David Calhoun

David L.
Calhoun is currently Chief Executive Officer at NetRatings LLC, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen Finance LLC, Director at Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience, Inc., Director at King (Cayman) Holdings Ltd., Director at Greater Washington Partnership since 2023, President at The Boeing Co. (Illinois), and Member of The Business Roundtable.
Former positions include Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Nielsen Company (US) LLC from 2006 to 2014; President & Chief Executive Officer at Employers Reinsurance Corp.
in 2000; President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Lighting Solutions LLC in 1999; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Nielsen Co. from 2006 to 2016; President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Infrastructure (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at VNU NV from 2006 to 2014; Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen NV (Old) from 2006 to 2013; President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Infrastructure LLC from 2005 to 2006; President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Transportation from 2003 to 2005; President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Aviation Systems North America LLC from 2000 to 2003; President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Boeing Co. from 2020 to 2024; Non-Executive Chairman at Gates Global, Inc.; Executive Chairman at Nielsen Holdings Ltd. from 2014 to 2016; Independent Chairman at Gates Corp.; Chairman at Gates Industrial Corp.
Plc from 2017 to 2020; Vice Chairman at GE Aerospace from 2005 to 2006; Director at General Electric Capital Corp.; Independent Director at Medtronic, Inc. from 2011 to 2012; Senior Managing Director at Blackstone, Inc. from 2013 to 2020; Director at National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Inc.; Independent Director at Caterpillar, Inc. from 2018 to 2024; and President-Pacific Region at GE Plastics from 1995.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University conferred in 1979.