For Every Body Appoints Anderson to CEO Post

For Every Body appointed Paul C. Anderson as chief executive officer. Mr. Anderson will be responsible for the day-to-day functions of the company. Mr. Anderson was previously executive vice president of KIK Custom Products. Becky Lunceford, former CEO of For Every Body will continue to play a large role in the company by providing innovative ideas, product development and marketing efforts.
 

ICA, Inc:

Glennda Johnston and Bobbie Chavarria have joined the ICA, Inc. InfraShine Team. Both will be responsible for distributor relations for sales and education, Johnston for the Midwest region and Chavarria for the West Coast.

Ms. Johnston has been in the beauty industry for 35 years and has experience ranging from working behind the chair and owning a salon, to vocational instruction and education for several major manufacturers.

Ms. Chavarria has worked her way up in the salon industry moving from stylist to technical director, to manager to salon owner in just a few short years.

Crown Risdon:

Faqueer S. Ahmad assumed the role of vice president engineering and business development at Crown Risdon. In this newly created position, Mr. Ahmad will be responsible for both engineering and product development, as well as becoming an integral part of Crown Risdon’s executive operating committee. He will report directly to Stephen T. Pearlman, Crown Risdon president.

Firmenich North America:

Cathleen Quinn has been appointed to the newly-created role of vice president, creative development center, fine fragrance, North America and Marc Salmon as vice president, sales, fine fragrance, North America, also a new position within the company.

Ms. Quinn will provide a strategic alignment to perfumers by managing all creative development resources for North America including evaluation, marketing, and laboratories. Mr. Salmon will drive the strategic priority of customer intimacy at all levels.

McIntyre Group:

McIntyre Group has appointed two key executives in North and South America to meet the increasing technical needs of its customers in these important territories. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, McIntyre Group Ltda. added Wiron Viana as technical sales manager responsible for sales and service. Mr. Viana was previously a technical sales specialist with D’Altomare Quimica Ltda. after earlier stints in cosmetic formulation with Natura and P&G Brasil.

On the East Coast of the U.S., Michael Prendergast has joined McIntyre as a sales manager. According to McIntyre, Mr. Prendergast is uniquely qualified to join an already talented selling team on the East Coast, including colleagues John Bozza and Mike Scarlatelli. Mr. Prendergast is a chemist who hasmost recently worked for Rhodia in a technical capacity.

Ajinomoto:

Seiji Takagi has been appointed manager of Ajinomoto U.S.A., Inc.’s specialty chemicals division. He will oversee marketing and sales promotion in his new position. Before coming to the U.S., he worked for 13 years in the specialty chemicals department of Ajinomoto Co., Inc. in Tokyo, Japan, where he served in a wide variety of capacities including sales, marketing and new ingredient development manager for the amino acid and amino acid cosmetic ingredients businesses.

Limited Brands:

Limited Brands has recruited Anne Martin-Vachon as chief marketing officer of Limited’s Bath & Body Works division. Ms. Martin-Vachon will report to Neil Fiske, chief executive officer of Bath & Body Works. Formerly Procter & Gamble’s vice president of global cosmetics and beauty marketing, Ms. Martin-Vachon oversaw global cosmetic brands and global marketing for all beauty categories. No direct replacement has been named.

Zotos International:

Heather Simmons has joined Zotos International, Inc. as vice president of marketing, creative and communications for Core Brands. Simmons’ main focus will be on expanding the firm’s core hair care brands as well as identifying and implementing new initiatives. These initiatives will support category development and expansion into new markets. 

Ascendia Brands:

John D. Wille has been named chief financial officer for Ascendia Brands. Mr. Wille has nearly 30 years experience in financial management, mergers and acquisitions and consumer products. He replaces Brian J. Geiger, who is retiring from the company.

Beiersdorf AG:

Dr. Bernhard Duttmann assumed the role of chief financial officer, succeeding Rolf-Dieter Schwalb, who has been with the company for approximately 13 years. Mr. Duttman has been chief financial officer of Tesa AG since its foundating on April 1, 2001 and since May 2005, he has also been responsible for the Tesa consumer business.

Acme-Hardesty Co.:

Dean Bostic has been named national sales manager of Acme-Hardesty Co. headquartered in Blue Bell, PA.  As national sales manager, Bostic will manage and develop the company’s sales team, lead its sales and relationship development efforts to targeted accounts in support of its business objectives and develop its sales strategy and systematic processes to sustain and increase profitable market share.

Bostic joined Acme-Hardesty in 2000 as regional sales manager, and recently held the position of business group manager for HIIPC and Distributors.

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.:

Matthew T. Farrell has been elected to the position of vice president finance and chief financial officer. Mr. Farrell replaces Zvi Eiref, who will retire after serving as the company’s chief financial officer for 20 years.

Mr. Farrell was executive vice president, and chief financial officer of Alpharma, Inc., a leading international specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to 2002, he had been vice president, investor relations and communications for Ingersoll-Rand Ltd, a major diversified industrial manufacturer.

Revlon:

Revlon’s board of directors elected David L. Kennedy as a director and as president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Jack Stahl, who is leaving the company to pursue other interests. Mr. Kennedy is currently Revlon’s executive vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. While Mr. Kennedy’s appointment is effective immediately, Mr. Stahl has agreed to stay on as an advisor for 30 days to ensure a smooth transition to the new leadership.

Mr. Kennedy, 59, joined Revlon in 2002 as executive vice president and president of Revlon International. Earlier this year he was appointed chief financial officer of Revlon, Inc. and its wholly owned operating subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation.