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Phone: 612-330-5066 |
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Fax: 612-338-9098 |
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John’s experience leading consumer products companies makes him a great coach and mentor for Aethlon’s clients. He is an expert at helping entrepreneurs refine their business objectives and strategy.
Mr. Lilly has an extensive background in consumer products management, having worked on more than 50 consumer-driven businesses in 25 countries over 25 years. He began his career with The Procter & Gamble Company in 1976 in the detergent business and over 22 years, worked on almost all of P&G's laundry, paper, food and beverage brands. This culminated in a six year assignment in Frankfurt, Germany, where John had managerial scope for multiple paper and beverage business across P&G's Europe, Middle East and Africa Division.
In 1997, Mr. Lilly left P&G to join The Pillsbury Company in Minneapolis, first as President of Pillsbury North America and then as CEO for the worldwide Pillsbury Company. At that time, Pillsbury was a $6.8B manufacturer of such brands as Pillsbury®, Green Giant®, Häagen-Dazs®, Tostinos®, Old El Paso® and Progresso® with retail and foodservice businesses in 25 countries. Pillsbury was sold to General Mills for $10.5B in 2002 (12.2X EBITDA) in what is seen as a highly successful food industry consolidation.
After Pillsbury became part of General Mills, Mr. Lilly "changed careers", putting his experience to work full time as an investor/advisor. Working through his consulting firm, John Lilly Strategic Insights, LLC, he maintains relationships with several national and regional investment banks, working on mergers and acquisition, bankruptcy, financial restructuring, ERISA/ESOP and valuation projects. He is also actively involved in investment sourcing as an Advisory Director for Fremont Partners in Boston/San Francisco. Currently investing its third fund of $920MM, Fremont is a middle-market private equity fund affiliated with the Bechtel family.
In addition to consulting work, John Lilly Strategic Insights is a direct investor in multiple start-up companies including translation software, pharmaceutical testing technology and new-generation dye materials. In collaboration with two former P&G colleagues, Mr. Lilly is currently working on a book describing the proprietary OGSP® strategic planning process.
Mr. Lilly is a member of the Board of Directors of Adams Respiratory Therapeutics (ARXT), a NASDAQ-listed manufacturer of OTC/Rx therapies for respiratory care, including the Mucinex® brand. He is an Advisor to LEK Consulting and a Trustee of the National Public Radio Foundation. John is married to Katherine Moore-Lilly, a Chemical Engineer with a 20 year career in product development with P&G. They have twin teenage children and split their residence between Longboat Key, Florida; Edwards, Colorado and their principle residence in Wayzata, Minnesota.
Mr. Lilly earned a B.A. with High Honors in Economics from Emory University in 1974 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1976. |
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