P&G's Personal Health Sector Has Merck Consumer Chief As International Head
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet & The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
P&G names Merck KGAA consumer chief Uta Kemmerich-Keil to lead international division of personal health business as it closes on $4.2bn acquisition of German firm's consumer business. Deal closes a month after P&G announced biggest changes to organizational structure in 20 years, including combining personal care and health care into personal health and forming six global units, each headed by a CEO.
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