Senior Coca-Cola Exec Joins Newell Rubbermaid
Newell Rubbermaid Inc. announces a significant step in building its Office Products business with the appointment of senior Coca-Cola executive Penny McIntyre as Group President - Office Products. Newell Rubbermaid's Office Products group accounts for about $2 billion of the company's approximately $6 billion in revenues and includes such well-known brands as Sharpie markers and highlighters, Paper Mate pens, Dymo label and postage printers, Expo dry-erase markers, and Parker and Waterman luxury writing instruments
"Office Products is our most global business segment, and Penny's extensive experience building brands in numerous international assignments makes her the right person to drive growth in this key category," says Mark Ketchum, Newell Rubbermaid's president and chief executive officer. "After a thorough review of excellent internal and external candidates, it became clear that Penny brings a unique combination of international leadership experience and a proven track record of solving strategic, product innovation and marketing challenges."
McIntyre brings 27 years of global consumer packaged goods experience from S.C. Johnson and The Coca-Cola Company. Penny's early career at S.C. Johnson included assignments in the United States, Canada and Tokyo on many of their well-known brands, including Windex. The past 11 years of her career have been spent with Coca-Cola, including leadership roles in Moscow, Johannesburg, London and the United States. Most recently, she was the senior vice president, Non Carbonated and New Beverages Business Unit, and since 2007 she was the senior vice president and general manager, Water, Tea and Coffee, Coca-Cola North America.
"Office Products is our most global business segment, and Penny's extensive experience building brands in numerous international assignments makes her the right person to drive growth in this key category," says Mark Ketchum, Newell Rubbermaid's president and chief executive officer. "After a thorough review of excellent internal and external candidates, it became clear that Penny brings a unique combination of international leadership experience and a proven track record of solving strategic, product innovation and marketing challenges."
McIntyre brings 27 years of global consumer packaged goods experience from S.C. Johnson and The Coca-Cola Company. Penny's early career at S.C. Johnson included assignments in the United States, Canada and Tokyo on many of their well-known brands, including Windex. The past 11 years of her career have been spent with Coca-Cola, including leadership roles in Moscow, Johannesburg, London and the United States. Most recently, she was the senior vice president, Non Carbonated and New Beverages Business Unit, and since 2007 she was the senior vice president and general manager, Water, Tea and Coffee, Coca-Cola North America.