Speakers

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 Company Board of Directors since 2003, Mr. Charron became Chairman in 2009 and served in that role until his retirement in November, 2015.  Mr. Charron currently serves on the Administrative Board of Escada SE, the global fashion brand headquartered in Munich and on the Board of Directors of Unifi, Inc., a global producer of textured polyester yarn for numerous applications. He is also the Chairman of the U.S. Department of State’s Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy (ACIEP).