Diversity Manager appointed: Henkel's first global Diversity Manager will extend the strategic advantages of the company's inherent diversity. Her name is Anke Meier and she will be reporting directly to Kasper Rorsted, Vice Chairman of the Henkel Management Board and Executive Vice President Human Resources.
Having so far spent eleven years with the company, Meier has gathered significant experience abroad in various international finance-related posts.
She was, for example, Henkel's chief financial officer in the UK and Ireland for one and a half years and, as part of Henkel's global Audit team, working at many other international sites of the company.
An economist by profession, Anke Meier is delighted to have been entrusted with this new responsibility. “The level of personnel diversity that we have in our own ranks – manifested, for example, in different areas of expertise, cultures and age structures – is enormous.
We are committed to supporting our employees in developing their various abilities and skills. We also want to make sure that they know how much we appreciate their individual qualities and distinctive characteristics as important assets for our company.
Our aim now is to further develop and strategically deploy these factors of success. The position, newly created at Henkel, is for me both an honor and an exciting challenge.”
For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands andtechnologies that make people's lives easier, better and more beautiful.
Henkel operates in three business areas – Home Care, Personal Care, and Adhesives Technologies – and ranks among the Fortune Global 500 companies. In fiscal 2006, Henkel generated sales of 12.740 billion euros and operating profit of 1,298 million euros.
Our 53,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling our corporate claim, "A Brand like a Friend," and ensuring that people in more than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from Henkel.
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