Mitch Barns Nielsen
Prior to his role as ceo of nielsen mitch lived and worked on three continents and held leadership roles across all major parts of nielsen s business.
Mitch barns nielsen. He was appointed to this role in january 2014. Last week mitch barns nielsen s ceo participated on a panel entitled global millennials. James attwood named executive chair of the board nielsen s board of directors today announced that mitch barns chief executive officer and member of the board will retire from the company at the end of 2018.
On december 3 2018 david kenny was named ceo of nielsen succeeding mitch barns. Mitch barns is chief executive officer of nielsen. Senior vice president of diversity inclusion nielsen.
We encourage you to reference our 2017 form 10 k which includes our financial statements as of and for the year ended december 31 2017. Barns joined nielsen in 1997 and has held various roles in europe asia and north america leading major parts of the business. Barns will remain through the end of the year to oversee the company including the key initiatives.
James attwood current chairman of the board has been named executive chairman. Nielsen has a long standing position in the u s and many other markets around the world as the. He served as nielsen ceo from to 2006 to 2014 when he was succeeded by mitch barns.
Barns 55 has led the measurement giant since january 2014. For 5 years mitch was the ceo of nielsen a global data and analytics company operating in 100 countries with over 6. Nielsen says its board has begun a search for his replacement led by board chairman james attwood who has been named executive chairman of the board.
New york business wire nielsen s board of directors today announced that mitch barns chief executive officer and member of the board will retire from the company at the end of 2018. View mitch barns profile on linkedin. Chief commercial officer u s.
The data driven facts at the global summit of the global consumer goods forum held in singapore. For the second half mitch barns draws from his learning and experience from his career s first half living and working in a variety of business leadership roles in the usa europe and asia. Chief product and technology officer nielsen global connect.
