At its meeting on September 26, 2017, the Board of Directors of Colgate-Palmolive Company (the “Company”) elected Henning I. Jakobsen, currently Vice President and General Manager for the company’s Nordic Hub, as Vice President and Corporate Controller of the company, effective October 1, 2017. Victoria Dolan, who has served as the company’s Corporate Controller since February 2011, will continue as the Chief Transformation Officer of the company. Mr. Jakobsen, 57, joined the company in 1989 and held key financial and operating roles at the subsidiary and division levels, including Vice President, Finance for the company’s U.S. operations, before leaving the company in 2006 to become Chief Financial Officer of Chr. Hansen.  Mr. Jakobsen rejoined the company in 2011 to lead the Finance and Strategic Planning function of its European Division.