James R Chambers

James R. Chambers is a businessperson who has been the head of 9 different companies and occupies the position of Non-Executive Chairman of Big Lots, Inc. Mr. Chambers is also on the board of TIAA Real Estate Account, Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America and TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Co. In his past career Mr. Chambers was President & Co-Chief Executive Officer at Weight Watchers International, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer for NeXpansion, Inc., General Manager at Kraft Foods, Inc. (New Jersey), Chief Executive Officer of Paxonix, Inc., President for Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd., Co-President for DPS Beverages, Inc., President & Chief Executive Officer of Rémy Cointreau USA, Inc., President at Cadbury Adams USA LLC, President & Chief Executive Officer of NetGrocer, Inc., President-Confectionary at Kraft Foods North America, Inc., President-North America & Americas Confectionery at Cadbury UK Ltd., President-Americas Confectionery Division at Mondelez UK Holdings & Services Ltd., Group President at Information Resources, Inc., Group President at Information Resources, Inc. and President-Refrigerated Foods & Senior VP-Sales at Nabisco, Inc. Mr. Chambers received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.