Douglas Conant
Douglas Conant is an American businessman who served as President and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company until July 31, 2011. Longtime protégé Denise Morrison, who worked for him at Nabisco as well as Campbell's, succeeded him as CEO. Under his leadership, Campbell reversed a decline in market value, improved its financial profile and enhanced its diversity and inclusion practices. Conant worked for three companies prior to joining Campbell, General Mills, Kraft, and Nabisco. He was President of Nabisco Foods Company for the five years prior to joining Campbell. While at Campbell, Conant led a highly successful turnaround. Conant is currently the chairman of Avon Products, chairman of the new Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute, a part of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and Founder and CEO of ConantLeadership (a growing community of people dedicated to improving the quality of leadership in the 21st century).