Bill Brown

William M.
Brown is Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at 3M Co. since 2025.
He is an Independent Director at Becton, Dickinson & Co. since 2022.
He serves as Director at The FDNY Foundation, Trustee at Florida Institute of Technology, Inc., Member of The Business Council, Trustee of the Association of the United States Army, Member of the United States-Brazil CEO Forum, Member of the US-China Business Council, and Member of The Business Roundtable.
Formerly, Mr. Brown was Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of Harris Corp.
from 2014 to 2019.
He was Executive Chairman of L3Harris.
Technologies, Inc. from 2021 to 2022.
He served as Lead Independent Director at Celanese Corp.
from 2016 to 2024.
He held the position of SVP-Corporate Strategy & Development at United Technologies Corp.
in 2011.
He was President of Carrier Fire & Security Corp.
in 2012.
He was Trustee at Florida Polytechnic University from 2013 to 2017.
Other former roles include Director at Aerospace Industries Association, Project Engineer at Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., Senior Manager-Engagement at McKinsey & Co., Inc., President-Asia Pacific Operations at Carrier Corp., President at Carrier Transicold Ltd. (Georgia), President at Chubb Fire & Security Canada Corp., and Director at Aerospace Industries Association.
Education includes undergraduate and graduate degrees from Villanova University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.