Robert McCutcheon is an accomplished business executive and corporate director with more than 35 years of experience leading major businesses, driving transformation, and creating long-term value. His career spans Fortune 500 corporations, global consumer products companies, and privately held enterprises, including leadership of multibillion-dollar businesses and complex international operations. With experience across consumer-packaged goods, manufacturing, retail, and branded durable goods, he brings a broad perspective on business strategy, innovation, organizational leadership, and sustainable growth.
Robert’s corporate career culminated in his leadership of Husqvarna’s North American business as president and CEO. Before that, he led Britax Child Safety’s Americas operations and held the position of president at Conagra Brands, a Fortune 500 branded foods company, where he had responsibility for businesses with more than $3 billion in annual sales. His earlier experience includes executive and management positions at Walmart, Gillette, and Conoco.
Beyond his corporate executive roles, Robert has been an entrepreneur and investor, successfully building and selling a consumer services business. He currently serves on the board of Printpack, a privately held packaging company, bringing his experience in strategy, governance, innovation, and enterprise leadership to the organization.
In 2025, Robert took on a different kind of leadership challenge as president and CEO of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance. In this role, he leads an organization working to strengthen the economic vitality and long-term competitiveness of the Charlotte region. His work brings together business executives, elected officials, and community leaders around economic development, infrastructure investment, public policy, and the opportunities and challenges associated with regional growth.
This chapter of his career reflects an expansion of his leadership from individual companies to the broader economic environment in which businesses and communities succeed.
Robert earned an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University. He and his family live in Charlotte, NC.
