Leadership

Barry Holt, Senior Advisor — Communications. Mr. Holt has more than 35 years of experience in corporate communications and public relations. Mr. Holt was Corporate Vice President, Global Communications of Whirlpool Corporation from 2000 to 2004. Prior to joining Whirlpool, from 1996 to 2000 he was Senior Vice President, Global Communications of ACNielsen Corporation, the world leader in marketing information services. While with ACNielsen, Mr. Holt developed and executed a global communications strategy to support ACNielsen’s spin-off from The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation and public listing on the New York Stock Exchange, including the introduction of external and investor communications programs. Earlier he was Vice President, Corporate Communications, Philip Morris Companies, and before that, he held senior public relations and public affairs positions with Pepsi-Cola International and Pepsi-Cola USA. Before joining Pepsi-Cola, Mr. Holt was Vice President/Client Services Manager at Burson-Marsteller, where he managed such accounts as Burger King, General Foods, M&M Mars and Gillette Safety Razor Division, among others. Mr. Holt has been a communications consultant since 2004 to companies including the Publicis Group and Wellpoint Health Systems.