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

1958/1959 (age 61–62)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWellesley College
Yale School of Management
OccupationBanker and businesswoman
TitleChairman, Shire
Board member ofShire
BBA Aviation
Fortune Brands Home & Security
Goldman Sachs International
Spouse(s)
Richard Philip Kilsby
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(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]

Personal life

Kilsby met her husband, Richard Philip Kilsby, when they were both managing directors at Bankers Trust. They married in 1994.[10]

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. "WEDDINGS; Susan R. Saltzbart, Richard P. Kilsby". New York Times. 2 October 1994. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
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