Fortune Brands names Belcourt to executive role

Fortune Brands Home & Security said Tracey Belcourt has joined the company as the senior vice president of global growth and development.

Belcourt brings more than 17 years of experience in global strategy, mergers and acquisitions and business development. She comes to Fortune Brands from Mondelez International, where she spent four years as the executive vice president of strategy focused on development and execution of the company's global growth strategies. Prior to that she spent 13 years consulting at Bain & Company where she had an opportunity to work with global clients in the industrial products, airline and consumer products categories with a focus on strategic performance and growth. She began her career in academia at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, then at the University of Bonn in Germany. Belcourt holds both a Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and a B.S. in economics and mathematics from the University of Alberta.

Belcourt will partner with the executive team to identify, assess and execute opportunities to grow the business around the world in current segments, adjacencies, new segments and new geographies. She will also lead strategic planning and insights.