Arnie Pinkston

Director, Janus Capital Group

Mr. Pinkston is a business leader and lawyer with more than thirty years of experience at leading institutions managing complex matters including those involving board and corporate governance, strategy, risk management, transactions, litigation and government investigations. Mr. Pinkston spent much of his career in health care. Mr. Pinkston is a director for Janus Capital Group. He was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Allergan, Inc. from October 2011 until March, 2015. Prior to that he served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Beckman Coulter, Inc.  Mr. Pinkston also served as Deputy General Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company, and General Counsel of PCS Health Systems, Inc.

Mr. Pinkston has a J.D. from Yale Law School and a BA from Yale College in Geophysics. At Yale, he lettered in football, baseball and track. He received the 2014 Marcus Kaufman Jurisprudence Award for commitment to the highest ideals of the legal community and community service (Anti-Defamation League), and the 2013 Diversity Award for commitment and leadership in promoting diversity in the legal profession (Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California chapter). 

Mr. Pinkston has served on numerous non-profit boards, including OneOC, and currently serves on the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.