisions for the company for projects and its finances; i.a.: financial planning, management of financial risks, ...

(since 2012) and Head of the Asia Zone, she succeeded Jim Singh, executive vice president and chief financial officer, who retired in March 2012, and preceded François-Xavier Roger. In 2018 she was ranked 9th in Forbes' list of most powerful women in business outside of the US. Martello is also a member of the

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and

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References

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