Mike Duijser, Chief Supply Officer of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc
(RB), has left the company for personal reasons. His interim successor
is Frederick Dutrenit, Senior VP of Manufacturing Health.
Karen Frank has been promoted
to the new role of President of
Mass Business for the Americas
& European region for Kao USA
Inc. Formerly, Frank served as
GM, U.S. Sales & Marketing and
Americas & Europe Innovation
for Kao’s Mass Channel. Jesse
Grissom was tapped as President
of Operations in the Americas region for Kao Corp. Both will work
with the Mass Business brands: Jergens, John Frieda Hair Care and
Bioré. Grissom will also support the Salon and
Molton Brown businesses.
APC Packaging has expanded its sales division,
naming Xavier Adnet as VP of Customer Growth.
Adnet most recently served as VP of packaging
company Texen Americas.
The American Cleaning Institute’s (ACI) Board
of Directors has elected its 2020 slate of officers,
including four new Directors set to serve two-year terms: Liliana
De Stefano, VP, North America, Body & Home Care, Perfumery,
Firmenich; Jessica McCoy, Chief Solutions Officer, GOJO Industries,
Inc.; Suzanne Carroll, VP, Home & Personal Care Specialties,
Nouryon and Eric Stouder, Senior VP, Performance Chemicals,
Sasol. The following Board officers were re-elected for 2020, including:
Chair Sundar Raman, Procter & Gamble; Vice Chair Scott
Behrens, Stepan Co.; Treasurer Wayne Ashton, DuPont Nutrition &
Biosciences; President Melissa Hockstad, ACI and Secretary Douglas
Troutman, ACI.
ACI also announced the appointment of Kristin DiNicolantonio
to the new position of Director, Stakeholder Communications.
Previously, she was Communications Director for the International
Life Sciences Institute, and prior, Communications Manager for the
Association of Schools & Programs of Public Health.
American Chemistry Council (ACC) has appointed Ross Eisenberg
as VP, Federal Affairs. He will also oversee ACC’s political action
committee, AmeriChemPAC. Eisenberg previously served as VP of
Energy & Resources Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers.
ACC has also named Jill Brubaker as a Director of Federal Affairs.
She joins ACC from member company Dow,
where she served as Director of Federal Legislative
Affairs & Director of Political Affairs. ACC’s Allison
Starmann has been promoted from Deputy General
Counsel to General Counsel & Corporate Secretary.
Ric Berger, Clayton Corp.’s Director of Sales at
Clayton Valve, retired on March 26. He served for 31
years with the company.
Hans Holger Gliewe was appointed new Chairman of The International
Fragrance Association (IFRA). He succeeds Michael
Carlos and now heads a body including representatives of the seven
multinational Regular Members of IFRA and the regions of Asia-
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Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.. Maurizio Volpi
of Givaudan is now Vice Chair, while Thomas Schröder of BASF
is now Treasurer. Other company representatives are Armand de
Villoutreys (Firmenich), Thomas Dressler (Symrise),
Hisaya Fujiwara (Takasago), Christophe
Maubert (Robertet) and Nicolas Mirzayantz (IFF).
José Delgado, who served as Colep’s Packaging Division’s
Commercial Director, passed away on March
22. Delgado served most of his
career with Colep, where he was
employed for 25 years.
Philippe Dalle, Founding-President of L’Oréal
Canada, passed away in February. The Canadian
subsidiary was opened in 1958 and began by promoting
L’Oréal Coiffure to hairstylists. Dalle served
as President until 1984.
MicroCare Corp. promoted Jerald Chan to the new position of
Managing Director, MicroCare Asia Pte Ltd. Chan has been with
MicroCare since 2014 and will continue to work from MicroCare
Asia’s headquarters in Singapore.
Tiffany Willis has joined Ingredion Inc. as VP, Investor Relations &
Corporate Communications Officer. Willis hails from Fiserv, where
she served as VP of Investor Relations.
Firmenich’s President of Perfumery & Ingredients, Armand de
Villoutreys, will retire on June 30 after 21 years with the company.
Ilaria Resta will succeed Villoutreys on July 1 and will also become a
member of the Executive Committee. Resta most
recently served as VP of North America Hair Care
at Procter & Gamble, a company she has served
with for 22 years.
Graham Packaging has hired Balaji Jayaseelan as
Director of Sustainability & Regulatory Affairs. Previously,
Jayaseelan was Senior Manager of Sustainability
for Newell Brands.
Fragrance Creators Association has promoted
Amanda Nguyen to VP of Government Affairs &
Legal. Nguyen joined the association in 2016 as
Director, Government Affairs & Legal.
Scott McCall has replaced Steve Bratspies as
Walmart’s Chief Merchandising Officer of U.S.
Operations. McCall has been Senior VP, General
Merchandise Manager of Health & Wellness since 2015. McCall
began his Walmart career 25 years ago. Dacona Smith has assumed
the role of COO of Walmart U.S. Smith formerly
served as COO of Sam’s Club.
Franc Schiet has been named a Master Perfumer at
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF). Schiet
began his career at IFF in 1987 and has written
numerous science-related papers on fragrance
and either authored or co-authored more than 15
patents.
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