The two members who are now leaving the Management Board both served more than three decades with Henkel.
Klaus Morwind joined the Company nearly 36 years ago and was appointed to the Management Board in 1991. Among his achievements are the internationalization of the Laundry & Home care business as well as the establishment of new and the strengthening of well-established Henkel brands.
As a committed brand marketeer, Morwind was also a proponent of the differentiated approach to marketing and well-devised partnership strategies with the trade.
Uwe Specht, honorary professor of the University of Cologne since 1996, was with Henkel for 36 years, 20 of which he served as Executive VP Cosmetics/Toiletries. Among others through the acquisition of Schwarzkopf in 1995, Specht developed the business sector from a small national operation into an internationally leading cosmetics manufacturer.
Henkel is a multi-national group of manufacturing companies, active in chemicals, cosmetics, hygiene and surface technologies. The Schwarzkopf & Henkel division is one of the largest of its kind in the world and its brand-name products business is continuously expanding. With our cosmetic products we achieved sales of 2085 million Euro (2001) in 150 countries worldwide.