Coach CFO Reveals the Five Maxims That Have Shaped Her Life and Career, at UVA Darden Event
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business continued its fall Leadership Speaker Series Monday with a presentation from Jane Nielsen, chief financial officer of Coach. The Darden MBA student-led Retail & Luxury Goods Club co-sponsored the event.
Nielsen shared the five principles that have guided her to her current leadership role
- Take chances and have a point of view.
- Look at the diversity of your network, so you can change as fast as the world.
- Adapt your lifestyle, but do not change who you are.
- Leave a legacy.
- Pursue life and work with a passion.
Coach is an international leader in premium bags and accessories and has in recent years transformed from an international accessories business to a global lifestyle brand.
Nielsen became an executive officer of Coach and assumed the position of CFO in September 2011. She joined Coach from PepsiCo Inc. where she served as senior vice president and CFO of PepsiCo Beverages Americas and the Global Nutrition Group with combined revenues of $17 billion. Nielsen earned her B.A. in economics from Smith College and MBA from Harvard University.
Darden alumnus Rick Paschal (MBA ’89), senior vice president and CFO, supply chain, information systems and global procurement at Coach and vice chair of the Darden Corporate Advisory Board, was essential in bringing Nielsen to Darden.
Watch Nielsen’s full Leadership Speaker Series presentation on Darden’s YouTube channel.
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business prepares responsible global leaders through unparalleled transformational learning experiences. Darden’s graduate degree programs (MBA, MSBA and Ph.D.) and Executive Education & Lifelong Learning programs offered by the Darden School Foundation set the stage for a lifetime of career advancement and impact. Darden’s top-ranked faculty, renowned for teaching excellence, inspires and shapes modern business leadership worldwide through research, thought leadership and business publishing. Darden has Grounds in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Washington, D.C., area and a global community that includes 18,000 alumni in 90 countries. Darden was established in 1955 at the University of Virginia, a top public university founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819 in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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