Peter Klein

Newburgh Free Academy High School

Class of 1964

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Peter Klein - Class of 1964 - Newburgh Free Academy High School

First Name	Peter
Last Name	Klein
Graduation Year	Class of 1964
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	NY
Country	United States
Occupation	Growth Management Consultant, Board Director & Investor
Married	Yes
About Me	From website: www.pkassoc.,com: Peter founded PK Associates in October, 2005, a Consumer Products focused growth management consultancy, on the belief that fact-based insights, need-to-do analytics, and the results-driven experience of a seniors-only team will meaningfully benefit client's in more predictably growing, managing and leading their businesses for enhanced shareholder value. From March, 2001 through September, 2005, Peter was Senior Vice President and Corporate Officer of The Gillette Company, responsible for Strategy, Planning, Business Development and Global Marketing Resources; reporting to the Chairman/CEO. He was actively involved in all his areas of responsibility, including acquisitions and divestitures, new products, functional excellence, strategic sourcing, and the sale of Gillette to Procter & Gamble and integration planning. He left Gillette after control change in September 2005, following the sale, which he actively participated in. Previously he was Executive Vice President and Corporate Officer of Strategy, Business Development, Marketing Services and Global e-Business at Nabisco Holdings Corp. (Nabisco Foods) from January 1998 through December, 2000; and departed Nabisco following its public auction and sale to Phillip Morris/Kraft Foods in December, 2000. Peter came to Nabisco Foods with 12 years of Consumer Product company experience and 17 years of management consulting experience. Similar to his responsibilities at Gillette, he directed Nabisco’s long-term strategy, assured the alignment of corporate strategies with operating unit and functional group plans, developed and implemented cross-company internal and external business development (acquisitions, divestitures, licensing, JV's), and directed integrated marketing intelligence, marketing services (market research, consumer promotion, media buying), and global e-Business. He also oversaw the Nabisco Foods acquisition of United Biscuits (voted ‘European Deal of the Year’ in 2000) and the auction of Nabisco Foods (largest auction of a U.S.-based public company and voted ‘U.S. Deal of the Year in 2000). Peter joined Nabisco Foods from The Cambridge Group, where he was a Partner & Managing Director for 7 years of its east coast office, which he opened in 1991. Prior to joining The Cambridge Group, he was a senior partner for 10 years at Marketing Corporation of America, where he led the Consumer Products management consulting practice and worked across marketing strategy, growth opportunity identification and new products (e.g., Oscar Meyer Lunchables), pricing, promotion, external development, etc. Before consulting, he worked in line sales, marketing and business development at Sterling Drug, 1978-1981 (Vice President, Business Development), The Gillette Company, 1972-1978 (Director of Marketing & Sales for Braun North America and Group Marketing Manager in Personal Care), Johnson & Johnson, 1971-1972 (Consumer Trade Promotion and Marketing), and Richardson-Merrell (Vicks Division), the summers of 1967 and 1968 and 7 months in 1969 (Field & Headquarter Sales). He currently provides ‘of counsel, advisory’ consultative services to CEO's and senior executives on an annual retainer basis, provides seniors-only, proven ‘Dream Teams’ for consulting projects, and speaks and facilitates work sessions across a number of growth management and process topics, based on his strategic and hands-on experience working for blue chip public companies and management consultancies. He has published articles and spoken on topics such as growth management, innovation, cross-functional business teams, acquisition, new product development, leadership and business success factors, etc. Advertising Age recognized Peter as one of "10 Innovators" and THEDEAL.COM wrote a feature article on him. He co-authored the book “THINK TO WIN -- Unleashing the Power of Strategic Thinking”, published by McGraw-Hill (the proven plan for making strategic thinking part of any organization’s DNA to drive sustainable growth. In today’s ultra-competitive business world, the difference between success and failure lies in the ability to get every employee to think and behave like a strategist. Think to Win helps business leaders expand strategic thinking out of the purview of “the elite few” and into the company culture and behavior. It offers a simple, proven approach to analyzing and solving old or new challenges and provides a common language that anyone at any level in the organization can understand. The entire book is an Executive Summary!) Peter was educated at Newburgh Free Academy (1960-1964), Syracuse University (B.S. in Marketing & Finance, 1964-1968), and Harvard Business School (MBA, 1970-1971), and holds two U.S. patents. He is an independent Board Director on a public company on NASDAQ (Conyers Park II Acquisition Corp/’CPAAU’) and on a private company (Ole Smoky Distillery), on the Advisory Board of Centerview Capital (private equity), on the Board of Selectors of Multiplying Good (The Jefferson Awards Foundation, founded in 1973 by Jackie Onassis), on the marketing department Advisory Board at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management, and is the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Vision For and From Children (a 501-c-3). Peter retired from the Braun AT Board of Directors in Germany and the Advisory Board of the business school at North Carolina A&T. He currently provides (a) 'of counsel, advisory' consultative services to CEO's and senior executives on an retainer basis, (b) seniors-only, proven ‘dream teams’ for growth management project work, (c) speaks and facilitates work sessions across business management and process topics, based on his strategic and hands-on operational experience working for blue chip public companies and premiere management consultancies, (d) is a board director (see above), and an investor in start-up companies. Peter is a co-Founder of Breaking Through Inc., a Not-For-Profit to combat antisemitism. Advertising Age recognized Peter as one of "10 Innovators&quo...(read more)