Strong leadership and visionary thinking have built Kimberly-Clark into a global corporation focused on delivering total health and hygiene solutions. K-C’s senior leadership team sets the strategic direction of the company and supports our passion for continual innovation and our drive to meet the unmet needs of our customers, shoppers and users.
 
 
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Robert W. Black is Group President of Developing & Emerging Markets.

In this position, Mr. Black leads the company's businesses in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This organization ensures that the company's resources are focused on the best growth opportunities in these regions, including value-tier diapers, light-end incontinence and Health Care products.

Previously, Mr. Black served as Kimberly-Clark’s Chief Strategy Officer, leading the development, execution and monitoring of the company's strategy.  Additionally, he led K-C's innovation and enterprise growth organizations, including research and development, engineering, new business, and global strategic partnerships, joint ventures and alliances.

Prior to joining Kimberly-Clark in 2006, Mr. Black served as chief operating officer of Sammons Enterprises, a multi-faceted conglomerate and one of the world's largest privately held companies with more than $27 billion in assets.  From 1994 to 2004, Mr. Black was with Steelcase, Inc., the world leader in office products and related services, where he held senior leadership roles in marketing, strategy, corporate development and international management.

During his last four years with Steelcase, he was based in Strasbourg, France, where as president of Steelcase International, he led operations in more than 130 countries. Before Steelcase, Mr. Black was with McKinsey & Company, one of the world's top management consulting firms. At McKinsey, he led strategy and operational improvement efforts in a wide variety of industries, including consumer goods, healthcare, retail, telecommunications and basic industries. Prior to joining McKinsey, Mr. Black held senior roles in planning, development and general management with Baxter Healthcare, a $9 billion medical products and services company.

Mr. Black earned a bachelor of science degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1982 and a master's in business administration from Harvard University in 1984.
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