????寶潔公司（Procter & Gamble）今天出人意料地宣布，負責(zé)美容業(yè)務(wù)的主管維吉尼婭?德羅索斯將從公司退休，此決定從9月1日開始正式生效，而且公司將把護膚、化妝品及個人護理總部從辛辛那提遷至新加坡。德羅索斯的職位將由擔(dān)任亞洲業(yè)務(wù)總裁多年的黛博拉?亨萊塔接替。

????這一決定也意味著寶潔兩大如日中天女性命運開始發(fā)生轉(zhuǎn)變：亨萊塔正領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著寶潔在亞洲走向欣欣向榮的局面，而49歲的德羅索斯雖然曾登上《財富》最具影響力女性榜，但卻因為美容業(yè)務(wù)在發(fā)達國家市場的放緩而步履維艱。作為寶潔公司全球美容、護膚、化妝品和個人護理業(yè)務(wù)的總裁，德羅索斯的退休時間明顯過早，但是寶潔公司發(fā)言人表示，她離開的原因是因為，“雖然是她本人一手策劃將這個業(yè)務(wù)部門轉(zhuǎn)移至亞洲”，但她不希望讓她尚未成年的孩子離開辛辛那提。盡管如此，他也表示德羅索斯期待去“領(lǐng)導(dǎo)另一家公司”。

????49歲的日本高管Hasunori Kiriyama將接替亨萊塔的職位，同時也將成為寶潔主管亞洲的第一位亞裔掌門人。對于一家長期由美國管理層主導(dǎo)的公司來說，這是另一項重大舉措。然而Kiriyama不會向亨萊塔一樣負責(zé)中國的業(yè)務(wù)；該公司大中華區(qū)總裁施文圣將直接對副董事長沃納?葛斯勒匯報中國業(yè)務(wù)。

????盡管這些舉措被稱作寶潔年度管理調(diào)整行動的一部分，但它們出臺的時機卻值得玩味。近期，由于寶潔好幾個季度的業(yè)績效益令人失望，分析人士稱首席執(zhí)行官麥睿博倍感壓力。不過，可以肯定的是，寶潔這個國際日用化學(xué)品巨頭深知未來最佳的發(fā)展機遇在何方——答案肯定不是辛辛那提。

????In a surprise announcement, Procter & Gamble said today that Virginia Drosos, who oversees its beauty business, is retiring from the company, effective September 1, and that the company is moving its skin care, cosmetics and personal care headquarters from Cincinnati to Singapore. Drosos will be replaced by Deborah Henretta, who has headed Asia for the last several years.

????The decision shows a shift in the fortunes of two high profile women at P&G—Henretta, who has guided Asia to strong results, and Drosos, 49, who has been one of Fortune's Most Powerful Women for some time but who has struggled as the beauty business in developed economies has slowed. Drosos, Group President of global beauty, skin care, cosmetics and personal care, is obviously rather young to retire, but a spokesman for P&G (PG) says she is leaving because, "although she was an architect of the division's move to Asia," she did not want to move her teenage children out of the Cincinnati area. He also, however, said that she looks forward to "leading another company" (search firms, start your engines).

????Taking Henretta's role as head of Asia will be Hatsunori Kiriyama, 49, P&G's first Asian-born leader in Asia—another significant move from a company long known for its American leadership corps. Kiriyama will not, however, have responsibility over China, as Henretta did; Shannon Stevenson, China's group president, will report to P&G's vice chair, Werner Geissler.

????The moves, while characterized as part of P&G's annual management changes, come at a time when P&G CEO Robert McDonald finds himself under extreme pressure from analysts after a few disappointing quarters. (See also Can P&G make money in places where people earn $2 a day?) If one thing is clear, however, it's that this global giant knows where its greatest opportunity lies—and it's not in Cincinnati.