Robert A. McDonald

Chairman, GS1
Chief Operating Officer, The Procter & Gamble Company

Bob McDonald joined Procter & Gamble in marketing in the U.S. in 1980. In 1989 he transferred to Toronto to lead P&G’s Canadian Laundry business, and moved to the Philippines as General Manager in 1991. In 1995 he became Vice President, Laundry & Cleaning Products Asia, and relocated to Japan. A year later, Bob became President–Japan Operations, and in 1999, President–Northeast Asia. Two years later Bob moved to Brussels as President–Global Fabric Care and later President–Global Fabric & Home Care. He was appointed Vice Chairman-Global Operations in 2004, and assumed his current role as Chief Operating Officer in July 2007, overseeing P&G’s on-the-ground operations in more than 80 countries and all corporate functions.

Mr. McDonald graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 with a degree in Engineering. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army for five years while earning an MBA from the University of Utah. Upon leaving the military he received the Meritorious Service Medal.

In 2007, Bob received the Leadership Excellence Award from the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy and Harvard Business Review. Bob serves on the Xerox Board of Directors. He is a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations, Singapore’s International Advisory Council, the Advisory Board for the Graduate School of Management of St. Petersburg State University in Russia, the U.S. China Business Council, and a Special Goodwill Envoy of Hyogo Prefecture (Japan).

Mr. McDonald joined the GS1 Management Board in February 2005 and was appointed Vice-Chairman in May 2007.