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About
Susan Kilsby is a corporate advisor and operator with extensive board experience at large consumer and healthcare companies. She was named Chairman of Fortune Brands Home & Security in 2021 (on the board since 2015), and has served as a Non-Executive Director of Diageo, Unilever, and BHP, as well as former Chairman of Shire until its 2019 sale to Takeda. Earlier in her career she worked at The First Boston Corporation, Bankers Trust, and BZW/Credit Suisse, where she chaired the EMEA M&A group until 2009; she holds an MBA from Yale and a BA from Wellesley College.
Invests in
ConsumerFoodTechHealthtech
Experience
- COFRA Holding AGNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — presentZug, Switzerland
- Wellesley CollegeMember Board Of Trusteescurrent2021 — presentWellesley, Massachusetts, United States
- UnileverVice Chair and Senior Independent Directorcurrent2019 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
- The Takeover PanelMembercurrent2019 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- DiageoSenior Independent Directorcurrent2018 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Star Mountain CapitalAdvisorcurrent2017 — presentUnited States
- Fortune Brands InnovationsChairmancurrent2015 — presentGreater Chicago Area
- NHS EnglandNon Executive Director2021 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
- BHPNon Executive Director2019 — 2021Melbourne, Australia and London, United Kingdom
- BBA Aviation plcNon Executive Director2012 — 2019London, England, United Kingdom
- Shire PharmaceuticalsChairman2011 — 2019
- Goldman SachsNon Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
- Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Non Executive Director2013 — 2016United States
- Coca-Cola HBC AGNon Executive Director2013 — 2015Switzerland
- Credit SuisseSenior Advisor1980 — 2014
- Yale School of ManagementAdvisory Board Director2010 — 2014
- L'Occitane en ProvenceIndependent Non Executive Director2010 — 2012
- Career Academies UKDirector2006 — 2012
- Opportunity NowDirector2005 — 2011
Skills & more
Leadership8Strategy23Strategic Planning11Management10Financial Risk16Hedge Funds6Corporate Governance11Banking7Talent Management7Organizational Development4Financial Services3Business Planning3
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Colleagues at Siddhi Capital
Amber Bylund
SVP of Sales Strategy at Siddhi Capital
Amy Salerno
Co-Managing Partner at Siddhi Capital
Anne-Marie Packwood
VP of Finance and Operations at Siddhi Capital
Arnulfo Ventura
SVP of Strategy at Siddhi Capital
Brian Finn
Chairman at Siddhi Capital
Cheyenne Page
Director of Operations at Siddhi Capital
Cindy Stewart
Advisor at Siddhi Capital
Cody Berenson
SVP of Operations & Services at Siddhi Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Susan Kilsby?
- Susan Kilsby is a corporate advisor and operator with extensive board experience at large consumer and healthcare companies. She was named Chairman of Fortune Brands Home & Security in 2021 (on the board since 2015), and has served as a Non-Executive Director of Diageo, Unilever, and BHP, as well as former Chairman of Shire until its 2019 sale to Takeda. Earlier in her career she worked at The First Boston Corporation, Bankers Trust, and BZW/Credit Suisse, where she chaired the EMEA M&A group until 2009; she holds an MBA from Yale and a BA from Wellesley College.
- Where does Susan Kilsby work?
- Susan Kilsby is Advisor at Siddhi Capital.
- What does Susan Kilsby invest in?
- Susan Kilsby invests in Consumer, FoodTech, Healthtech.
- Where did Susan Kilsby go to school?
- Susan Kilsby studied at Wellesley College (BA, Economics); Yale School of Management (MBA, Business).
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Also attended Yale School of Management234
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Shared employers
Also worked at Wellesley College6
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Also worked at Unilever274
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Also worked at The Takeover Panel1
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