David Donnan
Investor, Speaker, Adjunct Associate Professor, Partner Emeritus (Retired) Kearney
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Fun Fact
- David is Canadian and paid his way through college by playing trumpet in a polka band for Ukrainian, Polish and German weddings in Toronto
David Donnan is a business leader and consultant with significant global experience in the agriculture, food and retail industries. During his career, Dave has run operating companies, managed food plants and consulted to leading global retail and consumer product companies in technology and supply chain strategies and market positioning.
He is a Partner Emeritus (retired) with Kearney, an international management-consulting firm, and ran their global food & beverage practice for ten years. He is also on the board of Naturally Chicago, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Rubicon Organics, a limited partner of Spiral Sun Ventures and a mentor to food entrepreneurs and startups at the Good Food Accelerator in Chicago.
David is also an adjunct associate professor at Northwestern University teaching a course in the Masters of Science in Energy and Sustainability program on the Future of Food.