Birthplace
Barnet, United Kingdom
Education
Aston University, U.K., B.Sc. Business Management
Date Joined P&G
September 1, 1986
Gary Coombe
Chief Executive Officer, Grooming
Executive Sponsor, Corporate Wellbeing
Gary Coombe leads P&G’s global grooming business, including the biggest shaving brands in the world—Gillette, Venus, Braun and King C Gillette—serving nearly 800 million consumers around the world.
Gary also serves as Executive Sponsor of Corporate Wellbeing at P&G, leading Companywide efforts to create an environment where all P&G employees are empowered to be at their best every day and deliver on their high impact professional and personal priorities.
Since joining P&G in 1986 as a sales representative in the U.K., Gary has been at the heart of the consumer goods industry, working on some of P&Gs most recognizable and successful brands, including regional and global leadership roles in two of P&G’s biggest categories: Fabric Care and Home Care. Gary was also responsible for global innovation and new business development on P&G’s Fabric and Air Care businesses, leading the creation of the Tide Dry Cleaners franchise, growing Febreze to billion-dollar-brand status and leading the acquisition of Ambi Pur. Appointed President of Europe in 2014, Gary was responsible for one-third of P&G’s global workforce and a quarter of total company sales and profit.
Gary is passionate about coaching the next generation of leaders in and outside of P&G. He is a strong advocate of servant leadership and dedicates much of his time to leadership training and guest-lecturing at universities. He is an active champion for diversity and inclusion, serving as executive sponsor for P&G’s Gender Equality and LGBT+ affinity groups during his time in Europe and now in Boston, and is a leading voice in the industry on men’s role in gender equality—recognized in 2018 on Management Today’s Agents of Change Power List.
Birthplace
Barnet, United KingdomEducation
Aston University, U.K., B.Sc. Business ManagementDate Joined P&G
September 1, 1986| Year | Positions Held |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Chief Executive Officer - Grooming |
| 2018 | President, Global Grooming |
| 2014 | President, Europe Selling & Market Operations (SMO) |
| 2013 | Vice President, Home Care, Europe, Middle East and Africa and Global Brand Franchise Leader (BFL), Air Care |
| 2010 | Vice President, Home Care, Western Europe and BFL, Air Care |
| 2007 | Vice President, Fabric & Home Care, Global New Business Development and BFL, Air Care |
| 2006 | General Manager, Fabric & Home Care, Global New Business Development and BFL, Air Care |
| 2005 | General Manager U.K. and ROI, Gillette and Health & Beauty |
| 1997 | Marketing Director, Laundry, U.K. |
| 1995 | Associate Marketing Director, Pampers, U.K. |
| 1994 | Brand Manager, Fairy Non Bio and Dreft, U.K |
| 1991 | Department Head, Customer Marketing Organization, U.K. |
| 1990 | Manager, Customer Marketing Organization, Paper, U.K. |
| 1989 | National Account Manager, Asda, U.K. |
| 1988 | Area Sales Manager, North West England |
| 1988 | District Field Assistant, Midland District, U.K. |
| 1986 | Sales Representative, Soap & Detergents, East Midlands, U.K. |
Affiliations, Activities and Recognition
- Aston University, Visiting Professor
- Boston Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
- Green Earth, former Board Member
- St. Petersburg Graduate School of Management, former Advisory Board Member
- Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, former Board Member
- AIM – Association of European Branded Goods, former Board Member and Vice President
- Management Today and The Women’s Business Council, Agents of Change Power List, 2018