Daniel Sullivan
Dan Sullivan is the Chief Operating Officer at Edgewell Personal Care, with responsibilities for the Commercial, Operational and Functional areas of the organization. He oversees the Company’s International businesses across Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America, as well as its Finance, Information Technology, Global Operations, Supply Chain, Business Development and Corporate Sustainability functions. He is focused on driving company-wide organic and inorganic growth while increasing enterprise execution in support of gross margin accretion, improving operational performance and realizing the Company’s strategic initiatives. Dan collaborates with senior and functional leadership to analyze the business and develop strategic and operating plans that drive performance and strengthen market positions.
He joined the Company in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer where he helped re-architect Edgewell’s growth strategy, developing a disciplined approach to capital allocation and M&A that is now being deployed and embedded in the Company’s go-forward business. This strategy led to the successful acquisition of CREMO in August 2020 and the Billie brand in November 2021; and delivered enhanced return to shareholders through the initiation of a dividend in 2022 and the execution of an accelerated share buyback program. As President of International, Dan helped scale the business while enhancing the organization’s focus on brand development, execution and financial performance. In addition, Dan has developed and deployed a new approach for how the Company crafts strategic and operational plans and evaluates business performance, driving analytical, fact-based decision making and increased accountability, which has improved operational and financial performance across the enterprise.
Prior to Edgewell, Dan served as CFO of Party City Holdco Inc., where he oversaw all aspects of Finance, Business Development, Investor Relations, Accounting and Control, Internal Audit and Information Technology. Earlier in his career, he served as CFO and Executive Vice President of Finance and as a Member of the Executive Board of Ahold USA, Inc. Before that, Dan held various executive finance and operations positions with Heineken over a 12-year tenure that spanned the United States and Europe. He began his career with KPMG.
Dan earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) from Duquesne University, an Executive Certificate from University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.
He joined the Company in 2019 as Chief Financial Officer where he helped re-architect Edgewell’s growth strategy, developing a disciplined approach to capital allocation and M&A that is now being deployed and embedded in the Company’s go-forward business. This strategy led to the successful acquisition of CREMO in August 2020 and the Billie brand in November 2021; and delivered enhanced return to shareholders through the initiation of a dividend in 2022 and the execution of an accelerated share buyback program. As President of International, Dan helped scale the business while enhancing the organization’s focus on brand development, execution and financial performance. In addition, Dan has developed and deployed a new approach for how the Company crafts strategic and operational plans and evaluates business performance, driving analytical, fact-based decision making and increased accountability, which has improved operational and financial performance across the enterprise.
Prior to Edgewell, Dan served as CFO of Party City Holdco Inc., where he oversaw all aspects of Finance, Business Development, Investor Relations, Accounting and Control, Internal Audit and Information Technology. Earlier in his career, he served as CFO and Executive Vice President of Finance and as a Member of the Executive Board of Ahold USA, Inc. Before that, Dan held various executive finance and operations positions with Heineken over a 12-year tenure that spanned the United States and Europe. He began his career with KPMG.
Dan earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) from Duquesne University, an Executive Certificate from University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business and is a Certified Public Accountant.