Professionals

Kent Okeson

Kent Okeson is currently the Vice President of Revenue and Corporate Strategy at Melaleuca, a leading global packaged goods company with more than $2 billion in annual sales in 19 countries and headquartered in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Kent is responsible for the North American and International Financial Analysis groups at Melaleuca. Under his leadership, the influence of the Finance group has grown and expanded, creating effective partnerships with business leaders throughout the company to ensure efficiency and profitability. This collaboration has expanded to Melaleuca’s international entities, with a dedicated Finance team and Internal Audit team in China building up their capabilities to duplicate the results of the US-based teams. Kent has also held a number of other roles at Melaleuca including Vice President of Global Finance.

Prior to joining Melaleuca, Kent worked at Ford Motor Company, where he was the Finance Supervisor responsible for Product Development on the next-generation F-150. He also served as Regional Controller for several of Ford’s sales regions and had rotations as a financial analyst in Manufacturing Finance as well as Marketing and Sales Finance. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and received his bachelor’s degree in Economics from BYU.