
	Kimberly Ross joined Avon in 2011 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. She oversees Finance, Strategic Planning and Investor Relations. &nbsp; Ms. Ross came to Avon after 10 years at Royal Ahold, a Netherlands-based international group with stores and supermarkets spanning Europe and the United States. Since 2007, she had been Royal Ahold&rsquo;s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as well as a member of the Executive Board. She has extensive experience in emerging and developed markets as well as the consumer products and retail sectors. &nbsp; Earlier in her career, Ms. Ross worked at the accounting firm Ernst &amp; Young Global Limited in New York. From 1995 to 2001, she rose through a series of audit, treasury and corporate finance positions at Joseph E. Seagram &amp; Sons Inc., where she focused on the emerging markets of Latin America and Asia Pacific. She began her financial career in 1992 at the Anchor Glass Container Corporation in Pennsylvania. &nbsp; Ms. Ross holds a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.
