John Bilbrey

John Bilbrey has served as a member of the Elanco board of directors since March 2019.

John Bilbrey served as the CEO and president of The Hershey Company until 2017. He also held multiple leadership roles throughout his 14-year tenure with the company, including chief operating officer and executive vice president, president of North America, and president of International Commercial group.

Bilbrey’s past professional experience includes positions as president and CEO of Danone Waters of North America, executive vice president of sales for Mission Foods, and more than 20 years of international consumer sales and marketing experience at Proctor & Gamble. Additionally, he is the owner and operator of Commercial Cattle Operations of Bilbrey Farms and Ranch.

Bilbrey served as non-executive chairman of The Hershey Company until 2018 and an independent director of McCormick & Company, Inc. until 2015. He currently is as an independent director on the board of Colgate-Palmolive Company. Bilbrey earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Kansas State University.