Experience

ConantLeadership

• United States
• Executive Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and CEO

  • Jul 2011 - 12 years 6 months

  Philadelphia, PA ConantLeadership is a mission-driven community of leaders and learners who are championing leadership that works in the 21st century. Founder & CEO Doug Conant, formerly CEO of Campbell Soup Company and President of Nabisco Foods, is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times bestselling author, a Top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World.


CECP
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Chairman

  • 2011 - 12 years

Partnership for Public Service
• United States
• Government Relations Services
• 200 - 300 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2009 - 14 years

The Conference Board
• United States
• Think Tanks
• 400 - 500 Employee
• Global Counselor and Former Chairman

  • 2007 - 16 years


Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Board Member & Former Chairman

  • Jan 2012 - Apr 2023

  Greater Boston Area


National Organization on Disability
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 2010 - Apr 2023

AmerisourceBergen
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee
• Member of the Board of Directors

  • Jan 2013 - Feb 2019


Kellogg School of Management

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chairman of Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute

  • Jul 2013 - Dec 2018

  Chicago, Illinois


Avon
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee
• Chairman, Board of Directors

  • 2012 - Mar 2016

Arthur Ashe Learning Center
• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• Board Member

  • 2013 - Jan 2016

International Tennis Hall of Fame and Museum
• Board Member

  • 2006 - Jan 2016


Campbell Soup Company

• President and CEO

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2011

  Conant was the 11th leader in this iconic company’s 141-year history – faced with reversing a precipitous decline in market value. Conant succeeded by dramatically transforming the global leadership team, reconfiguring the portfolio, cutting costs and making strategic investments in Campbell’s products, marketing programs, innovation pipeline and infrastructure. He improved the company’s financial profile delivering quality sales growth, improved marketplace positions, ten straight years of… Show more Conant was the 11th leader in this iconic company’s 141-year history – faced with reversing a precipitous decline in market value. Conant succeeded by dramatically transforming the global leadership team, reconfiguring the portfolio, cutting costs and making strategic investments in Campbell’s products, marketing programs, innovation pipeline and infrastructure. He improved the company’s financial profile delivering quality sales growth, improved marketplace positions, ten straight years of adjusted earnings per share growth, strong cash flow, record high investment and record high Return on Invested Capital. As a result, the company was able to deliver cumulative shareholder returns in the top tier of the global food industry. The key enabler of this performance was Campbell’s march towards achieving world-class employee engagement levels. During the decade of Conant’s leadership, employee engagement went from being among the worst in the Fortune 500 to being consistently among the best. Campbell has been widely recognized for its progress; its many honors range from being recognized by the Gallup organization with its “Great Workplace Award” for four years running to receiving the 2010 Catalyst Award for helping women advance their careers. During his tenure, the company was also recognized as a leader in social responsibility and ethical leadership. During his tenure at Campbell, Conant also established the Campbell CEO Institute to train the company’s future leaders. Along with his team and strategic leadership expert Mette Norgaard, his mission was to ensure that the company’s highest-potential employees were well equipped to handle the challenges and surprises that inevitably create a leader’s impact and legacy. Conant and Norgaard co-authored the New York Times bestselling book, TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments. Show less


Grocery Manufactuers Association
• United States
• Chairman

  • Jan 2001 - Jan 2011

Enactus
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee
• Board Member & Former Chairman

  • 2005 - 2011


Nabisco

• Consumer Goods
• 700 & Above Employee

• President

  • 1991 - 2001

  As president of the $3.5 billion Nabisco Foods Company, Conant led his team to improved marketplace performance and five consecutive years of double-digit earnings growth.