James M. Kilts

Biography

Chairman of the Board of The Simply Good Foods Company. Director of MetLife, Inc., and Unifi Inc. (a textile manufacturing company). Non-Executive Director of the Board of Nielsen Holdings PLC (from 2006 until 2017), Chairman of the Board of Nielsen Holdings PLC (from January 2011 until December 2013) and Chairman of the Nielsen Company B.V. (from 2009 until 2014). Chairman of the Board of Conyers Park Acquisition Corporation from 2016 until the merger with The Simply Good Foods Company in 2017. Chairman of Big Heart Pet Brands until March 2015 and Director of Meadwestvaco Corporation until April 2014. Life Trustee of Knox College and Trustee of the University of Chicago, a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medicine, and Founder and Co-Chair, Steering Committee, of the Kilts Center for Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Pfizer Director since 2007. Member of our Compensation and Science and Technology Committees. Chairman of the Board of The Simply Good Foods Company. Director of MetLife, Inc., and Unifi Inc. (a textile manufacturing company). Non-Executive Director of the Board of Nielsen Holdings PLC (from 2006 until 2017), Chairman of the Board of Nielsen Holdings PLC (from January 2011 until December 2013) and Chairman of the Nielsen Company B.V. (from 2009 until 2014). Chairman of the Board of Conyers Park Acquisition Corporation from 2016 until the merger with The Simply Good Foods Company in 2017. Chairman of Big Heart Pet Brands until March 2015 and Director of Meadwestvaco Corporation until April 2014. Life Trustee of Knox College and Trustee of the University of Chicago, a member of the Board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medicine, and Founder and Co-Chair, Steering Committee, of the Kilts Center for Marketing at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Pfizer Director since 2007. Member of our Compensation and Science and Technology Committees.

Research Interest

Pharmaceutical Science and Business Management