Nielsen Holdings CEO and leadership

David Kenny is the CEO of Nielsen Holdings. He joined Nielsen in December 2018, prior to which he was the senior Vice President of IBM's Watson & Cloud platform. He was also formerly the CEO of The Weather Company, which was acquired by IBM in 2016. Kenny replaced Mike Kelly at the Weather Company in January 2012. He was also the chairman of the board.

George Callard is Nielsen’s Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer. He joined Nielsen in January 2019 and is responsible for leading our Legal and Corporate Affairs organization, which includes all legal affairs, including litigation, intellectual property, transactions, compliance and integrity, corporate secretary, security and enterprise risk management.

George has 25 years of extensive experience covering a broad range of operational and legal responsibilities.

George joins Nielsen from Weather Group, where he was the chief executive responsible for operation and management of the company. He also served as Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel where he was responsible for all legal, regulatory and compliance matters.

Prior to Weather Group, George served as vice president of legal and business affairs at NBCU, responsible for all legal matters affecting delivery and distribution of NBCU content. This included serving as lead counsel for Olympics, Bravo, Oxygen, and NBC Network retransmission consent.

Previously, he had two tenures with AT&T (SBC & Ameritech). Earlier in his career, he served as counsel and assistant secretary and as senior counsel at the law firm Cinnamon Mueller and associate counsel for Multimedia Cablevision.

George received his JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law, has a Master’s Degree from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor’s Degree from Union College.

I am a senior human capital leader with a consistent record of achievement in high growth, premier, multi-billion dollar global companies – making contributions to company strategy, building world-class "employer of choice" programs, and effectively managing initiatives for organization design, HR programs, shared services and HR operations.

My effectiveness comes from a capacity to identify and analyze business challenges and produce innovative strategic and operational solutions in performance, satisfaction and service quality. I believe the path to understanding a problem and creating solutions is paved with better questions asked of the key stakeholders, and know that one size does not fit all in complex environments.

Some of my greatest rewards have come from running global projects that demand operational excellence and require steady, resolute leadership. I have a passion for developing my team members to progress in their own careers, challenging them to succeed through reinvention, and seeing our programs cascaded throughout our business unit and the entire enterprise.

Whether I am creating new processes to elevate HR practices or working directly to implement cultural change, I see myself as a business partner at the forefront of creative approaches to business solutions.

Linda Zukauckas is Nielsen’s Chief Financial Officer. She joined Nielsen in February 2020 and is responsible for the company’s financial strategy. Linda will remain with the Media business after the separation of the Nielsen Media and Connect businesses. Linda brings deep finance and leadership experience to the CFO role. Prior to Nielsen, she was the EVP and Deputy CFO of American Express. In addition to that role, she held the positions of Chief Accounting Officer and Controller and was the executive sponsor of the company’s global women’s interest network. Linda serves on the board of MTS Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: MTSC). From 2014-2019 she served on the Board of Directors of American Express Global Business Travel, a 50/50 JV. Prior to American Express, Linda held various senior leadership roles at Ally Financial (formerly GMAC Inc), including Managing Director Corporate Strategy, where she had responsibility for M&A. Previously she was Chief Financial Officer of North America Auto Finance, Ally Financial’s largest business segment. Linda has a Bachelor of Business Administration from Texas Tech University and is a Past Chairman of the Board of Financial Executives International at the National level, and a Past President of the New York City Chapter of Financial Executives International. MORE ABOUT US Awards & Recognition Diversity and Inclusion Global Leadership Global Responsibility & Sustainability Students and Academics

David Kenny is the CEO of Nielsen Holdings. He joined Nielsen in December 2018, prior to which he was the senior Vice President of IBM's Watson & Cloud platform. He was also formerly the CEO of The Weather Company, which was acquired by IBM in 2016. Kenny replaced Mike Kelly at the Weather Company in January 2012. He was also the chairman of the board.