Irene Chang Britt is an experienced independent board director and former Fortune 500 C-Suite executive. She currently serves on the boards of top ten life insurance company Brighthouse Financial Inc. (NASDAQ: BHF -- Chairperson, Nomination and Corporate Governance), leading fashion intimates retailer Victoria’s Secret and Co. (NYSE: VSCO – Chairperson, Human Capital and Compensation Committee), premium senior living Amica Senior Lifestyles (OTPP-owned, Chairperson of the Board), leading-edge digital e-commerce accelerator MikMak, allergen-free food start-up Partake Foods, digital boardroom aggregator start-up JustBoardrooms, and is an advisory board member of Peloton Capital Management in Canada. In addition to her current boards, Irene previously served on these public company boards: Dunkin Brands Group Inc. (Chairperson, Nomination and Corporate Governance), Tailored Brands Inc. (Chairperson, Nomination and Corporate Governance), TerraVia Inc. (Chairperson of the Board) and Sunoco, Inc.

She is a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow and a frequent speaker on both leadership and corporate governance best practices.

Irene is a highly accomplished former Fortune 500 President, with a long track record of transforming businesses to achieve industry-leading growth. From 2012 through 2015, she was President/CEO, Pepperidge Farm Inc. and Senior Vice President, Global Baking and Snacking for the Campbell Soup Company, capping a decade of executive service at the company that also included tenure as Global Chief Strategy Officer, President of North America Foodservice and Vice President & General Manager, Sauces and Beverages.

Before joining Campbell Soup in 2005, Irene held a number of leadership positions within Kraft Foods / Nabisco in both the U.S. and Canada, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Salted Snacks division and Post Cereal division. Before that, she spent more than a decade at KimberlyClark, where she held key assignments in marketing, sales and R&D leadership.

Irene has been honored with a number of recognitions for her business and community accomplishments, including Women INC. Most Influential Corporate Board Directors (2019), NACD Directorship 100 (2017), a Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics (LEAP) Award (2014) and New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Award (2011). Irene earned her B.A. from the University of Toronto and MBA, with honors, from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario. She and her husband enjoy cooking, traveling, kayaking and reading, and try to visit their adult children as much as possible.