P&G Announces Retirement Of Dimitri Panayotopoulos As Vice Chairman

(RTTNews) - The Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) announced that Dimitri Panayotopoulos, Vice Chairman and Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or CEO, will retire from the Company, effective January 2, 2014, after 37 years of service.

P&G also announced that Bruce Brown, Chief Technology Officer, will retire on August 31, 2014, after more than 34 years of service. Kathleen Fish, currently Vice President-Research & Development, Global Fabric Care, has been elected Chief Technology Officer, succeeding Brown, effective February 1, 2014.

Also, Robert Fregolle, Jr., Global Customer Business Development Officer, will retire on June 30, 2014, after more than 36 years of service and Carolyn Tastad, currently Vice President-Global Market Strategy & Planning and One Go-to-Market Optimization, has been elected Global Customer Business Development Officer, succeeding Fregolle, effective February 1, 2014, the company stated.