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Susan Kilsby

Investor

Advisor at Siddhi Capital

United States

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.

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Invests in

ConsumerFoodTechHealthtech

Experience

  1. COFRA Holding AGNon Executive Directorcurrent2023 — presentZug, Switzerland
  2. Wellesley CollegeMember Board Of Trusteescurrent2021 — presentWellesley, Massachusetts, United States
  3. UnileverVice Chair and Senior Independent Directorcurrent2019 — presentLondon, England, United Kingdom
  4. The Takeover PanelMembercurrent2019 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  5. DiageoSenior Independent Directorcurrent2018 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  6. Star Mountain CapitalAdvisorcurrent2017 — presentUnited States
  7. Fortune Brands InnovationsChairmancurrent2015 — presentGreater Chicago Area
  8. NHS EnglandNon Executive Director2021 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
  9. BHPNon Executive Director2019 — 2021Melbourne, Australia and London, United Kingdom
  10. BBA Aviation plcNon Executive Director2012 — 2019London, England, United Kingdom
  11. Shire PharmaceuticalsChairman2011 — 2019
  12. Goldman SachsNon Executive Director, Goldman Sachs International2016 — 2018London, United Kingdom
  13. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.Non Executive Director2013 — 2016United States
  14. Coca-Cola HBC AGNon Executive Director2013 — 2015Switzerland
  15. Credit SuisseSenior Advisor1980 — 2014
  16. Yale School of ManagementAdvisory Board Director2010 — 2014
  17. L'Occitane en ProvenceIndependent Non Executive Director2010 — 2012
  18. Career Academies UKDirector2006 — 2012
  19. Opportunity NowDirector2005 — 2011

Education

  1. Wellesley CollegeBA, Economics1976 — 1980
  2. Yale School of ManagementMBA, Business1982 — 1984

Skills & more

Leadership8Strategy23Strategic Planning11Management10Financial Risk16Hedge Funds6Corporate Governance11Banking7Talent Management7Organizational Development4Financial Services3Business Planning3
+12 morePortfolio ManagementInvestmentsCross-functional Team LeadershipStructured FinanceMergers & AcquisitionsDue DiligenceCorporate FinancePrivate EquityFinancial ModelingFixed IncomeExecutive ManagementValuation

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Same school

Also attended Wellesley College46

Isabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionCarley PhillipsPrincipal at GreycroftSusan LiuInvestment Team at 8VCKirsten LeutePartner at Osage University PartnersRudina SeseriFounder and Managing Partner at Glasswing VenturesGalen ShafferPrincipal at Eos Venture Partners Limited

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Also attended Yale School of Management112

Sanjot MalhiPartner at NorthzoneTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesAustin KwounAnalyst at .406 VenturesNate WangVP of Investments at Plum Alley InvestmentsGabby CazeauInvestor at Harlem Capital PartnersRob BettigoleManaging Partner at Elm Street Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Wellesley College5

Maia HeymannFounder & General Partner at ConvergeIsabel KimSenior Associate at Oxeon PartnersCarl LedbetterPartner, Emeritus at Pelion Venture PartnersElyse CherryCEO, BlueHub Capital at Reinventure CapitalChloe BreiderAdvisor at Lagrange Labs

Also worked at Unilever139

Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersStacey HeroInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 VenturesPetra MeyerInvestor at Golden Seeds

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Also worked at Star Mountain Capital5

Erik FalkHead of Strategy, Partner at Magnetar AI VenturesHamza Abu SammourAssociate at Harbert Growth PartnersRavi ShahPrincipal at IA Capital GroupJonathan GradVice President at Shamrock CapitalJulie GrecoSenior Associate at Climate Adaptive Infrastructure

Also worked at Goldman Sachs1,186

Josh KushnerFounder & CEO of Thrive CapitalFred EhrsamCo-founder and Senior Advisor at Paradigm; founder of NudgeMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmNiki PezeshkiGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystDamir BecirovicInvestor at Index Ventures

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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