Wrigley Realigns Commercial Operations Structure

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company will realign its global commercial operations structure so that all of the company's key geographies will now report directly to William D. Perez, Wrigley's president and chief executive officer. As a result of this realignment, the position of Vice President of Worldwide Commercial Operations held by Ralph Scozzafava has been eliminated and he will leave the company. Effective immediately, Michael Wong, currently vice president and managing director - Asia, will assume responsibility for the Pacific region and will begin reporting to Perez, as will Igor Saveliev, vice president and managing director - East/South Europe and Developing Geographies. Both will become members of Wrigley's Executive Leadership Team. Additionally, the Vice President and Managing Director for Wrigley North America, which is currently vacant, and a new position that will consolidate the leadership for Western and North/Central Europe into a single post, when filled, will report to Perez and join the Executive Leadership Team. "This realignment further strengthens and streamlines Wrigley's speed-to-market capabilities by having all key functional leaders, both at the corporate leadership center in Chicago as well as those accountable for key geographies, now be a part of our executive leadership team, the key decision-making body for our organization," says Perez. "We believe this new structure will simplify coordination of global commercial priorities and will allow for accelerated implementation of programs on regional and local levels."