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Chairman and chief executive officer, L'Oréal

Nationality: Welsh.

Born: March 17, 1946, in Wallasey, Wales.

Education: Oxford University, BA, 1968; INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France, 1969.

Family: Son of an engineer and professor; married; children: one.

Career: L'Oréal, 1969–1976, product manager in France and Belgium; 1976–1978, marketing director of Consumer Division; 1978–1984, chief executive officer of Italian subsidiary and chairman and CEO of U.S. subsidiary; 1984–1988, executive vice president and chief operating officer; 1988–, chairman and CEO.

Awards: Global Corporate Achievement...