Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
8K characters. Original on sec.gov ·
Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
INFORMATION ABOUT OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
The names and ages of our executive officers as of February 11, 2021, together with certain biographical information, are as follows:
Gustavo L. Ghory, 62, was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer in June 2020. He is responsible for procurement, manufacturing, logistics, quality, safety and sustainability. Mr. Ghory joined Kimberly-Clark from SmarterChains, a technology company focused on creating agile operations for manufacturers, where he served as Chairman and Co-Founder since 2017. Mr. Ghory joined SmarterChains from The Procter & Gamble Company, where he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Vice President Product Supply - Global Manufacturing.
Maria Henry, 54, was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2015. Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Ms. Henry served as Chief Financial Officer of Hillshire Brands Company from 2012 to 2014, and Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee Corporation’s North America Retail and Food Service business from 2011 to 2012. Prior to joining Sara Lee (the predecessor to Hillshire Brands) in 2011, Ms. Henry was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Culligan International, where she was responsible for finance, strategy, business development and information technology. Before Culligan, Ms. Henry served as Chief Financial Officer of Vastera, Inc. She began her career at General Electric. She also serves on the board of directors of General Mills, Inc.
Michael D. Hsu, 56, has served as Chairman of the Board since January 2020 and as Chief Executive Officer since January 2019. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer since 2017, where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of our business units, along with our global innovation, marketing and supply chain functions. He served as Group President, K-C North America from 2013 to 2016, where he was responsible for our consumer business in North America, as well as leading the development of new business strategies for global nonwovens. From 2012 to 2013, his title was Group President, North America Consumer Products. He has been a director of Kimberly-Clark since 2017. Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark, Mr. Hsu served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Kraft Foods, Inc., from January 2012 to July 2012, as President of Sales, Customer Marketing and Logistics from 2010 to 2012 and as President of its grocery business unit from 2008 to 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Hsu served as President and Chief Operating Officer, Foodservice at H. J. Heinz Company. He also serves on the board of directors of Texas Instruments Incorporated.
Sandra R.A. Karrmann, 55, was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer in October 2020. She is responsible for the design and implementation of all human capital strategies for Kimberly-Clark, including global compensation and benefits, talent management, diversity and inclusion, organizational effectiveness and labor/employee relations. Ms. Karrmann joined Kimberly-Clark from Tenet Healthcare Corporation, a diversified healthcare services company, where she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since March 2019 and Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer since November 2017. Prior to joining Tenet, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for United Surgical Partners International, which operates surgical facilities, since January 2013.
Alison Lewis, 53, was elected Chief Growth Officer in July 2019. Ms. Lewis joined Kimberly-Clark from Johnson & Johnson, a health care products company, where she served as Chief Marketing Officer of the Global Consumer business since 2013. Prior to her role at Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Lewis served as Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President, North America at The Coca-Cola Company.
Jeffrey Melucci, 50, was elected Chief Transformation, Business Development and Legal Officer in November 2020. From April 2020 to November 2020, he served as Senior Vice President, Business Development and General Counsel and from 2017 to April 2020, he served as Senior Vice President - General Counsel. From January 2017 to September 2017, he served as Vice President, Senior Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark’s Global Operations. From March 2013 to January 2017, he served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. He also served as Corporate Secretary from April 2014 to September 2017 and General Counsel of Kimberly-Clark International from March 2013 to December 2016. Mr. Melucci joined Kimberly-Clark from General Electric, where he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as General Counsel - Aviation Systems and Aviation Business Development.
| 8 | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION - 2020 Annual Report |
Aaron Powell, 49, was elected President, K-C Asia-Pacific in March 2020. He is responsible for our consumer business in our Asia-Pacific region. From May 2018 to March 2020, he served as President of K-C Professional. Previously, he served as President, K-C Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) from April 2018 to May 2018, and prior to that he led our K-C Professional operations in North America since 2016. Mr. Powell joined Kimberly-Clark in 2007 and has held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within our EMEA operations, including Vice President and Managing Director, Central & Eastern Europe.
Russell Torres, 49, was elected President of K-C Professional in March 2020. He is responsible for our global business to business operations which provides a deep range of essential commercial products and services, including tissue and surface wipers, skin care, safety and do-it-yourself products. Mr. Torres joined Kimberly-Clark from Newell Brands Inc., a consumer goods company, where he served as Group President since 2018 and as Chief Transformation Officer from 2016 to 2018. Prior to joining Newell Brands, Mr. Torres was a partner at Bain & Company from 2013 to 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Torres served as a senior executive at Mondelez International in its North America Business Unit from 2011 to 2013.
Kimberly K. Underhill, 56, was elected Group President, K-C North America in 2018. She is responsible for our consumer business in North America. From 2014 to May 2018, she served as President of K-C Professional, and from 2011 to 2014, she served as President, Consumer Europe. Ms. Underhill joined Kimberly-Clark in 1988 and has held a number of positions with increasing responsibility within research and engineering, operations and marketing. Ms. Underhill also serves on the board of directors of Foot Locker, Inc.
Gonzalo Uribe, 49, was elected President, K-C Latin America in November 2020. He is responsible for our consumer business in our Latin America region. From 2018 to November 2020 he served as Vice President, North Latin America and from 2017 to 2018 he served as Vice President, Andean Region. Mr. Uribe joined Kimberly-Clark from Mondelēz, where he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Western Andean, Central America and Caribbean General Manager.
Tristram Wilkinson, 52, was elected President, K-C EMEA in 2018. He is responsible for our consumer business in our EMEA region. From 2016 to 2018, he served as Vice President and Managing Director, Central & Eastern Europe. Prior to that, Mr. Wilkinson held a number of positions of increasing responsibility within our EMEA operations, including Vice President and Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland. Mr. Wilkinson joined Kimberly-Clark in 1995.
| 9 | KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION - 2020 Annual Report |
| PART II |
Previous: Item 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS · Next: Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES