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EDUCATION: University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1976 University of Pittsburgh, M.B.A., 1980
BUSINESS AFFILIATIONS PRIOR TO JOINING PROCTER & GAMBLE: None
DATE JOINED PROCTER & GAMBLE: September 1980
POSITIONS HELD AND DATES:
1980 - Brand Assistant, Dawn/Ivory Snow
1981 - Sales Training, Philadelphia
1981 - Assistant Brand Manager, Oxydol
1983 - Assistant Brand Manager, Cascade
1984 - Brand Manager, Gain/Special Assignment
1985 - Brand Manager, Tide Sheets
1986 - Brand Manager, Dawn
1987 - Associate Advertising Manager, PS&D Advertising
1987 - Associate Advertising Manager, Laundry Products, PS&D Division
1988 - Associate Advertising Manager, Laundry Specialty Products, PS&D Division
1989 - Advertising Manager, Fabric Softeners, BS&HCP Division
1990 - Manager, Noxell Products, International Division (Canada)
1992 - Special Assignment to R. T. Blanchard
1993 - General Manager, Deodorants/Old Spice, Procter & Gamble USA
1996 - Vice President and General Manager, Deodorants/Old Spice and Skin Care Products-U.S.,
Procter & Gamble North America
1997 - Vice President and General Manager, Laundry Products-U.S., Procter & Gamble North America
1999 - Vice President-North America Fabric Care
1999 - President-Global Skin Care
2000 - President-Global Cosmetics & Skin Care
2000 - President-Global Personal Beauty Care
2002 - President-Global Personal Beauty Care & Global Feminine Care
2004 - Vice Chair . P&G Beauty
2006 - Vice Chair . P&G Beauty & Health
In 2004, Susan Arnold was the first woman to be named to the Vice Chair position at
P&G.
Since July 2004, she has led P&G Beauty, which includes the recent integration of
Gillette.s personal care brands. She has overall management responsibility for a global
brand portfolio which includes Pantene, Olay, SK-II, Cover Girl, Herbal Essences, Hugo
Boss, Lacoste, Secret, Always, Tampax, Old Spice and Wella.
In April 2006, she assumed additional responsibility for P&G.s oral care, personal health
and pharmaceutical businesses. This portfolio includes Actonel, Prilosec OTC, Crest,
Oral B and Vicks. Together, P&G.s Beauty and Health businesses generate annual
sales of about $30 billion.
Ms. Arnold has a distinguished track record in general management, strategy
development and innovation, with more than 15 years of experience in beauty. She
joined P&G in 1980 and held a number of marketing and management positions before
becoming category manager of P&G.s cosmetics business in Canada in 1990. In 1999,
she was the first woman to reach a president-level position at P&G when she assumed
global responsibility for the company.s personal beauty business.
Ms. Arnold has been listed among The Wall Street Journal.s .50 Women to Watch. in
2004 and 2005 and in Fortune Magazine.s .50 Most Powerful Women in Business.
since 2002.
She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of
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