Executive Team

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Ian Cook*

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Cook joined Colgate-Palmolive in the United Kingdom in 1976 and progressed through a series of senior management roles around the world.

He became Chief Operating Officer in 2004, with responsibility for operations in North America, Europe, Central Europe, Asia and Africa. In 2005, Mr. Cook was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for all Colgate-Palmolive operations worldwide, and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2007. Elected director in 2007 and Chairman in 2009.

Noel Wallace*

President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Wallace became President and Chief Operating Officer in July 2018 responsible for all the Company’s operating units.

He joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1987 and progressed through a number of global positions in marketing and general management. In 2002, he was appointed to Vice President and General Manager of the Global Toothbrush Division. Following that assignment he led the Colgate business in Mexico and in 2010, became President, Colgate North America, including responsibility for Colgate’s Global Sustainability strategy. In 2013, he became President, Colgate Latin America and was most recently Chief Operating Officer, Global Innovation & Growth and Hill’s Pet Nutrition since 2016.

P. Justin Skala*

Executive Vice President, Chief Growth & Strategy Officer

Mr. Skala became Executive Vice President, Chief Growth & Strategy Officer in July 2018 leading all the Company’s commercial growth functions, including Global Marketing, Customer Development, Technology and Supply Chain, as well as the Company’s Sustainability efforts and its professional skin care businesses.

He joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1982 and held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, sales and general management with both the Colgate and Hill’s organizations. In 2007 he became President, Colgate Asia, in 2010 President, Colgate Latin America and in 2013 was appointed President, North America and Global Sustainability. Most recently, he was Chief Operating Officer, North America, Europe, Africa/Eurasia and Global Sustainability since 2016.

Henning Jakobsen*

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Jakobsen became CFO in May 2018 having most recently been Colgate-Palmolive's Vice President and Corporate Controller since 2017.

He joined the Company in 1989, and has held key financial positions for the Company's European and North American business units, as well as General Manager assignments in Africa and Europe. In 2006 he became Chief Financial Officer of Chr. Hansen, a Denmark-based multinational bioscience organization, before rejoining Colgate in 2011.

Jennifer M. Daniels*

Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Ms. Daniels joined Colgate-Palmolive in 2014 from NCR Corporation, where she was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

Prior to joining NCR in 2010, she was General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Barnes & Noble, Inc. Previously, Ms. Daniels spent nearly seventeen years at IBM. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard Law School.

Dennis Hickey*

Vice Chairman

Mr. Hickey joined Colgate-Palmolive in 1977 and has held a variety of key financial positions for the Company, most recently serving as Chief Financial Officer from 2011 until 2018.

He was Colgate-Palmolive's longstanding Vice President and Corporate Controller from 1998 through 2011 and held key financial positions for the Company’s European and North American business units, the Corporate Audit unit and a variety of business strategy leadership assignments.

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Issam Bachaalani
VP & GM, Colgate-India & South Asia

Daniel Bagley
VP, Global R&D

Dave Baloga
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Donald Beatty
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Angel Dario Belalcazar
VP, Global R&D

Joseph M. Bertolini*
VP, Global Finance

Jose Borrell
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Yves Briantais
VP, Colgate-Europe

Peter Brons-Poulsen*
President & CEO, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Marsha Butler
VP, Global Oral Care

Scott Cain
VP, Global Finance

Burc Cankat
VP & GM, Colgate-North Africa/Middle East & Turkey

Maria Paula Capuzzo
VP, Colgate-Latin America

Rosario Carlino
VP, Colgate-Africa/Eurasia

Maria Elisa Carvajal
VP, Global Marketing Communications

Martin J. Collins
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Michael A. Corbo*
Chief Supply Chain Officer

Mike Crowe*
Chief Information Officer

Rich Cuprys
VP, Global R&D

Paula Davis
VP, Chief Communications Officer

Marianne DeLorenzo
VP, Global Information Technology

Mukul Deoras*
President, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Cathy Dillane
VP, Colgate-Latin America

Julie Dillon
VP & GM, Colgate-South Pacific

Philip Durocher
VP & GM, Colgate-Northern Europe

John Faucher*
SVP, Investor Relations

Kim Faulker
VP, Colgate-Latin America

Jean-Luc Fischer*
President, Colgate-Africa/Eurasia

Betsy Fishbone
VP, Global Legal

Laura Flavin
VP, Global Human Resources

Nadine Flynn
VP, Global Legal

David Foster
VP, Global Information Technology

Diana Geofroy
VP, Colgate-Mexico

Corrado Giaquinto
VP & GM, Colgate-Malaysia Group

Derek Gordon
VP & GM, Global Toothbrush

Taylor Gordy
Chief Customer Officer

Peter Graylin
VP, Global Legal

Valerie Haliburton
VP, Global Ethics & Compliance

Elise Halvorson
VP, Enterprise Risk Management

Suzan F. Harrison*
President, Global Oral Care

John Hazlin
VP & GM, Global Personal & Home Care

Raymond Ho
VP, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Robert Hofmann
VP, Colgate-Europe & Africa/Eurasia

Henry Hu
VP, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Nina Huffman
VP, Global Legal

Traci Hughes-Velez
VP, Colgate-Europe

John J. Huston*
SVP, Chief of Staff

N. Jay Jayaraman
VP, Global R&D

Eugene Kelly
VP, Global Diversity & Inclusion

Iain Kielty
VP, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Brian King
VP, Colgate-U.S. Company

Charalabos Klados
VP, Global Legal

Raj Kohli
VP, Global R&D

John Kooyman*
Chief Marketing Officer

Wojciech Krol
VP & GM, Colgate-Central Europe East

Andrea Lagioia
VP & GM, Colgate-Brazil

Michael Larrain
CEO, Professional Skin Care

Al Lee*
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer

Adriana Leite
VP & GM, Colgate-Southern Cone

Stephane Lionnet
VP, Chief Business Services Officer

Javier Llinas
VP, Global Information Technology

Moira Loten
VP, Global Oral Care

Gregory Malcolm
VP, Corporate Audit

Daniel B. Marsili*
Chief Human Resources Officer

Cesar Martinez
VP, Colgate-Africa/Eurasia

Pablo Mascolo
VP, Colgate-Latin America

Sally Massey
VP, Global Human Resources

Paul McGarry
VP, Global Information Technology

Thomas Mintel
VP, Global R&D

Pascal Montilus
VP, Colgate-North America

Anne-Marie Motte
VP & GM, Colgate-North America

Francisco Munoz
VP & GM, Colgate-Central America

Josue M. Munoz
VP, Global Supply Chain

Vinod Nambiar*
Division President

Eddie Niem
VP & GM, Hawley & Hazel

Jesper Nordengaard
VP & GM, Hill's Pet Nutrition-U.S.

Godfrey Nthunzi
VP, Colgate-Africa/Eurasia

Edward Oblon
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Elaine Paik*
VP & Corporate Treasurer

Nancy Pak
VP & GM, Tom's of Maine

Prabha Parameswaran*
President, Colgate-Europe

Terrell Partee
VP, Global R&D

Hector Pedraza
VP & GM, Colgate-Andina

Brent Peterson
VP, Global Human Resources

Spencer Pingel
VP, Global Marketing

Massimo Poli
VP & GM, Colgate-Mexico

Warren Pruitt
VP, Global Supply Chain

Ram Raghavan
VP, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Riccardo Ricci
VP & GM, Colgate-Southern Europe

Lauren Richardson
Chief Procurement Officer

Michele Ross
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Paolo Rossetto
VP, Colgate-Europe

Debashish Roy
VP, Colgate-Africa/Eurasia

Maria Ryan
Chief Dental Officer

Bernal Saborio
VP & GM, Colgate-Caribbean

Arvind Sachdev
VP & GM, Colgate-Philippines

Ivan Sandoval
VP, Global Legal

David Scharf
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Dany Schmidt
VP & GM, Colgate-Central Europe West

Sara Scrittore
VP, Hill's Pet Nutrition

Mori Seguchi
VP & GM, Hill's Pet Nutrition-Japan

Alain Semeneri
VP & GM, Hill's Pet Nutrition-Europe & Russia

Jose Fernando Serrano
VP, Colgate-Latin America

Andrew Shepard
VP & GM, Colgate-Western Europe

Philip Shotts*
VP & Controller

Luciano Sieber
VP, Colgate-Europe & Africa/Eurasia

Lynne Tapper
VP, Global Human Resources

Orlando Tenorio
VP & GM, Colgate-South Africa

Richard Thorogood
VP, Global Insights

Linda Topping
VP, Global Supply Chain

Ann Tracy
VP, Global Sustainability

Panagiotis Tsourapas*
President, Colgate-Latin America

Bill Van de Graaf
VP, Colgate-North America

Patricia Verduin*
Chief Technology Officer

Mauro Watanabe
VP, Colgate-Asia Pacific

Cliff Wilkins
VP, Global Legal

Dan Wish
VP, Global Marketing

Alan Wolpert
VP & GM, Colgate-Eurasia

Winnie Wong
VP & GM, Colgate-Greater China

Ruben Young
VP & GM, Colgate-Greater Indo-China

Juan Pablo Zamorano*
President, Colgate-North America