Edward Breen

Ed Breen is Executive Chairman of DuPont providing overall leadership and governance for the company including the planned separation of the Electronics and Water businesses to create three independent publicly traded companies.

Ed has led DuPont’s multi-year transformation from a chemical and agriculture giant to a more focused portfolio of strong businesses aligned with key secular growth trends. When he first joined as Executive Chairman and CEO in 2015, he architected a strategy for unlocking shareholder value with one of the largest mergers and spinoff transactions in history— first merging E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and The Dow Chemical Company, and then realigning portfolios to create three independent public companies. He has since further shaped DuPont’s portfolio with a series of acquisitions and divestitures, and enhanced shareholder returns through disciplined capital allocation strategies and operational discipline.

A seasoned executive, Ed has been a CEO for more than two decades. At General Instruments he worked his way from sales to CEO leading GI through meteoric growth and deftly navigating the digital broadband revolution. After Motorola bought GI, Ed joined the C-suite where he worked to reestablish Motorola’s profitability. When he came to the helm of Tyco International plc (“Tyco”) in 2002 he took bold steps to restore the company’s profitability, culture, and reputation. He led Tyco through its successful restructuring, which included the spin-offs of Covidien, TE Connectivity, and ADT Corporation, as well as the merger of Tyco Flow Control with Pentair.

Ed currently serves on the board of directors of Comcast Corporation and is a member of the advisory board of New Mountain Capital LLC, a private equity firm.