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Lynn Clarke

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Chair, Nielsen-Massey, Talalay Global Latex, and Board Member, Top Notch Distributors, visii.com and Abarta Coco-Cola Beverages

Nielsen-Massey, Talalay Global Latex

Lynn is an independent board director, Chair & CEO with consumer packaged goods, digital, e-commerce, manufacturing, distribution, technology & specialty retail expertise. She has driven growth & has strategic, branding and operating experience in nine different industries. Currently Lynn is a director of several privately-held and private equity owned companies.

Her experience includes 17 years of general management, branding and operations roles at PepsiCo & General Mills, 4 years as CEO of private equity-owned companies & 11 years as CEO of an award-winning, direct to consumer global e-commerce business.

Lynn is a board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Connecticut chapter, a mem-ber of Women Corporate Directors (WCD) and the Young Presidents Organization (YPO/WPO). She is also a frequent speaker on strategic planning, digital disruption & compensation, including at the 2018 NACD Summit, NACD Advanced Directors Conference, the Institute of Internal Auditors, Private Direc-tors Association & the Georgia Institute of Technology Business School.

SESSIONS

Wed Jun 05, 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM PDT / Thu Jun 06, 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM Your local time (30 min)

Keynote Interview | The Vision Forward

Interview with Lynn Clarke, Chairman of Nielsen-Massey Flavorings, Talalay Global Latex, and Board Member of Top Notch Distributors, visii.com and Abarta Coca-Cola Beverages.

Interviewed by Peter Begalla, Conference & Education Chairman, Private Company Director

Thu Jun 06, 4:15 PM – 5:15 PM PDT / Fri Jun 07, 5:15 AM – 6:15 AM Your local time (1 hour)

Finding Great Directors (Concurrent session) – Panelist

This session offers tips on working with search firms, interviewing prospective directors and setting board compensation. How to choose which headhunter/search firm to find board members–different criteria for different firms. How do you separate the candidates who can truly help you from those whose primary goal is to raise their own profile? What qualities should you look for in a director, and what questions should you ask to determine if a candidate has those qualities? Where’s the fine line between a highly sought-after director and one who’s “overboarded”?

Takeaways:

• List of tips for working with a search firm

• List of questions to identify top candidates from self-promoters

• Red flags indicating that a director doesn’t really have time for your board