José Vicente Marino proven
direct selling executive
LONDON, Aug. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Avon Products, Inc.
(NYSE: AVP), a global leader in direct selling of beauty products,
today announced that José Vicente
Marino has been appointed as Executive Vice President and
General Manager, Brazil, effective
17 September 2018. Mr. Marino
will be responsible for accelerating growth in Brazil, Avon's largest business, reporting to
Jan Zijderveld, Chief Executive
Officer.
Mr. Marino is a seasoned executive with extensive General
Manager, direct selling, consumer and strategic planning experience
within global organizations. He has held executive positions at
Natura & Co., latterly as Chief Operating Officer and a member
of the Executive Committee, where he led the multi-channel and
multi-brand strategy, and the entire sales team, having been
promoted successively from Brands & Business VP and Marketing
& Sales VP. Most recently, he was President at Flora Cosméticos
e Limpeza, a leading beauty and hygiene products company owned by
JBS Group and part of J&F Investimentos S.A., where he led
sales growth of more than 15% during his time in the business.
José Vicente has significant experience at global consumer
packaged goods companies, including Johnson & Johnson where he
was a Commercial Director, VP of Customer Development LatAm and
President of its Brazil
operations. He started his career as a Marketing Manager and
National Manager for key accounts at BestFoods, which was acquired
by Unilever PLC. José Vicente has a B.A. in Business Administration
from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, extension courses of Business
Administration from FGV and Retail from USP and graduated from
Harvard Business School on the Owners
and President Management programme. He is a former Chairman of the
Board of Alpargatas and a Board member of the Instituto Akatu.
"We are delighted to welcome José Vicente to our executive
leadership team," said Jan
Zijderveld, Chief Executive Officer. "His direct selling
expertise, deep knowledge of Brazil, the consumer products industry and
disciplined leadership skills, alongside a proven track record in
driving growth and turning businesses around, will add tremendous
energy to accelerating our business opportunities in Brazil. José Vicente has a strategic mindset
and a drive for execution that I am confident will help us make
great strides in our commercial operations to generate long-term
profitable growth."
"It is exciting to join Avon
during this important time in its history," said Mr. Marino. "I
have long admired Avon's brand, its millions of beauty
entrepreneurs, its highly appealing portfolio of beauty products
and the compelling purpose at the heart of a company, which has
been a champion for women for over 100 years. With consumers losing
trust in corporates, direct selling between a Representative and
her customer has never been more relevant. I was also attracted by
the quality of the executive team, who will help me to increase
Avon's selling opportunity in
Brazil, leverage digital
opportunities, enhance execution and drive increased
profitability."
About Avon Products, Inc.
Avon is the Company that for
130 years has proudly stood for beauty, innovation, optimism and,
above all, for women. Avon
products include well-recognized and beloved brands such as ANEW,
Avon Color, Avon Care, Skin-So-Soft, and Advance Techniques sold
through approximately 6 million active independent Avon Sales
Representatives. Learn more about Avon and its products at
www.avoncompany.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" that
are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including Avon's ability to increase its selling
opportunity in Brazil, leverage
digital opportunities and Avon's
efforts to generate long-term profitable growth. Because
forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and
uncertainties, actual future results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied by such forward-looking
statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are
not limited to, the possibility of business disruption, competitive
uncertainties, and general economic and business conditions in
Avon's markets as well as the
other risks detailed in Avon's
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