Gordon F Brunner

Mr. Brunner is a native of Des Plaines, Illinois, and graduated with a BS in Biochemical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1961. He also holds an MBA from Xavier University. He joined the P&G's Food Division in 1961 as a Process Development Engineer. He progressed through a series of assignments involving increased responsibility and broad R&D experience with food, laundry and cleaning products prior to a transfer to Europe in 1976. During his 7 year assignment he became head of all European R&D operations and played a key role in the creation of a fully European R&D organization and European rather than local products. In 1983 he returned to the U.S. as Vice President, Research and Development for Soap, Beauty Care and Industrial Chemicals. In 1987 he was appointed Senior Vice President for worldwide R&D, and was appointed to the Board of Directors in 1991. During his tenure as head of Research and Development at Proctor and Gamble, he has led the creation of one of the best developed and most distributed global R&D organizations in the world.