recent position as Senior Associate Director
of Packaging Innovation and Development
for Bayer Consumer Care.
The Board of Directors of High Ridge
Brands Co. announced that Patricia Lopez
has been appointed to the role of CEO.
She also serves on the Company’s Board
of Directors. Lopez has extensive experience
in the consumer products industry,
including twenty-five years at Procter &
Gamble. Most recently, she was SVP,
General Manager of the Estée Lauder
and Aerin Beauty Products business in
North America. From 2012 to 2015, Lopez
served as Chief Marketing Officer of Avon
Products.
The Fragrance Foundation has named
Linda Levy as President, replacing Elizabeth
Musmanno. Levy currently serves
as a member of the Board of Directors.
She previously served as the Omni Group
VP, Divisional Merchandise Manager for
Fragrances at Macy’s Inc. Before that,
Levy held positions at L’Oréal’s Lancôme
USA, The Estée Lauder Cos. and Wella/
Procter & Gamble. Additionally, she has
consulted for Shiseido and Coty.
TricorBraun has announced two key management
moves. Brett Binkowski, who has
been with TricorBraun for 20 years, has
been named to the newly created role of
Chief Commercial Officer. Binkowski has
served the company as a Packaging Consultant,
Branch Manager, Regional VP,
Head of Supply Chain and most recently
Executive VP–Central Division.
Jim Dugan has been hired as Tricor-
Braun’s Executive VP–Central Division.
Most recently, Dugan was an Executive VP
with Shoes for Crews and prior to that,
held sales management
positions with
Cintas Corp. and RR
Donnelley & Sons,
Inc.
In addition, Collin
Akemann has joined
the company’s Design
& Engineering Group
as Industrial Designer. Akemann has a
BFA in Industrial Design from the University
of Illinois.
Russell Norman joined Surfachem in July
as a UK-based Technical Development
Manager. He has 15 years of experience
managing R&D in Household, Industrial
and Institutional care projects. Ewald Van
Warmerdam joined Surfachem in May in
the newly created position of Detergents
Market Development Manager. Aleksandra
Rochowicz will be relocating to Poland
to manage Surfachem’s Polish business,
Surfachem Polska, from Sept. 1.
Additionally, Dr. Philip Wright is
joining Surfachem as Strategic Business
Development Manager. He will assume
responsibility for key business areas within
the UK, working on business and market
development projects across the Surfachem
Group.
AkzoNobel announced that Thierry
Vanlancker is the new CEO, replacing Ton
Büchner, who stepped down due to health
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