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| READING LIST |
MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR THE 21ST CENTURY by Peter Drucker
"I like the way he poses key questions and how he addresses, or undresses,
some of the fads of the '80s and '90s."(more)
WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? by Spencer Johnson
"A great way to talk about the necessity of continuous change."
A PEACOCK IN THE LAND OF PENGUINS by Warren H. Schmidt
"A great parable showing how we preach diversity, but how our actual actions deter from it."
COMPETING FOR THE FUTURE by Gary Hamill and C.K. Prahalad
"One of the better books on strategy — it really lets you think in different dimensions."
THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE by Thomas L. Friedman
"Terrific in the way it shows how and why the free-market economy has won out
over other systems." (more)
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| BIOGRAPHICAL INFO |
DURK JAGER
Former president and CEO, Procter & Gamble
Durk I. Jager became chairman of the board, president and chief executive of
Procter & Gamble on
September 1, 1999. Previously he was president and chief executive, the position
he assumed in January 1999.
A native of Haskerland, The Netherlands, Mr. Jager graduated from Erasmus
Universiteit, Rotterdam, in 1970. He joined Procter & Gamble in 1970.
He became general manager of Procter & Gamble Japan in 1985 and vice president
in 1987.
In 1988, Mr. Jager was named group vice president, with responsibility for
P&G's Far East and Asia Pacific Divisions. In 1989, he was elected to the
Procter & Gamble Board of Directors. In 1990 he was elected executive
vice president with responsibility for the Soap, Chemicals, Health Care and
Beauty Care divisions. In 1991 he was named executive vice president with
overall responsibility for the company's U.S. business. He was named president
and chief operating officer in 1995.
Mr. Jager is a member of the Board of Directors of Eastman Kodak, the United
Negro College Fund, and the Board of Governors of the Nature Conservancy. He
is chairman of the Japan-America Society of Greater Cincinnati, and a member of
the International Council, J.P. Morgan & Co.
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