Ed
Shirley
Vice Chair, Global Beauty & Grooming, P&G
Position Held & Dates
Residence
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Date of Birth
November 7, 1956
Place
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Education
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
B.S., Business Administration
Date Joined Gillette
June, 1978
Date Joined P&G
October, 2005
1978
Inventory Accountant, Safety Razor Division, Boston, Mass.
1979
Cost Accountant, Safety Razor Division
1981
Financial Analyst, Safety Razor Division
1983
Cost Accounting Supervisor, Safety Razor Division
1984
Assistant Manager Financial Planning, Papermate Division,
Boston, Mass.
1986
Information Resource Manager, Papermate Division
1987
Financial Planning Manager, Papermate Division
1988
Vice President, U.S. Finance and Administration, Oral-B
Laboratories, Belmont, Calif.
1991
District Sales Manager, Oral-B U.S.
1992
General Manager, Oral-B U.S. Consumer Products Division
1994
President, Oral-B North America
1997
President, Braun Europe, Kronberg, Germany
1998
President, Braun Global Sales, Germany
1999
President, Gillette Europe, Isleworth, UK
2002
Sr. Vice President, Gillette Global Value Chain and Global
Marketing Resources, Boston, Mass.
2004
President, Gillette International Commercial Operations,
Boston, Mass.
2005
President, Commercial Operations, International – Gillette
2006
Group President – North America
2008
Vice Chair – Global Beauty & Grooming
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Ed Shirley
Activities
Vice Chairman, Global Beauty &
Grooming, P&G
Member, University of Massachusetts, Isenberg School of Management Business Advisory Council
Member, Board and Executive Committee – GS1
Member, Industry Affairs Council, GMA
Member, Supervisory Board, Braun GmbH, Germany
Member, Board of Time Warner Cable
Member, Board and Executive Committee -- Personal Care Products Council
Past Member, Board of Directors, City Year – Boston
Past Member, Board of Directors, Transora
Past Member, Executive Board, ECR Europe
Past Member, Executive Board, Global Commerce Initiative (GCI)
Past Member, Executive Board, AIM Europe
Past President, Boys and Girls Club of America – Salem, Mass.
December 2009
Ed
Shirley
Vice Chair, Global Beauty & Grooming, P&G
Ed Shirley is Vice Chair of the Global Beauty and Grooming Business Unit of
Procter & Gamble. During his 31-year career, Ed has gained deep experience in
Ed is leading an
organizational and
cultural
breakthrough
nearly every facet of business, including Finance and Accounting, Sales, BrandBuilding, Product Supply and General Management, across a variety of roles
throughout the world, making him one of the most well-rounded executives at
P&G.
Ed grew up in Salem, Massachusetts and holds a BS in Business Administration
from the University of Massachusetts. He joined The Gillette Company in 1978
designed to better
upon graduation, beginning his career in Boston in what was then known as
serve women and
Gillette’s Papermate and Oral-B Divisions.
men throughout the
Ed spent the early 1990s leading Gillette’s North American Oral-B business,
the Safety Razor Division and quickly rising through the financial ranks in
world through
competing against the world’s biggest consumer goods companies, including
holistic beauty and
Global Selling Organizations. Following this, Ed led the redesign and
grooming solutions
P&G. In the late 90’s, he moved to Germany to run Braun’s European and
transformation of Gillette’s European Operations, and was responsible for the
Gillette, Duracell, Braun, Oral-B and Stationery Products businesses. Under his
that better meet
leadership, market shares grew in more than two-thirds of the business by
more of “Her” and
by reducing overhead costs.
“His” needs.
On his return to Boston, Ed created Gillette’s first global marketing team,
leveraging the scale of the portfolio and increasing brand building investments
responsible for developing common brand-building capabilities across all
business units. At the same time, he also led the creation of the Global Value
Chain and led Gillette’s turnaround from one of the poorest performing
customer supply chains in the industry to best-in-class globally in less than 18
months. Both of these efforts established strategic points of difference and
competitive advantage for Gillette.
Prior to the 2005 acquisition, Ed led Gillette’s International Commercial
Operations which represented more than 60% of the Company’s sales. During
Gillette’s integration into P&G, he partnered with P&G leaders around the
globe in keeping the business on the tracks, while developing integrated
staffing plans and “best of both” go-to-market capabilities.
In 2006, Ed assumed responsibility for P&G’s largest region, North America,
delivering share growth while driving the implementation of P&G’s new go-tomarket capabilities behind a primary focus on in-store execution. He also led
the reorganization and simplification of the work between the regional
business units and the North American Market Development Organization,
driving out overhead costs to increase brand- building funds.
As Vice Chair of Global Beauty & Grooming, Ed is leading an organizational and
cultural breakthrough designed to better serve women and men throughout the
world through holistic beauty and grooming solutions that better meet more of
“Her” and “His” needs.
December 2009