Chris Wermann — Group VP & Chief Communications Officer at Avon

Mr. Chris Wermann has been Chief Communications Officer at Avon Products, Inc. since January 3, 2017 and serves as its Group Vice President. Mr. Wermann's responsibilities include Corporate and Internal Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability and operational oversight of the Avon Foundation for Women. Mr. Wermann has deep experience in corporate affairs and communications across a range of industries and international markets. He has led the development of integrated internal and external communications strategies for several blue chip companies facing rapidly evolving situations, demanding stakeholder sentiment and pivotal periods of transformation. Mr. Wermann served as the Director of Corporate Affairs at Home Retail Group Plc. As a member of the senior leadership team, Mr. Wermann directed and led communications across the Group and Operating Companies. He established the first Group and Retail brand and consumer corporate affairs vision, purpose, strategies and plans, realigning the function and roles, both internal and external, to become commercial business partners for the Group and branded businesses, while ensuring maximum creativity. Previously, Mr. Wermann was European director of corporate affairs for Kellogg, where he was responsible for developing and leading the corporate affairs strategy for Europe. In that role, he completely realigned the European CSR programs to fit business and stakeholder needs. Mr. Wermann helped to lead Kellogg's global response to the World Health Organization's challenge on obesity and health, including being the first to launch a new nutrition labelling system, new children's marketing guidelines and food innovation commitments. He also lobbied to be the first food company to help establish the Change4life program with the UK Government and took a leadership role in establishing a five-fold commitment to the environment. Before joining Kellogg, Mr. Wermann served as director of corporate affairs for Avis Europe PLC and as deputy director of group communications, for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC.