Larry Peiros becomes executive vice president and chief operating officer for Clorox North America, with overall responsibility for all of the company’s businesses in the U.S. and Canada. The Canada business will grow dramatically this year when Clorox closes on its $126 million purchase of Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s bleach businesses in Canada and five Latin America countries. The deal, announced in December, is expected to close in first-quarter 2007, the company said.
Peiros had been group vice president, supervising U.S. laundry and home care, auto care, Brita water filtering and Clorox Canada. Peiros has been with Clorox for 26 years, rising through the marketing ranks.
Beth Springer becomes executive vice president of strategy and growth, with a mandate to develop a long-range strategy and to oversee business planning functions including strategic planning, growth, new ventures, licensing, sustainability, and mergers and acquisitions. She had been group vice president, overseeing Clorox’s joint venture with Procter & Gamble via its Glad brand, as well as the cat litter, Kingsford charcoal and food businesses. Like Pieros, Springer has risen to the executive suite through marketing in her 17 years at Clorox.
Frank A. Tataseo becomes executive vice president of functional operations, adding responsibility to integrate Clorox’s functional processes and strategies. He continues to oversee marketing, sales, R&D, product supply and information services. The 12-year Clorox veteran had been group vice president of functional operations.
Oakland, CA-based Clorox reported sales of $4.6 billion (up 6%) for fiscal 2006, which ended June 30. The increase came mostly from price hikes; volume sales were up only 1%, Clorox said. Sales for first-quarter 2007 rose 5% to $1.16 billion, but volume dropped 1% as retail orders dropped after the earlier price increases.
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