공고 • Jul 31
Kenvue Inc. Announces Board Changes
Kenvue Inc. announced the implementation of a Board of Directors (“the Board”) succession process, in line with the Company’s commitment to best-in-class corporate governance and independent Board oversight. The Board has appointed Kathleen M. Pawlus and Kirk L. Perry as new independent directors, effective August 15, 2024, and December 1, 2024, respectively. Ms. Pawlus brings over 40 years of audit, finance, strategy, mergers and acquisitions, quality, information technology and administration experience to the Company, having previously served as a partner at Ernst and Young, LLP (“EY”) and Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of its Global Assurance group. Upon joining the Board, Ms. Pawlus will serve as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Perry currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Circana, a global provider of technology, data, and predictive analytics for the consumer, retail and media sectors. He is a seasoned consumer products and brand strategist, with more than 30 years of consumer packaged goods and technology experience at two of the world’s largest and most respected companies, Procter & Gamble and Google. Upon joining the Board, Mr. Perry will serve as a member of the Compensation & Human Capital Committee. Following the sale of Johnson & Johnson’s remaining stake in Kenvue in May 2024, Peter M. Fasolo, Ph.D., and Joseph J. Wolk, current Johnson & Johnson executives, advised Kenvue’s Board that they will resign from the Board, effective in December 2024, at the time Mr. Perry is expected to join the Board. Following the implementation of this Board succession process, Kenvue expects the Board to be composed of 11 directors, 10 of whom will be independent, as of the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Kathleen Pawlus previously served as partner of EY, and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of EY’s Global Assurance group, which is one of the largest of EY’s four service lines and includes its Audit Practice, Fraud, Investigation and Dispute Services Practice, Climate Change and Sustainability Services Practice and its Financial Accounting Advisory Services Practice. She spent her entire career at EY and brings more than four decades of experience to Kenvue. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of EY’s Global Assurance group, she served as EY’s Americas Chief Financial Officer, Global PBFA Function Leader and U.S. Firm Chief Financial Officer responsible for finance, IT operations, treasury, purchasing and facilities. Ms. Pawlus served on EY’s U.S. Executive Board from 2006 to 2012. She currently serves as a board member of AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. Ms. Pawlus has a B.S. from Indiana University and is a Certified Public Accountant. Kirk Perry currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Circana, a global provider of technology, data, and predictive analytics for the consumer, retail and media sectors. He brings a deep understanding of the global consumer marketplace from both the manufacturer and technology-based service provider perspective, with more than 30 years of consumer packaged goods and technology experience. Prior to joining Circana, Mr. Perry served as President, Global Client and Agency Solutions at Google, and was responsible for driving Google’s global revenue and growing its relationships with the world’s largest advertisers and advertising agencies. Before Google, Mr. Perry spent 23 years with Procter & Gamble, where he held several positions of increasing responsibility in general management and marketing roles, including President of Global Family Care; Vice President, U.S. Operations and North America Marketing, Procter & Gamble’s biggest region; and Vice President, North America Baby Care. Mr. Perry currently serves as a board member of The J.M. Smucker Company and Chick-Fil-A Inc., a privately owned restaurant company. He previously served as a director of e.l.f. Beauty and Hillerich & Bradsby Co. (Louisville Slugger), a privately owned sporting goods manufacturer. He has a B.B.A. from the University of Cincinnati.