David L. Calhoun is a businessperson who has been at the head of 18 different companies and is Independent Chairman of Gates Corp., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at The Boeing Co., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen Finance LLC and Chief Executive Officer of NetRatings LLC. Mr. Calhoun is also on the board of Caterpillar, Inc. (former Independent Chairman), Nielsen Consumer Neuroscience, Inc. and King (Cayman) Holdings Ltd.

In his past career Mr. Calhoun held the position of Non-Executive Chairman at Gates Global, Inc., Executive Chairman of Nielsen Holdings Plc Chairman at The Nielsen Company (US) LLC, Executive Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Nielsen NV (Old) and Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at The Nielsen Co. (US), Inc. (which are all subsidiaries of Nielsen Holdings Plc), Senior Managing Director at The Blackstone Group, Inc. and Chairman at Gates Industrial Corp. Plc (a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group, Inc.), Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at The Nielsen Co., President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Infrastructure LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Lighting Solutions LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Infrastructure (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer at GE Transportation, President & Chief Executive Officer of GE Aviation Systems North America LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer at Employers Reinsurance Corp. and President-Pacific Region at GE Plastics.

He received an undergraduate degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.