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Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive
7 yr
28 reports
Colgate-Palmolive Company ·CL
Two regional COOs run the world—no global COO
Household Products · Fortune #212 · Functional structure · 34K employees · New York, NY
5
CEO span
↓ tighter than peers (avg 9)
2.6
Avg span
moderate
3
Max depth
3 levels
4.8 yr
Avg tenure
60%
Internal hires
↑ above industry avg
Consolidated financials FY2025 · period end 2025-12-31 · 10-K
Revenue
$20.4B
Operating income
$3.3B
Net income
$2.1B
Total assets
$16.3B
Shares out
802M
Sourced from Colgate-Palmolive Company DEF 14A · filed 2026-03-25 ↗ View on SEC
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Colgate-Palmolive uses a functional structure with a distinctive twist: two regional COOs run global operations instead of a single global COO. This page maps the executive hierarchy, analyzes reporting spans, tracks recent leadership changes, and compares Colgate’s lean C-suite to consumer staples peers.
What to model
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Latest signal Betsy Fishbone joined as Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Elected April 8, 2026; effective June 1, 2026
Source · See change logScenario views in the chart
- Add Global COO Introduce a single global COO to unify operational execution across regions, potentially reducing CEO span but adding an extra layer.
- Move Growth Under Americas COO Shift the Growth function under the Americas COO to tighten integration between marketing and commercial execution.
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The people
Who's running this
6 executives identified as Named Executive Officers in the most recent SEC proxy. Bar length scales with tenure.
Shane Grant
Chief Operating Officer, Americas
Operations
1 yr
8 reports
internal
Panagiotis Tsourapas
Chief Operating Officer, Europe, APAC, Africa/Eurasia
Operations
6 yr
9 reports
Stanley J. Sutula III
Chief Financial Officer
Finance
5 yr
7 reports
John Hazlin
Executive Vice President and Chief Growth Officer
Growth & Marketing
5 yr
6 reports
internal
Betsy Fishbone
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Legal
0 yr
4 reports
The pay
Executive compensation
From the most recent DEF 14A Summary Compensation Table. 1 named executive officers disclosed. Bar length scales with total compensation.
Noel Wallace $16.5M
- Base salary
- $1.50M
- Stock awards
- $8.01M
- Option awards
- $3.57M
- Non-equity incentive
- $2.46M
- Pension change
- $58K
- Other
- $889K
- Fiscal year
- FY2025
- Source
- SEC DEF 14A ↗
The businesses
How Colgate-Palmolive Company divides the work
4 divisions report into the group CEO. Tile size scales with estimated headcount.
Finance
1K employees
Chief Financial Officer (Stanley J. Sutula III)
Oversees global financial reporting, treasury, tax and capital allocation.
Operations – Americas
14K employees
COO, Americas (Shane Grant)
Manages manufacturing, supply chain and commercial execution across North and Latin America.
Operations – International
16K employees
COO, International (Panagiotis Tsourapas)
Leads operations and market execution across Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa/Eurasia.
Growth & Marketing
2K employees
Chief Growth Officer (John Hazlin)
Drives brand strategy, innovation, analytics and omni-channel demand generation.
The thesis
Why this org is unusual
Colgate-Palmolive’s most distinctive structural feature is the absence of a single global COO, replaced by two powerful regional COOs reporting directly to the CEO.
This split places operational accountability squarely on geography rather than product or platform. The CEO maintains a relatively wide span, with finance, legal, growth and both operating regions reporting directly.
The structure reinforces Colgate’s long-standing functional and regional execution model, prioritizing local market responsiveness while keeping brand, finance and governance centralized. Growth and marketing are consolidated under a Chief Growth Officer, reflecting increased emphasis on omni-channel demand, analytics and brand leverage rather than standalone product P&Ls.
- No global COO role
- Dual regional COO model
- Centralized growth and marketing leadership
The comparison
How Colgate-Palmolive Company stacks up
Compared with peers like Procter & Gamble and Unilever, Colgate-Palmolive operates with fewer C-suite roles and a more regionally explicit operating model. Many peers employ a single global COO or divisional CEOs by category, whereas Colgate concentrates operational authority in two geographic COOs. This results in …
C-suite size
Reporting depth
Colgate-Palmolive Company
3 levels
Procter & Gamble
5 levels
Unilever
5 levels
4 levels
Reckitt
5 levels
Avg C-suite tenure
Has COO / Has CAIO
Colgate-Palmolive Company ✓ COO — no CAIO
Procter & Gamble ✓ COO — no CAIO
Unilever ✓ COO — no CAIO
Reckitt ✓ COO — no CAIO
Current signals
What changed recently
The most significant recent change is the planned transition of the Chief Legal Officer role from Jennifer Daniels to Betsy Fishbone effective June 2026.
- new
- Date not confirmed departedJennifer M. Daniels Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
Announced retirement effective 2026; transitioned to Vice Chair role
Source
Leadership Timeline
Year-over-year executive structure based on SEC proxy and annual filings.
FY2025
DEF 14A filed 2026-03-25
- CEO
- Noel Wallace
- CEO span
- 5
- C-suite
- 5
- Avg tenure
- 4.8 yr
Leadership centered on dual regional COOs with no global COO.
Named executive officers (5)
- Noel Wallace - CEO since 2019
- Stanley J. Sutula III - CFO since 2020
- Jennifer M. Daniels - CLO since 2014
- Shane Grant - COO Americas since 2025
- Panagiotis Tsourapas - COO International
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CEO of Colgate-Palmolive?
Noel Wallace has served as Chairman, President and CEO since 2019.
What type of organizational structure does Colgate-Palmolive use?
Colgate-Palmolive primarily uses a functional structure with strong regional operations leadership.
How many direct reports does Colgate-Palmolive's CEO have?
The CEO has five direct reports, including two regional COOs.
How has Colgate-Palmolive's leadership changed recently?
In 2026, the company announced a planned transition of its Chief Legal Officer role from Jennifer Daniels to Betsy Fishbone.
Does Colgate-Palmolive have a COO?
Colgate-Palmolive does not have a single global COO; instead, it operates with two regional COOs reporting directly to the CEO.
Sources
- 8-K Filing, Apr 2026
- SEC EDGAR: Colgate-Palmolive Company DEF 14A Proxy Statement
- SEC EDGAR: Colgate-Palmolive Company 10-K Annual Report
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