Founder of Centerview Partners Holdings LLC, Fieldpoint Private Bank & Trust and The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, James Marshall Kilts is an entrepreneur and businessperson who has been the head of 19 different companies and presently is Chairman of The Simply Good Foods Co., Co-Chief Executive Officer for Conyers Park III Acquisition Corp. and Partner at Centerview Partners Holdings LLC.

He is also Founding Partner of Centerview Partners Management LLC, Member of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Founding Partner of Centerview Capital Consumer and on the board of 10 other companies.

He previously was Chairman of MetLife, Inc., Independent Non-Executive Director at Nielsen Holdings Plc Independent Non-Executive Director at Nielsen NV and Chairman at The Nielsen Co. BV (both are subsidiaries of Nielsen Holdings Plc), President & Senior VP-Strategy & Development at Kraft Ltd., Executive Vice President for Altria Group, Inc. and Executive Vice President-Worldwide Food at Philip Morris USA, Inc. (a subsidiary of Altria Group, Inc.), Executive Vice President of Element Global, Inc., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Gillette Co., Chairman at Gillette Group UK Ltd., Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer for Global Gillette, Chairman at Big Heart Pet Brands, Inc., Executive Chairman for Conyers Park Acquisition Corp., Inc., Executive Chairman of Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp., President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Nabisco, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of Nabisco Group Holdings Corp., President for Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., President for Kraft USA Corp., Senior Vice President of Kraft International Commercial and Chairman at Grocery Manufacturers Association.

He received an undergraduate degree from Knox College, an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an MBA from The University of Chicago.