Cincinnati, Ohio -- The Procter & Gamble Co. is making a few changes to its executive line-up as two of its veterans, global home care president Michael Clasper and Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa president Herbert Schmitz, plan their upcoming retirement.

Filling the positions will be: Jorge S. Mesquita, currently vice president-North America fabric care, has been named president-global home care; Dimitri Panayotopoulos, currently president-Greater China, has been elected president-Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa; and Laurent L. Philippe, currently vice president-Eastern Europe, has been elected president-Greater China.