LONDON, May 1, 2019 /CNW/ -- Avon Products,
Inc. (NYSE: AVP), a global leader in direct selling of beauty
products, today announced that Goran
Petrovic has been appointed Group Vice President and General
Manager, Russia and Eastern
Europe.
Goran is an experienced senior executive and brings extensive
experience in social selling garnered through leadership, sales and
marketing roles with Avon Canada (New Avon LLC) and Avon Worldwide
(Avon Products Inc) in North
America and Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to
his sales and marketing pedigree Goran brings deep expertise in
e-commerce and improving the digital customer experience.
For the past four years Goran has been President of Avon Canada,
leading the transformation of New Avon's business there. Under his
leadership Avon Canada has overhauled its Representative and
customer experience and implemented key strategic changes to
improve profitability and cash flow.
Goran joins Avon in July and
will be responsible for leading Avon in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. He will report to Global President
Miguel Fernandez. Miguel
commented:
"We are delighted to welcome Goran back to Avon Worldwide to
lead this strategically important cluster and one of our largest
markets. His three years in Russia
as Head of Sales and experience in social selling in Eastern Europe, combined with more recent
strategic transformation leadership in North America puts him in a strong position to
build our business in Eastern
Europe."
Goran commented: "We have a tremendous opportunity to open up
Avon's growth in Russia and Eastern Europe. I'm very
excited about the opportunity to transform the business model and
support the next generation of Avon Beauty Entrepreneurs to build
successful businesses. This is an iconic brand with truly stand-out
product innovation which creates huge potential to grow our
Representatives' sales. When she succeeds, we succeed".
About Avon Products Inc.
For 130 years Avon has stood for women: providing
innovative, quality beauty products which are primarily sold to
women, through women. Millions of independent sales
Representatives across the world sell iconic Avon brands such as
Avon Color and ANEW through their social networks, building their
own beauty businesses on a full- or part-time basis.
Avon supports women's empowerment,
entrepreneurship and well-being and has donated over $1billion to women's causes through Avon and the Avon Foundation. Learn more
about Avon and its products at
www.avonworldwide.com. #Stand4Her
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harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
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opportunities for growth in certain markets. Because
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possibility of business disruption, competitive uncertainties, and
general economic and business conditions
in Avon's markets as well as the other risks detailed
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