Clorox Announces Changes in International Leadership.OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 1998--The Clorox Company has promoted Carlos Alcantara to the new position of Vice President-Worldwide Business Development and Scott Weiss to Vice President-General Manager Asia-Middle East region. Alcantara will have worldwide responsibility for entering new markets and developing new ventures and business opportunities. He joined Clorox in 1992 as area general manager of Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. and was instrumental in making the region the largest part of the company's international business. He was promoted to vice president-Latin America in July 1996. His career also includes 20 years in international and domestic sales, and marketing and general management assignments with Procter & Gamble Co. The Peru native holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pacific and a master's in business from Xavier. Weiss joined Clorox's Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. office in May 1994 as area general manager. He has been instrumental in growing the company's Asia-Middle East region, which includes businesses in the Republic of Korea, Japan, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia. The region also includes joint ventures in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , Egypt, Yemen and
Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. .A native of Minnesota, Weiss completed his undergraduate studies at Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. and earned a master's of business degree at the University of Michigan (body, education) University of Michigan - A large cosmopolitan university in the Midwest USA. Over 50000 students are enrolled at the University of Michigan's three campuses. The students come from 50 states and over 100 foreign countries. . His career also includes 10 years in international and domestic marketing assignments with Bristol Myers Squibb and Procter & Gamble Co. The Clorox Company is a manufacturer and marketer of household grocery products, both domestic and international, and products for institutional markets. The company posted sales of $2.5 billion for fiscal year 1997, which ended June 30. Its shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and the Pacific Exchange.
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