01.02.19
Shiseido Company: tapped Marc Rey as chief growth officer. This newly-created position will oversee the firm’s new Technology Acceleration Hub in Cambridge, MA. Rey was formerly Shiseido Americas president and CEO. In addition to his current responsibilities, Rey will also oversee global M&A for the company in collaboration with the company’s headquarters in Tokyo. He will continue to report to Masahiko Uotani, president and CEO of Shiseido. To support Rey in his additional role, Ron Gee, CFO of Shiseido Americas, has been named global M&A Leader for Shiseido. He will oversee a newly-established global M&A team to support the company’s acquisition strategy across all geographies and categories including emerging technologies in cooperation with the company’s Tokyo headquarters. Gee will continue to report to Rey and will work to build on the momentum created during the past few years during which time the company has been active in M&A.