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Procter & Gamble Co.
Soap And Other Detergents Except Specialty Cleaners OH, United States
New York Stock Exchange: PG | Euronext Paris: PGP
Listed in: : Consumer Goods and Services
Company Description
Procter & Gamble Co. manufactures a wide range of consumer goods. It focuses on providing branded consumer packaged goods. The company's products are sold in over 180 countries worldwide through mass merchandisers, grocery stores, membership club stores, drug stores and neighborhood stores. It is organized under three Global Business Units: Beauty and Grooming, Health and Well-Being and Household Care. The Beauty and Grooming unit includes the Beauty and the Grooming businesses. The Beauty business is comprised of female beauty products (including cosmetics, deodorants, female blades and razors, personal cleansing and skin care), hair care (including both retail and salon professional) and prestige fragrances. The Grooming business includes electric hair removal devices, home appliances, male blades and razors and male personal care products (including deodorants, face and shave products, hair care and personal cleansing). The Health and Well-Being unit includes the Health Care and the Snacks and Pet Care businesses. The Health Care business includes feminine care, oral care and personal health care. The Snacks and Pet Care business includes snacks and pet food. The Household Care unit includes the Fabric Care and Home Care as well as the Baby Care and Family Care businesses. The Fabric Care and Home Care business includes air care, batteries, dish care, fabric care and surface care. The Baby Care and Family Care business includes baby wipes, bath tissue, diapers, facial tissue and paper towels. The company reports six business segments, including Beauty, Grooming, Health Care, Snacks and Pet Care, Fabric Care and Home Care, and Baby Care and Family Care. The company was founded by William Procter and James Gamble in 1837 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.
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Second Quarter 2013 Earnings
Procter & Gamble Q2 Earnings January 25, 2013
Executives
- Bob McDonald, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
- Bob McDonald is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Procter & Gamble. When Bob became CEO in July 2009, he reaffirmed the Company’s commitment to its Purpose – to touch and improve the lives of the world’s consumers through branded products of superior quality and value. The Company’s growth strategy is focused on winning with consumers through innovative, superior performing products that improve the lives of consumers around the world every day. P&G is executing this strategy by focusing on its 40 largest and most profitable businesses, its 20 largest and most promising innovations, and its 10 most important developing markets, where the growth potential is highest. This strategy focuses on winning where it matters most with a time-tested business model that leverages the Company’s core strengths: consumer understanding, brand building, go-to-market execution, global scale and, most importantly, innovation. Under Bob’s leadership, P&G has grown sales by an average of about four percent per year over the past three years; earnings per share an average of about four percent; and adjusted free cash flow of about 90 percent. The Company has delivered these results despite significant economic headwinds, including slow-to-no-growth in developed markets, and rising commodity costs. In the last fiscal year, P&G returned $10 billion of cash to shareholders through $6 billion of dividends and $4 billion of share repurchase. P&G paid a dividend for the 122nd consecutive year – one of only nine companies to have done this. The Company increased the dividend by 7%. This was the 56th consecutive year the dividend increased – one of only six companies to have done this. Bob is a champion of global trade and economic growth, and serves on the boards of organizations whose interests are consistent with P&G’s business strategy. He is Chair of The US-China Business Council. He is Vice Chair of the Business Roundtable and Chair of the Business Roundtable Fiscal Policy Initiative. He is Vice-Co-Chair of the Consumer Goods Forum. He serves on the Foreign Investment Advisory Council in Russia and the Singapore International Advisory Council of the Economic Development Board. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Xerox Corporation. Bob was born in Gary, Indiana, and was raised in the Chicago area. In 1975, he graduated from West Point in the top 2% of his class with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Army as Captain, Infantry, Airborne Ranger, 82nd Airborne Division. While serving in the Army, Bob received an MBA from the University of Utah in 1978. He graduated with honors from Beta Gamma Sigma. Bob joined Procter & Gamble in 1980. Bob resides in Cincinnati, Ohio, with Diane, his wife of 34 years. They are the parents of two grown children, Jennifer and Robert.
- Werner Geissler, Vice Chair Global Operations
- A native of Germany, Werner spent 2 years with the German Air Force before graduating with an MBA from the University of Cologne. He joined Procter & Gamble in 1979 as Brand Assistant in the Marketing department. During his 30 years with the Company, Werner has lived and worked in Frankfurt, Germany; Rotterdam, Holland; Santa Monica, USA; Istanbul, Turkey; Kobe, Japan; Geneva, Switzerland; and in Cincinnati, USA since mid-2007. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in Brand and General Management and worked in several of our categories including Household Care, Cosmetics and Fragrances, Baby Care, Tissue Towels, and Hair Care. He has led operations in Germany; Turkey/Caucasian and Central Asian Republics; Northeast Asia/Japan; and Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa. He has helped integrate several acquired businesses during his career. He regularly engages in the communities in which he has lived and holds an honorary doctorate from the International University in Geneva, as well as an honorary ambassadorship from Hyogo Prefecture and Kobe City, Japan for which he developed a marketing strategy to attract more foreign direct investments. He serves on the Executive Board of Lausanne-based IMD, the leading global institution for senior management education.
- Dimitri Panayotopoulos, Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble Global Business Units
- Dimitri, a global business leader with vast international experience, is Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble Global Business Units. In his current role, Dimitri is responsible for P&G's total sales and profits. He oversees all of P&G's brands, including Tide, Ariel, Olay, Pampers, Pantene, CoverGirl, Gillette, Duracell, Dawn, Bounty, Always, Braun, Charmin, Iams and Prilosec and many more. As a career P&G executive, Dimitri has built a reputation as an in-touch leader who works closely with his teams and retail customers to grow businesses globally through a deep belief in the power of collaboration and a deep passion for winning. Born in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, Dimitri prides himself on his Greek-African heritage and the adventurous spirit of his grandparents, who left Greece for Tanzania to build and work their dreams for a better life. His first languages are Greek and Swahili, but he is also fluent in English, French, and German which he uses naturally in his travels around the world to customer stores, consumer homes, technical centers and manufacturing facilities. Dimitri began his career with P&G in 1977 as a Salesman in the United Kingdom, where his natural ease to engage directly with people helped propel him to Sales Manager in Switzerland and then various advertising and brand management positions in Germany. It was his first country assignments in Egypt (Country Manager and General Manager) and China (General Manager, Regional Vice President and President) where his passion for building and expanding sustained unified brands, businesses and organizations in third-world environments was truly realized. His eight-year tenure in China grew the business from disjointed franchises and joint ventures to a wholly owned business. During these years, P&G grew to be the leader in Beauty in China through flagship brands like Olay, Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Rejoice, SKII and Safeguard. For his efforts in China, Dimitri received the Friendship Award in 1999, China's highest award for foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to China's economic and social programs. In 2001, Dimitri left China to lead the market development organization known as CEEMEA or Central Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa, which consists of over 110 different countries. This was the year that the Global Business Units were established in CEEMEA. Dimitri brought his China experience in Beauty to CEEMEA, establishing P&G Beauty as a priority and growth-driver for the region. As Group President of Global Fabric Care in 2004, Dimitri increased the pace of innovation and scale and established Fabric Care as "The Heartbeat of P&G" while leading the growth of Downy, Lenor and Gain to become billion-dollar brands. While in his last role as Vice Chair Global Household Care, he drove the business unit to become the fastest-growing business within P&G by leveraging business strengths globally, driving scale and fast-tracking innovation across all categories and markets. Currently as Vice Chairman, Global Business Units, Dimitri is continuing to focus the organization on breakthrough innovation and big ideas, speed to market and scale across all of the businesses to drive growth. He is committed to unifying people with a hands-on passion and purpose towards the bigger goal, all the while remembering his commitment to the unique individual, whether he or she is a Consumer, Customer or Employee.
- Jon R. Moeller, Chief Financial Officer
- Residence: Covington, Kentucky, USA Date of Birth: June 11, 1964 Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA Education: Cornell University B.S. Biology, 1986 M.B.A., 1988 Date Joined P&G September 1, 1988 1988 Cost Analyst, Food Products, USA 1989 Assistant Plant Accounting Manager, Jackson, Tennessee, USA 1990 Forecaster, Food & Beverage, USA 1991 Senior Financial Analyst, Juice Products, USA 1993 Group Manager, Salted Snacks Finance, USA 1994 Associate Director, Salted Snacks Finance, USA 1996 Finance Manager, China Laundry, Personal Cleansing, China, P&G Asia 1998 Finance Director, China Laundry, Personal Cleansing; Asia Salted Snacks, China, P&G Asia 1999 Finance Director, Corporate Forecast & Analysis 2002 Manager, Finance, Global Beauty Care and Global Health Care 2003 Manager, Finance, Global Beauty, Feminine Care & Health Care 2004 Manager, Finance, Global Beauty Care 2005 Vice President-Finance & Accounting, Global Beauty Care, 2006 Vice President-Finance & Accounting, Global Beauty and Global Health Care 2007 Vice President & Treasurer 2009 Chief Financial Officer - continued – August 2011