Charles (Chuck) Blixt began his 40-year career in private legal practice before taking on legal counsel roles, initially at Fiat-Allis and then at Caterpillar.
In 1985, he joined RJ Reynolds Tobacco as assistant counsel litigation. He spent 20 years at RJ Reynolds in various legal roles including as executive vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary for Reynolds American from 1999 to 2006.
He was a non-executive director of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts from 2007 to 2016; non-executive director of Lamb Weston Holdings, the largest North American frozen potato producer (and second largest worldwide) with a market capitalisation over US$6.5b; and non-executive director of the $6.5b market cap Swedish Match AB (Stockholm: SWMA), one of the world’s largest tobacco products manufacturers.
Mr Blixt is a principal in C&D Ventures, which invests in entrepreneurial startups and other businesses which require capital and/or business and legal expertise.
