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Avon Products Inc.’s Board of Directors has appointed Sherilyn McCoy as Chief Executive Officer. Ms. McCoy assumes leadership of Avon following 30 years at Johnson & Johnson, where she was the Vice Chairman of the company’s Pharmaceutical, Consumer, Corporate Office of Science & Technology and Information Technology divisions. Avon’s former CEO Andrea Jung will continue to serve the company as Executive Chairman. The first stand-alone issue of Cosmopolitan for Latinas, a new women’s lifestyle publication targeted at Englishspeaking Latinas, has hit newsstands nationwide. Michelle Herrera Mulligan, formerly the Managing Editor of LasFabulosas.com, is the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief. Donna Kalajian Lagani, SVP, Publishing Director and Chief Revenue Officer of Cosmopolitan, will oversee the brand’s advertising and marketing efforts.
Shiseido Americas Corporation (SAC), the US subsidiary of Tokyo-based Shiseido Co. Ltd., announced the promotion of Pankaj Gupta to Executive Vice President, Finance & Operations and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gupta had previously been the Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for NARS Cosmetics, a division of SAC. Thomas Seeger-Helbach has been named the new Managing Director of MÄURER & WIRTZ. Mr. SeegerHelbach, previously the Director of Marketing & New Business, is returning to the company after a year as the Head of Marketing & Communication for skincare company Dr. Babor.
Target Corporation has named Jeffrey Jones as the company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Most recently, Mr. Jones served as partner and President of McKinney, an advertising agency based in Durham, NC. Prior to McKinney, Mr. Jones held several leadership positions at Gap, Inc. Robertet Fragrances announces the appointment of Jennifer Powderly as the new Marketing Director. With over 20 years of experience, Ms. Powderly has worked for Bath & Body Works, Avon Products, Elizabeth Arden and Guerlain. The Fragrance Foundation has announced that Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel will be inducted into the 2012 FiFi® Hall of Fame during the 40th annual FiFi® Awards on May 21. The award is voted on by the Foundation’s Board of Directors and is presented to an individual who has brought extraordinary ingenuity, creativity, dedication and inner resources to bear, not only to their company’s success, but to the fragrance industry as a whole. Cosmoprof Asia will hold its 17th edition from November 14-16 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. M AY 2 0 1 2 /
The L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science partnership recognized five exceptional women Scientists from around the world with the 2012 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO Award in Life Sciences. The awards ceremony took place on March 29 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. Professor Bonnie Bassler, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Principal Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University, was awarded as the 2012 Laureate for North America. Givaudan has launched its Sustainability Report 2011 entitled Making Progress Together. The report, externally assured by auditors Ernst & Young, confirms the progress Givaudan has made against its 2020 operational targets. Against 2009 baselines, water efficiency has improved by 13.8%; energy efficiency has improved by 7.8%; and CO2 emissions have reduced by 12.8%, per tonne of product. The company has also seen a 44% reduction in the rate of Lost Time Injuries across all manufacturing sites. For the sixth consecutive year, Kao has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies 2012, announced by Ethisphere Institute. 16
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Total Beauty Media Group announces the launch of “The Week in Beauty,” a new web video series featuring the latest beauty news. The series will air weekly on totalbeauty.com and will be distributed via the TotalBeautyTV online channel. “The Week in Beauty” host gives viewers beauty news from the week, including new product releases, private sales, gifts-with-purchase and giveaways, with a behind-the-scenes, newsroom feel.