Moheet Nagrath, currently vice president of corporate human resources, has been elected global human resources officer, effective January 1, 2008. Mr Nagrath will report to Robert McDonald, COO. AG Lafley, chairman and CEO of P&G, said: "Dick is a friend and highly-valued adviser. He has served this company with excellence for over 39 years, and has led transformation of our capability as the chief officer of both product supply and human resources. He has provided strong, principled leadership, and is a model of our P&G values. We will miss him and wish him well in his retirement." Mr Nagrath joined P&G in 1983 and has held a variety of important human resources assignments around the world, including in China, India, Japan, and P&G's Asia region. Prior to his current assignment, he served as vice president of human resources for all of P&G's global operations based in Cincinnati.