Hamburg, February 3, 2017 – Beiersdorf will appoint Vincent Warnery to the
Executive Board of Beiersdorf AG effective February 15, 2017. In his new
position, he will oversee the brands Eucerin, Hansaplast and La Prairie. Until
November 2016 Vincent Warnery served as Senior Vice President and Head of the
Global Consumer Health business at Sanofi S.A., Paris.
“In recent years,
Beiersdorf has achieved strong growth, particularly with NIVEA, on the basis of
its successful Blue Agenda strategy,” said Stefan F. Heidenreich, CEO of
Beiersdorf AG. “For Eucerin, Hansaplast and La Prairie we see lots of
growth potential in the future that we intend to leverage through investments
and innovation, helped by new management and new business opportunities. With
Mr. Warnery´s appointment, we are adding a manager to our Executive Board
who has the expertise and international experience we need in this area. We are
happy that Vincent Warnery is joining our management team.”
Vincent Warnery was
born in France. After earning his master´s degree in business administration in
1991, he began his career at Procter & Gamble in France. He later joined
L’Oréal, where he worked for 15 years and held a number of senior positions in
Europe, Asia and Latin America. He joined Sanofi in 2011. He is married and has
three children.