Alain Deronde, Director General of the French personal care, must choose a successor to lead the global product development from a diverse set of candidates with different backgrounds, strengths, and weaknesses. Candidates include Elise Bernier, vice president of product marketing for skin care, Antoine Lambert, CEO Tendre Coeur (ex-businessman, whose company bought Deronde), Yan Jianguo, regional manager of Chinese subsidiary Deronde International, and Yves Saurac, Vice President of Product Development for the developed markets. "Hide
by Nitin Nohria, March Lee Spaulding Source: Harvard Business School 7 pages. Publication Date: May 28, 2009. Prod. #: 409113-PDF-ENG
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