Susan Kilsby

Susan R. Kilsby (nee Saltzbart, born 1958/59) is an American investment banker and businesswoman. She is the chairman of Shire.

Susan Kilsby
Born
Susan R. Saltzbart

1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWellesley College
Yale School of Management
Occupation(s)Banker and businesswoman
TitleChairman, Shire
Board member ofShire
BBA Aviation
Fortune Brands Home & Security
Goldman Sachs International
Spouse
Richard Philip Kilsby
​
​
(m. 1994)​

Early life

A native of New Jersey, Kilsby was born circa 1958/59.[1][2] She earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from Wellesley College and a master in business administration from the Yale School of Management.[3]

Career

Kilsby began her banking career at First Boston in the 1980s.[1] She spent most of her career as an investment banker, working for Bankers Trust, Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Credit Suisse.[4] While at Credit Suisse she is known for having advised Coca-Cola and Fortune Brands.[1]

In 2002 she became the first woman to head a mergers and acquisitions department of any major bank and held the position of co-chief-executive of European M&A until 2009. She gave up a part-time advisory role at Credit Suisse when she took on the role of chairing Shire.[5]

Kilsby has been on the board of Shire since September 2011, and the chairman since April 2014.[6] She became a non-executive director of BBA Aviation in April 2012,[7] Fortune Brands Home & Security in July 2015,[8] and the first female non-executive director at Goldman Sachs International in May 2016.[9]

In October 2019 Kilsby was appointed Senior Independent Director of Diageo plc in October 2019 after serving as a Non-Executive Director from 2018 and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee since 2019.[10]

Personal life

Kilsby met her husband, Richard Philip Kilsby, when they were both managing directors at Bankers Trust. They married in 1994.[11]

References
  1. Massoudi, Arash; Ward, Andrew (15 January 2016). "Shire deal demonstrates Kilsby's M&A acumen". Financial Times. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. Jill Treanor. "Shire chairwoman Susan Kilsby: mergers expert now resists one | Business". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  3. "Credit Suisse Group Ag-Reg: Susan Saltzbart Kilsby". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  4. "Leadership: Susan Kilsby". Shire. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  5. Treanor, Jill (2014-06-23). "Shire chairwoman Susan Kilsby: mergers expert now resists one". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-03.
  6. "Board of Directors". Shire.com. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  7. "Board of directors". BBA Aviation. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. "Governance". Fortune Brands Home & Security. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  9. Kleinman, Mark (6 May 2016). "Goldman Lands Kilsby As First Female Director". Sky News. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  10. "Susan Kilsby". Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  11. "WEDDINGS; Susan R. Saltzbart, Richard P. Kilsby". New York Times. 2 October 1994. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.