SCA Appoints New President for Global Hygiene Category

 

SCA (Sweden) announced this past week that the company has appointed Georg Schmundt-Thomas new president of the Global Hygiene Category. He will have global responsibility for SCA’s customer and consumer brands and innovation in the hygiene area.

Schmundt-Thomas will be a member of the Executive Management Team and report to President and CEO Magnus Groth. He will assume his position on August 1. He has extensive experience from working in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods industry. He has worked for Procter & Gamble since 1992 where he held a number of senior positions in a variety of markets, categories, and strategic functions, most recently as Duracell chief marketing officer, and previously VP and GM for Baby Care Latin America.

"Georg Schmundt-Thomas will play an important role, as president of the Global Hygiene Category, and further strengthen our innovation and brand development ambitions to support the business. Georg’s international experience and profile, combined with a solid track record of developing world leading brand portfolios will be an asset to our organization," said Magnus Groth, president and CEO of SCA.