Noel Wallace
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
2019 – Present
7 years (current)
Legacy
Leads Colgate-Palmolive's current focus on innovation, Hill's growth, digital execution, and productivity. Wallace began his career at Colgate in 1987 and spent nearly four decades at the company, including a stint as president and general manager of the global toothbrush division starting in 2002, before becoming president and COO and then CEO in 2019 and chairman in 2020. Shortly after becoming CEO, Wallace led Colgate's roughly $1.69 billion acquisition of French premium skincare brand Filorga in 2019, a departure from Colgate's historically organic growth strategy that gave the company entry into higher-margin prestige skin care and the fast-growing travel-retail channel, particularly in Asia. He has continued to expand Colgate's skin-health and premium personal-care categories following the Filorga deal.