Victor Aguilar is P&G’s newly elected Chief Research, Development, and Innovation Officer, succeeding Kathy Fish who retires in December 2020. Victor will lead P&G’s Research & Development (R&D) organization, global innovation program, and strategy, its nearly $2 billion annual investment in R&D and end-to-end packaging transformation. He will also serve as a liaison to the Board of Director’s Innovation and Technology Committee.
Victor brings over three decades of P&G experience spanning three continents, and across Fabric and Baby Care, Future Works, and Corporate R&D. As a long-time leader in Fabric Care, Victor has led innovation that has accelerated growth through a commitment to superiority, agility, and consumer-inspired solutions. And, most recently in Corporate R&D where he has made an immediate impact, accelerating the value of our Transformative Platform Technologies.
Victor is a passionate advocate of equality and inclusion in the workplace, envisioning and enabling a culture that embraces agility. Victor is an authentic and passionate leader. He is a deep and fast learner with a growth mindset, and an innate ability to break barriers and create new capability to help the company continue to win behind innovation.
Education: Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, M.B.A., Marketing, and Tecnológico de Monterrey, B.S., Chemical Engineering.
| Year | Positions Held |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer |
| 2020 | Senior Vice President, R&D, Corporate Function |
| 2019 | Vice President, R&D, Global Fabric Care and Corporate Function |
| 2014 | Vice President, R&D, Global Fabric Care |
| 2012 | Director, R&D, Global High-Density Laundry (HDL) |
| 2008 | Director, R&D, Global Baby Basics & LA R&D Leader |
| 2005 | Associate Director, R&D, Latin America Fabric Care |
| 2003 | Associate Director, R&D, Middle East & Africa Laundry |
| 2001 | Manager, R&D, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa Laundry |
| 1996 | Manager, R&D, Latin America Laundry |
| 1989 | Manager, R&D, Central America Laundry |