P&G names Merck KGAA consumer chief Uta Kemmerich-Keil to lead international division of personal health business as it closes on $4.2bn acquisition of German firm's consumer business. Deal closes a month after P&G announced biggest changes to organizational structure in 20 years, including combining personal care and health care into personal health and forming six global units, each headed by a CEO.
Procter & Gamble Co. is gaining more than a stable of global consumer health brands in its $4.2bn acquisition of Merck KGAA's consumer health business. P&G also added Merck's consumer chief, Uta Kemmerich-Keil, to head its international personal health care business.
Kemmerich-Keil, Merck's consumer health president and CEO since 2014, will join P&G as leader in Europe, Latin America and Asia,...