David Kelso, Managing Director of Kelso Advisory Services, Appointed to Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees

17 November 2015

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the Darden School Foundation today announced the election of a new trustee, David Kelso (MBA ’82), who will serve a three-year term.

“David brings an important perspective as a new trustee,” said Jim Cooper, chair of the Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees. “He adds a valuable voice of experience to the Board of Trustees and we are excited to work in partnership with him.”

David Kelso is the managing director of Kelso Advisory Services, a management consultant in the areas of financial expertise, strategy and corporate governance to hedge funds and private equity clients. Prior to starting Kelso Advisory Services, Kelso was chairman of Aetna Life Insurance Co. and served in the office of the chairman as executive vice president for strategy and finance at Aetna Inc. From 1996 until 2001, he helped lead The Chubb Corp. as CFO, executive vice president and managing director. Kelso started his career with Chemical Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) and spent 10 years with the MAC Group (now Gemini Consulting).

Kelso is lead director of Sound Shore Fund, EXL Services and Round Hill Development Corporation. He is a trustee emeritus of Connecticut College in New London and has served on the boards of Philips Educational Partners; Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia; Assurant Inc.; and Aspen Holdings.

Kelso received his B.A. from Princeton University in 1974 and his MBA from the Darden School. Married with three children, Kelso resides in New Orleans.

“David’s broad management and board experience are key strengths and we look forward to his insights as a trustee,” said Scott Beardsley, dean of Darden and Charles C. Abbott Professor of Business Administration.

About the University of Virginia Darden School of Business

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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