P&G Appoints Meg Whitman to Board of Directors

The Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, has appointed Meg Whitman to its board of directors. Whitman, a candidate for governor of California in the 2010 elections, first served on the P&G board from 2003 to 2008.

"Meg was an outstanding director during her initial time on the board and we are delighted to be able to welcome her back," said Robert A. McDonald, P&G chairman of the board, president, and CEO. "Her business knowledge, vision and passion for winning are qualities that will serve the board and P&G well in the years ahead."

Whitman graduated from Princeton with a degree in economics and received her MBA from Harvard Business School. Her first job was as a brand assistant at P&G and she moved to Bain and Company in 1981 where she worked for eight years reaching the level of VP. She then joined the Walt Disney Co. as SVP of marketing and in 1992 accepted a senior position at StrideRite. She held executive positions at Florists' Transworld Delivery and Hasboro before taking the position of president and CEO at eBay in 1998.

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