Paul Charron
Chairman of Campbell’s Soup and former CEO of Liz Claiborne
Paul R. Charron is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liz Claiborne Inc., the global retail and fashion company. Following his retirement, he served for five years as Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus, a New York-based private equity firm. A member of the Campbell Soup Board of Directors since 2003, Mr. Charron became Chairman in 2009. In addition to Campbell’s, Mr. Charron serves on the Administrative Board of Escada SE, the global fashion brand headquartered in Munich. Mr. Charron …
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Paul R. Charron is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Liz Claiborne Inc., the global retail and fashion company. Following his retirement, he served for five years as Senior Advisor at Warburg Pincus, a New York-based private equity firm. A member of the Campbell Soup Board of Directors since 2003, Mr. Charron became Chairman in 2009. In addition to Campbell’s, Mr. Charron serves on the Administrative Board of Escada SE, the global fashion brand headquartered in Munich.
Mr. Charron joined Liz Claiborne in May, 1994 as vice chairman and chief operating officer. One year later, he became president and chief executive officer, and was elected chairman in May, 1996. He retired as chief executive officer in November, 2006, and as chairman of the board on December 31, 2006.
Previously, Mr. Charron was executive vice president of VF Corporation, a large publicly held apparel manufacturer. Before joining VF in 1988, Mr. Charron served as president and chief operating officer of Brown & Bigelow, the Minnesota-based promotional products firm. He also served as senior vice president, sales and marketing at Cannon Mills Company, a New York-based bath and bedding manufacturer, and worked in marketing management positions at General Foods Corporation. His business career began in the brand management organization at Procter & Gamble.
Mr. Charron has been involved in a number of industry and philanthropic activities, including leadership positions on the boards of the National Retail Federation and the American Apparel and Footwear Association. He is currently chair of the New York City Investment Fund’s Retail and Tourism Sector. For the last several years, he has been a member of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy.
Raised in Louisville, Kentucky and a native of Schenectady, New York, Mr. Charron received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, and holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard University. He served five years as a naval officer and is a combat veteran of Vietnam.
Mr. Charron currently resides in Darien, Connecticut with his wife, Kathy. They have two children.
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