Charles (chuck) Blixt

Biography

Mr Blixt began his 40-year career in private legal practice before taking on legal counsel roles, initially at Fiat-Allis and then at Caterpillar. In 1985 he joined R. J. Reynolds Tobacco as assistant Counsel Litigation. He spent 20 years at R. J. Reynolds in various legal roles including as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary for Reynolds American Inc from 1999 to 2006. He served as a Non-Executive Director of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (NYSE: KKD) from 2007 to 2016. Mr Blixt currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Lamb Weston Holdings Inc (NYSE: LW), the largest North American frozen potato producer (and second largest worldwide) with a market capitalisation over US$6.5b. He serves as a Non-Executive Director of the $6.5b market cap Swedish Match AB (Stockholm: SWMA), one of the world’s largest Tobacco products manufacturers. He served as Non-Executive Director of Targacept Inc prior to its merger with Catalyst Biosciences Inc in 2015. Mr. Blixt also serves as a director of several privately held small companies. He is currently a principal in C&D Ventures, which invests in entrepreneurial start-ups and other businesses which require capital and/or business and legal expertise. 

Research Interest

Biosciences