David A. Kamenetzky has broad executive experience in corporate strategy, reputation management, regulatory, legal, antitrust, and compliance matters across global consumer industries, as well as financial services. He has operated in the most important markets, reaching from the U.S. to the EU, China, India, Africa, and Latin America.
Mr. Kamenetzky has held several senior executive positions during his career including CEO of Joh. A. Benckiser; member and Group Executive Committee at Anheuser-Busch InBev; and member of the Leadership Team, Mars Incorporated, where he developed an intimate knowledge of the pet and veterinary-care market.
He has extensive board experience as a member of the board of Ku¨hne + Nagel International AG, former chairman of JAB Investors, and former board member of DKSH Holdings. He also has spent significant time in the non-for-profit sector as the founding chairman of the Alfred Landecker Foundation, one of the largest European philanthropic organizations dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust, and a former chairman of the European Union of Jewish Students. He is past finance chair of Washington Performing Arts.
He holds a graduate degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen as well as an MS degree in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He is a Swiss and German citizen and U.S. Green Card holder.