Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO of the L’Oréal group, recently announces a series of new appointments to the Executive Committee of the French cosmetics giant

Effective as of 1 July 2013, the changes include:

– the appointment of Nicolas Hieronimus as President of the newly created Selective Divisions. As such, he will supervise all the Selective Divisions of L’Oréal (Luxury, Active Cosmetics, Professional Products, The Body Shop),
– the appointment of Marc Menesguen as President Consumer Products Division, in replacement of Jean-Jacques Lebel, who is retiring,
– the creation of three new Zones: the Americas headed by Frédéric Rozé, Eastern Europe headed by Alexandre Popoff, and Western Europe headed by Jochen Zaumseil,
– the appointment of Alexis Perakis-Valat as Executive Vice-President Asia Pacific Zone.

According to L’Oréal, the creation of a Selective Division aims at accelerating the Group’s development in all retail distribution networks, leveraging its expertise in each of the distribution channels.

Therefore, as of 1 July 2013, the members of the Executive Committee of L’Oréal are:

– Jean-Paul Agon: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
– Laurent Attal: Executive Vice-President Research and Innovation
– Jean-Philippe Blanpain: Executive Vice-President Operations
– Nicolas Hieronimus: President Selective Divisions
– Brigitte Liberman: President Active Cosmetics Division
– Marc Menesguen: President Consumer Products Division
– Christian Mulliez: Executive Vice-President Administration and Finance
– Alexis Perakis-Valat: Executive Vice-President Asia Pacific Zone
– Alexandre Popoff: Executive Vice-President Eastern Europe Zone
– Sara Ravella: Executive Vice-President Communication, Sustainability and Public Affairs
– Frédéric Rozé: Executive Vice-President Americas Zone
– Geoff Skingsley: Executive Vice-President Africa, Middle-East Zone
– Jérôme Tixier : Executive Vice-President Human Relations and Advisor to the Chairman
– An Verhulst-Santos : President Professional Products Division
– Jochen Zaumseil : Executive Vice-President Western Europe Zone