Deborah Henretta, group president of Procter & Gamble, named to Corning Board of Directors
17 Julho 2013 - 9:00AM
CORNING, N.Y., July 17,
2013 - Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) today
appointed Deborah A. Henretta, group president of Global Beauty for
the Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), to Corning's Board of
Directors, effective July 17.
Henretta will also serve on the board's audit and
finance committees.
She will hold office until Corning's annual
meeting of shareholders in the spring of 2014, at which time she
will stand for election to a one-year term. Her appointment brings
the number of Corning directors to 13.
Henretta, 52, brings deep experience to the board,
particularly in marketing, advertising, and operations, as well as
specific expertise in international and emerging market business. A
28-year veteran of Procter & Gamble, Henretta was named group
president of the Global Beauty Sector in June 2013. Before this
appointment, she led Global Beauty Care as group president.
Henretta joined P&G in 1985. She has served in
a diverse range of brand, marketing, and general management roles
across a wide variety of businesses, including Fabric Care, Baby
Care, and Beauty. Her leadership in emerging markets began in 2005
when she was appointed president of P&G business in ASEAN,
Australia and India. In 2007, she expanded her role as group
president, P&G Asia, including Greater China.
Henretta served on the Singapore Economic
Development Board from August 2007 to January 2013. She received a
U.S. State Department appointment to the Business Advisory Council
of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) from January 2008
to December 2011, and later received a U.S. presidential
appointment as the first woman chair of the Business Advisory
Council to APEC in January 2011. Henretta is also a member of the
International Market Association Asia CEO forum, a trustee of St.
Bonaventure University, and serves on the advisory Committee of the
Newhouse School of Communications.
Henretta earned her bachelor's degree in mass
communications from St. Bonaventure University, from which she also
holds an honorary Ph.D. She holds a master's degree in advertising
from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public
Communications.
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the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995), which are based on current expectations and assumptions
about Corning's financial results and business operations, that
involve substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual
results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties
include: the effect of global political, economic and business
conditions; conditions in the financial and credit
markets; currency fluctuations; tax rates; product demand
and industry capacity; competition; reliance on a concentrated
customer base; manufacturing efficiencies; cost reductions;
availability of critical components and materials; new product
commercialization; pricing fluctuations and changes in
the mix of sales between premium and non-premium products; new
plant start-up or restructuring costs; possible
disruption in commercial activities due to terrorist activity,
armed conflict, political or financial instability, natural
disasters, adverse weather conditions, or major health concerns;
adequacy of insurance; equity company activities; acquisition and
divestiture activities; the level of excess or obsolete inventory;
the rate of technology change; the ability to enforce patents;
product and components performance issues; retention of key
personnel; stock price fluctuations; and adverse litigation or
regulatory developments. These and other risk factors
are detailed in Corning's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as
of the day that they are made, and Corning undertakes no obligation
to update them in light of new information or future events.
About Corning
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Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in
specialty glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of
materials science and process engineering knowledge, Corning
creates and makes keystone components that enable high-technology
systems for consumer electronics, mobile emissions control,
telecommunications and life sciences. Our products include glass
substrates for LCD televisions, computer monitors and laptops;
ceramic substrates and filters for mobile emission control systems;
optical fiber, cable, hardware & equipment for
telecommunications networks; optical biosensors for drug discovery;
and other advanced optics and specialty glass solutions for a
number of industries including semiconductor, aerospace, defense,
astronomy, and metrology.
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