CHD Church and Dwight Co Inc

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Our Certificate of Incorporation has historically provided for the division of our Board of Directors into three classes, with the directors in each class serving for a term of three years. At our 2018 Annual Meeting, our stockholders approved, and the Company adopted, an amendment to our Certificate of Incorporation to provide for the phased-in transition to the annual election of our Board of Directors. This year, five directors will stand for election for one-year terms on our Board of Directors. In 2021 all directors will stand for election for one-year terms. Our Board of Directors currently consists of 10 members. As previously disclosed, after more than two decades of dedicated service to the Board, Robert D. LeBlanc has decided to retire from the Board as of the close of the Annual Meeting and is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Upon the recommendation of the Governance & Nominating Committee, the Board has decided that it will temporarily decrease the size of the Board from 10 to nine directors, effective as of the close of the Annual Meeting. The Governance & Nominating Committee is currently conducting a retained search for Mr. LeBlanc’s replacement. When a suitable candidate is identified, we expect that the Board will increase the size of the Board back to 10 directors and the candidate will be elected to the Board by the Board to fill the resulting vacancy. The new director, along with all other Board members, will serve until our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The current terms of four of our directors not up for election at this year’s Annual Meeting expire in 2021.

At the Annual Meeting, five directors will be elected to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting, in each case, until their successors are elected and qualified. Our Board of Directors has nominated James R. Craigie, Bradley C. Irwin, Penry W. Price, Janet S. Vergis, and Arthur B. Winkleblack, all of whom currently serve as members of our Board of Directors. All nominees have agreed to be named in this proxy statement and to serve if elected.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Our Board of Directors, with support and recommendations from the Governance & Nominating Committee, oversees the composition and succession of its members. To this end, at least once a year, in connection with the Board’s annual evaluation, itself, its committees, and each director, each director’s performance, skills, qualifications and future plans, including any retirement objectives, are evaluated. As part of that evaluation, our Governance & Nominating Committee identifies areas of overall strength and opportunities for improvement with respect to the Board’s and its committees’ composition.

Our directors, including our director nominees, possess relevant experience, skills and qualifications that contribute to a well-functioning board. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that the Board should consider whether individual directors possess the following personal characteristics: integrity, education, commitment to the Board, business judgment, business experience, accounting and financial expertise, diversity (which may include differences of viewpoint, professional experience, education, skills, race, gender, national origin or other individual qualities and attributes that contribute to board heterogeneity), reputation, civic and community relationships, high performance standards and the ability to act on behalf of stockholders. Additionally, the skills and experiences that the Board seeks in evaluating its composition, and which inform Board succession planning and director nomination processes, as well as the individual experiences, skills and characteristics of our Board members are highlighted in the following matrix:

		Accounting + Finance              3.6				Senior Management              4.8
		M&A/Business Development              4.5				Risk Management              3.7
		CPG Industry              4.0				Cybersecurity/information technology              3.8
		R&D/Innovation              3.5				Disruptive Innovation              3.6
		Traditional Marketing & Sales              4.5				Strategy Development              4.8
		Public Company Governance              3.9				International              3.8
		Supply chain              3.6				Digital Marketing & Sales              3.4
		Compensation/Human Resources              4.0

The rating for each skill presented above represents the average of self-ratings for all directors, expressed on a scale of 1 to 5, with the score for each director corresponding to the following ratings:

The rating for each skill presented above is intended as a summary and is not an exhaustive list of the qualifications or contributions to the Board. Further biographical information about our directors, including our director nominees, is set forth below.

The Governance & Nominating Committee and our Board of Directors believe that the nominees listed below and the directors continuing in office collectively possess these attributes, which, together with their respective experience described in the biographical summaries below, make each nominee or director, as applicable, well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.

We do not anticipate that any of the nominees will become unavailable to serve as a director for any reason. However, if any of them becomes unavailable, the persons named in the enclosed form of proxy will vote for any substitute nominee designated by our Board of Directors, unless our Board of Directors determines to reduce the number of directors in the relevant class.

Your Board of Directors unanimously recommends a vote FOR all of the following nominees.

Information concerning the nominees and continuing members of our Board of Directors is provided below:

Standing for Election for Term Expiring in 2021

				JAMES R. CRAIGIE
				Director since 2004 Independent Age: 66

Professional Experience

Mr. Craigie was our non-executive Chairman from January 2016 to May 2019. From May 2007 to January 2016, he was our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. From July 2004 through May 2007, he was our President and Chief Executive Officer. From December 1998 through September 2003, he was President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Spalding Sports Worldwide and its successor, Top-Flite Golf Co. From 1983 to November 1998, Mr. Craigie held various senior management positions with Kraft Foods Inc. Prior to entering private industry, he served for six years as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Craigie currently serves as a member of the Boards of Directors of Bloomin’ Brands, Inc., a casual dining company, Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company, and the New York Regional Board of UNICEF and is an Advisory Board member of Cove Hill Partners, LLC. From November 2006 to May 2014, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Meredith Corporation, a media and marketing company and from September 2013 to December 2017, Mr. Craigie was a member of the Board of Directors of TerraVia Holdings, Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Craigie’s intimate knowledge of our Company, gained through over 10 years of service as our Chief Executive Officer, enables him to provide important insights regarding our operations, including finance, marketing, strategic planning, and senior management personnel matters. In addition, his leadership in connection with several of our acquisitions and dispositions, together with his stewardship over the sale of several businesses at Spalding Sports Worldwide, underscore his strong ability to evaluate business combination and disposition opportunities. Mr. Craigie’s experience as a member of other public company boards and their committees enables him to provide valuable insights into our corporate governance and risk management.

				BRADLEY C. IRWIN
				Lead Director since 2020 Director since 2006 Independent Age: 61   ◾  Compensation & Organization   Committee ◾  Governance  & Nominating   Committee ◾  Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Irwin retired in December 2018 as President and Chief Executive Officer of Welch Foods Inc., a global processor and marketer of juices and jams, where he served in that capacity since February 2009. Mr. Irwin was President of Cadbury Adams North America LLC, the North American confectionery business unit of Cadbury Schweppes plc. (“Cadbury Schweppes”), from June 2007 through November 2008. From April 2003 through June 2007, Mr. Irwin was President of Cadbury Adams USA LLC, the United States confectionery business unit of Cadbury Schweppes. Mr. Irwin served as President of Mott’s Inc., a business unit of Cadbury Schweppes, from May 2000 through April 2003. From 1980 through 1999, Mr. Irwin served in various capacities for The Procter & Gamble Company.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Irwin’s more than 30 years of experience in the consumer products industry, including his service in executive capacities at large multinational public companies that market products in the same categories as some of our products, enables him to provide valuable insights into a wide variety of matters relating to our operations. These matters include, among others, strategic planning, risk assessment, and international operations.

				PENRY W. PRICE
				Director since 2011 Independent Age: 51   ◾  Audit Committee ◾  Compensation & Organization   Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Price has been the Vice President, Marketing Solutions of LinkedIn Corporation (a subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation) since October 2013. From June 2011 through October 2013, he was President of Dstillery, Inc., a marketing technology company formerly known as Media6Degrees, LLC. From June 2004 through June 2011, he served in various capacities at Google, Inc., a provider of Internet-related products and services, the last of which was Vice President, Agency Sales and Partnerships, Worldwide. From July 2000 through June 2004, Mr. Price served as Sales Director of Wenner Media, LLC, a company engaged in the publication of magazines and production of radio and television programs, where he was principally responsible for revenue generation and strategic partnerships.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Price was a member of the Board of Directors of Dstillery, Inc. from September 2013 until September 2014.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Price’s extensive experience as a senior executive in companies specializing in digital marketing, advertising, and social networks enables him to provide valuable perspectives on our marketing initiatives and strategies, including the use of social media and digital technology to reach new consumers.

				JANET S. VERGIS
				Director since 2014 Independent Age: 55   ◾  Audit Committee ◾  Governance & Nominating   Committee

Professional Experience

Ms. Vergis served as an Executive Advisor for private equity firms from January 2013 to December 2019, where she identified and evaluated healthcare investment opportunities. From January 2011 to August 2012, she was the Chief Executive Officer of OraPharma, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to oral health, where she led that company’s successful turnaround and its subsequent sale. From 2004 to 2009, Ms. Vergis served as President of Janssen Pharmaceuticals, McNeil Pediatrics and Ortho-McNeil Neurologics. From 1988 to

2004, she served in various positions of increasing responsibility in executive leadership, research and development, new product development, sales, and marketing with Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Vergis is currently a member of the Board of Directors of MedDay Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company that develops drugs for nervous system disorders and Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental solutions. She was also a member of the Board of Directors of OraPharma, Inc., Lumara Health, and Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2011 to 2012, 2013 to 2014 and 2015 to 2019, respectively.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Vergis’ more than 30 years of pharmaceutical leadership experience, together with her extensive background in research and development, new product development (including products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration), sales, and marketing, combined with her focus in the areas of oral health and women’s health, enable her to provide important perspectives to our Board of Directors on a range of matters relating to our operations.

				ARTHUR B. WINKLEBLACK
				Director since 2008 Independent Age: 62   ◾  Chair, Compensation &   Organization Committee ◾  Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Winkleblack retired in June 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the HJ Heinz Company, a global packaged food manufacturer, where he had served in such capacity since January 2002. From 1999 through 2001, Mr. Winkleblack was Acting Chief Operating Officer, Perform.com, and Chief Executive Officer, Freeride.com, at Indigo Capital. Earlier in his career, Mr. Winkleblack held senior finance positions at the C. Dean Metropoulos Group, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, AlliedSignal, Inc., and PepsiCo, Inc. Mr. Winkleblack also provided financial and capital markets consulting services to Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers (“RBA”), an industrial auctioneer, from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Senior Advisor to RBA’s CEO, Ravichandra K. Saligram, who also serves on our Board of Directors.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Winkleblack currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of The Wendy’s Company, a global quick service restaurant company and Aramark, a global provider of food, facility and uniform services. He was a member of the Board of Directors of RTI International Metals, Inc., an NYSE-listed company specializing in advanced titanium products for the aerospace, defense and medical device markets and Performance Food Group, a company specializing in the distribution of food and food-related products to customers throughout the United States, from 2013 to 2015 and 2015 to 2019, respectively.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Winkleblack’s substantial executive experience across a broad range of industries enables him to provide our Board of Directors with knowledgeable perspectives on strategic planning, international operations, and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, his nearly 12 years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a large, multinational, consumer goods company enables him to bring important perspectives to our Board of Directors on performance management, business analytics, finance and capital structure, compliance, information technology, risk management, public company reporting, and investor relations.

Continuing Directors

Current Term Expires in 2021

				MATTHEW T. FARRELL
				Chairman since 2019 Director since 2016 Non-Independent Age: 63   ◾  Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Farrell has been our Chairman since May 2019 and President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2016. From November 2014 to December 2015, he was our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, prior to which he served as our Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer since May 2007. From September 2006 through May 2007, he was our Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Farrell was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Alpharma Inc. from April 2002 through August 2006. From July 2000 through April 2002, he served as Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications at Ingersoll-Rand Ltd. From November 1994 through June 2000, he held various senior financial positions at AlliedSignal Inc.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Farrell currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Lydall, Inc., a supplier of engineered thermal, acoustical, and filtration products.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Farrell’s intimate knowledge of our Company, gained through over 13 years of executive service as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial Officer, combined with his four years of experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a pharmaceutical company and many years of experience in other finance and investor relations roles at large multinational companies, enable him to provide important insights and leadership to us and our Board of Directors regarding our operations, including marketing, strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, finance and capital structure, performance management, business analytics, compliance, risk management, public company reporting and governance, and investor relations.

				RAVICHANDRA K. SALIGRAM
				Director since 2006 Independent Age: 63   ◾  Chair, Governance &   Nominating Committee ◾  Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Saligram has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Newell Brands, a leading global consumer goods company, since October 2019. Prior to that, Mr. Saligram was the Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Incorporated, the world’s largest industrial equipment auctioneer, since July 2014. From November 2010 through November 2013, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, President, and a member of the Board of Directors of OfficeMax Incorporated, a company engaged in business-to-business and retail office products distribution. From 2003 through November 2010, he served in various executive management positions with ARAMARK Corporation, a global food services company, including Executive Vice President, President, ARAMARK International, and Chief Globalization Officer, and Senior Vice President of ARAMARK Corporation. From 1994 through 2002, Mr. Saligram served in various capacities for the InterContinental Hotels Group, a global hospitality company, including as President of Brands & Franchise, North America, Chief Marketing Officer & Managing Director, Global Strategy, President, International and President, Asia Pacific. Earlier in his career, Mr. Saligram held various general and brand management positions with S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. in the United States and overseas.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Saligram’s extensive experience building businesses and brands in the industrial products, office products distribution, consumer packaged goods, hospitality, and consumer and managed services industries and leadership over operational teams in a large number of countries, enable him to provide our Board of Directors with a valuable global perspective on governance and control matters, as well as on strategic planning and risk assessment.

				ROBERT K. SHEARER
				Director since 2008 Independent Age: 68   ◾  Chair, Audit Committee ◾  Executive Committee

Professional Experience

Mr. Shearer retired in March 2015 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of VF Corporation, a global lifestyle apparel company, where he served in that capacity since May 2005. He also served VF

Corporation in several other capacities since 1986, including Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer from July 1998 to May 2005. Earlier in his career, Mr. Shearer held a senior audit position with Ernst & Young LLP.

Other Boards and Appointments

Mr. Shearer currently serves on the Board of Directors of YETI Holdings, Inc., a designer, marketer, retailer, and distributor of a variety of innovative, branded, premium products to a wide-ranging customer base and Kontoor Brands, Inc. a global lifestyle apparel company. From May 2015 through April 2016, Mr. Shearer served as a member of the Board of Directors of The Fresh Market, Inc., a specialty grocery retailer.

Director Qualifications

Mr. Shearer’s recent role as Chief Financial Officer of VF Corporation, coupled with his 12 years of experience in public accounting, enables him to provide our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee with important insights on a range of financial and internal control matters, as well as on matters relating to capital structure, information systems, risk management, public reporting and investor relations. In addition, his participation in VF Corporation expansion initiatives, including a number of acquisitions and growth in international markets, enables him to provide important insights on international operations, business combination opportunities, and strategic planning.

				LAURIE J. YOLER
				Director since 2018 Independent Age: 55   ◾  Governance & Nominating   Committee ◾  Compensation  & Organization   Committee

Professional Experience

Ms. Yoler is a General Partner at Playground Gobal, a technology venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. She was the Senior Vice President, Business Development of Qualcomm, Inc. and President, Qualcomm Labs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc., from March 2013 to January 2016, driving internal innovation and exploring opportunities for new businesses, strategic partnerships, acquisitions, investments, and divestitures. From February 2006 to March 2013, Ms. Yoler was a partner and Managing Director at GrowthPoint Technology Partners, a Silicon Valley based investment bank. From September 2004 to July 2005, Ms. Yoler served as Chief Development Officer of Intellectual Ventures LLC, a private equity firm. From March 2001 to September 2004 Ms. Yoler was Vice President, Business Development and Marketing at Packet Design and Precision I/O, two early-stage technology firms. Prior to that, Ms. Yoler was an integral part of the development and launch of many new innovations and products in her roles at Visa Inc., Sun Microsystems, Accenture PLC and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Other Boards and Appointments

Ms. Yoler serves on the Board of Directors of Bose Corporation, a company that designs, develops and sells audio equipment. In addition, since January 2016, Ms. Yoler has served as a board member and strategic advisor in the technology industry, and currently serves as a member of the boards of directors of two privately held technology companies, Zoox Inc. and Leaf Logistics. From 2003 to 2008, Ms. Yoler was a founding member of the Board of Directors of Tesla, Inc., a company that designs, develops, manufactures and sells electric vehicles and advanced electric vehicle powertrain components. Ms. Yoler served on Tesla’s Advisory Board from 2008 until 2013.

Director Qualifications

Ms. Yoler’s extensive experience in the technology industry, spanning strategy, product, corporate development, global sales and marketing, mergers and acquisitions and business development, enables her to provide valuable insights into a wide variety of matters relating to marketing, business development, international operations and technology.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OTHER BOARD MATTERS

BOARD COMPOSITION

Our Board of Directors is currently comprised of James R. Craigie, Matthew T. Farrell, Bradley C. Irwin, Robert D. LeBlanc, Penry W. Price, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack, and Laurie J. Yoler. As previously disclosed, after more than two decades of dedicated service to the Board, Robert D. LeBlanc has decided to retire from the Board as of the close of the Annual Meeting and is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Upon the recommendation of the Governance & Nominating Committee, the Board has decided that it will temporarily decrease the size of the Board from 10 to nine directors, effective as of the close of the Annual Meeting. The Governance & Nominating Committee is currently conducting a retained search for Mr. LeBlanc’s replacement. When a suitable candidate is identified, we expect that the Board will increase the size of the Board back to 10 directors and the candidate will be elected to the Board by the Board to fill the resulting vacancy. The new director, along with all other Board members, will serve until our 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND OTHER CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DOCUMENTS

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, including guidelines for the determination of director independence, the responsibilities and duties of our Board of Directors, director access to management and independent advisors, director compensation, the committees of our Board of Directors, and other matters relating to our corporate governance, are available on the “Investors” page of our website, www.churchdwight.com. Also available on the “Investors” page are other corporate governance documents, including our Code of Conduct (“Code of Conduct”) and the Charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation & Organization Committee, and Governance & Nominating Committee.

Our website is not part of this proxy statement; references to our website address in this proxy statement are intended to be inactive textual references only.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that a majority of our Board of Directors shall consist of independent directors who meet the criteria for independence required by the NYSE listing standards. A director will be considered independent if our Board of Directors affirmatively determines that the director has no material relationship with us (directly, or as a partner, stockholder, or officer of an organization that has a relationship with us). In assessing the materiality of a relationship, our Board of Directors considers all relevant facts and circumstances. In addition to the independence standards established by the NYSE, we have adopted categorical standards under the Corporate Governance Guidelines designed to assist our Board of Directors in assessing independence. Under these standards, none of the following relationships necessarily disqualifies a director or nominee from being considered “independent”:

Our Board of Directors reviewed and analyzed the independence of each director and each nominee for director in January 2020 to determine whether any particular relationship or transaction involving any director, or any director’s affiliates or immediate family members, was inconsistent with a determination that the director is independent for purposes of serving on our Board of Directors and its committees. During this review, our Board examined transactions and relationships between directors or their affiliates and family members and Church & Dwight. As a result of this review, in January 2020, our Board affirmatively determined that each of James R. Craigie, Bradley C. Irwin, Robert D. LeBlanc, Penry W. Price, Ravichandra K. Saligram, Robert K. Shearer, Janet S. Vergis, Arthur B. Winkleblack, and Laurie J. Yoler, is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards and under the categorical standards described in the Corporate Governance Guidelines. Until January of 2019, our Board had determined that Mr. Craigie was not “independent,” under the NYSE listing standards given his prior role as our Chief Executive Officer, which ended upon his retirement in January 2016.

Our Board of Directors has further determined that each of the members of the Audit Committee, Compensation & Organization Committee, and Governance & Nominating Committee is independent within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards, and that the members of the Audit Committee and the Compensation & Organization Committee meet the additional independence requirements of the NYSE listing standards applicable to audit committee members and compensation committee members, respectively.

Our Director, Internal Audit (“Internal Audit Director”) meets quarterly with our executive officers to assess any changes in the magnitude of identified risks, as well as the status of mitigation activities with regard to the most significant risks. Our Internal Audit Director reports directly to the Audit Committee and advises the Audit Committee on a quarterly basis regarding management’s risk assessment process and the progress of mitigation activities designed to facilitate the maintenance of risk within acceptable levels. The Audit Committee, in turn, reports to our Board of Directors with regard to these matters on a quarterly basis. Our Board of Directors also receives quarterly updates on cybersecurity risks from our Vice President, Global IT.

Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel leads our ethics and compliance risk oversight program through the Compliance Council, which is comprised of various functional representatives and compliance subject matter experts. The Compliance Council meets regularly to review the health of the program, opportunities for improvement, and the status of execution against agreed program priorities. Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel also meets regularly with the Audit Committee, either alone or together with subject matter experts from the Compliance Council, to review the health of our compliance and ethics program, its priorities, and the status of execution against those priorities. Annually, our Executive Vice President and General Counsel provides a comprehensive review of the compliance and ethics program to our Board of Directors, and supplements this review, from time to time, as requested by our Board of Directors or as appropriate with respect to specific compliance risk areas or issues.

Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Executive Vice Presidents of Global Research & Development, Global Operations and Global Human Resources lead our sustainability program through the Corporate Issues Council (the "Council") which is comprised of various functional representatives and subject matter experts. The Council meets regularly to review the health of the program, opportunities for improvement, and the status of execution against agreed program priorities. Our Executive Vice President and General Counsel also meets regularly with the Governance & Nominating Committee, together with subject matter experts from the Council, to review the health of our sustainability program, its priorities, and the status of execution against those priorities. The Chair of our Governance & Nominating Committee reviews the status of our sustainability program with our Board of Directors at each regularly scheduled Board meeting, and supplements this review, from time to time, as requested by our Board of Directors or as appropriate with respect to specific sustainability matters.

In addition to the efforts of our Board of Directors and the Audit Committee to address risk oversight, the Compensation & Organization Committee annually reviews our compensation policies and practices to confirm that such compensation policies and practices do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our Company. As a result of its most recent review in 2019, the Compensation & Organization Committee concluded that our incentive compensation policies and practices do not create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us for the following reasons:

Our Board of Directors believes that our compensation system, our division of risk oversight responsibilities, and our Board of Directors’ leadership structure comprise and support the most effective risk management approach.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

The Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that our Board of Directors may determine from time to time what leadership structure works best for our Company, including whether the same individual should serve both as Chairman of our Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). In addition, the guidelines provide that if the same individual serves as Chairman of our Board of Directors and CEO, or the Chairman is otherwise not independent, our Board of Directors shall have an independent Lead Director, as selected by the independent members of the Board.

The Board of Directors believes the most effective leadership structure for the Company at this time is one with a combined Chairman and CEO, coupled with an independent Lead Director. Having a combined Chairman and CEO promotes a cohesive vision and strategy for the Company and enhances our ability to execute effectively. We have found that this structure leads to leadership and communication advantages and efficiencies. Mr. Farrell, our current Chairman and CEO, is in an optimal position to identify, and to lead Board of Directors discussions on, important matters related to our business operations and related risk. Mr. Farrell’s in-depth knowledge of our strategic priorities and operations enables him to facilitate effective communication between management and our Board of Directors and ensure that key issues and recommendations are brought to the attention of our Board of Directors and management. We believe that Mr. Farrell is an effective spokesperson for management and our Board of Directors by serving in both positions. The Board created the Lead Director role as an integral part of a leadership structure that promotes strong, independent oversight of the Company’s management and affairs. Mr. Irwin, has served as the Lead Director since January 2020. The Lead Director presides over executive sessions and has the authority to call executive sessions. The Lead Director also consults with the entire Board of Directors and with our Chairman, President and CEO and our Secretary on Board of Directors meeting agendas. In addition, the Lead Director acts as a contact person to facilitate communications between employees, stockholders, and others with the independent directors.

We believe that the presence of a Lead Director enhances the ability of our Board of Directors to provide additional independent oversight and supplements the following corporate governance practices, which also facilitate independent oversight:

COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

While management has primary responsibility for stockholder engagement, our Board of Directors is regularly informed about management’s stockholder engagement efforts as part of its oversight role and is committed to enhancing stockholder value and to considering requests from our stockholders that will help us achieve this goal. Our stockholder engagement practices and controls, which are designed to support our commitment to constructive communications between our stockholders and the independent directors, include the ability of our stockholders to attend the Annual Meeting, an annual advisory vote on executive compensation

(“say-on-pay”), the ability to submit stockholder proposals and recommend candidates for election to our Board, and the ability to communicate directly with our Board of Directors.

Our Lead Director acts as a contact person to facilitate communications between employees, stockholders and others with the independent directors. The Lead Director, is responsible for ensuring that stockholder requests, recommendations, and proposals regarding governance-related matters are evaluated by the Governance & Nominating Committee, the Compensation & Organization Committee, or Audit Committee, as appropriate, and then by our Board of Directors based on the applicable Committee’s recommendation.

Any person who wishes to communicate with our Board of Directors, including the Lead Director or the independent directors as a group, may direct a written communication to our Board of Directors, the Lead Director, or the independent directors, at: Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, Attention: Secretary. Such correspondence (other than solicitations) will be logged in and forwarded to the Lead Director.

Although we do not have a formal policy requiring attendance of directors at our Annual Meetings, we expect all directors to attend the Annual Meeting absent exceptional circumstances. All incumbent directors attended the 2019 Annual Meeting.

Audit Committee.    Under its Charter, the Audit Committee, among other responsibilities, (i) has sole authority to retain, set compensation and retention terms for, terminate, and oversee and evaluate the activities of, our independent registered public accounting firm; (ii) reviews and approves in advance the performance of all audit and permitted non-audit services, subject to the pre-approval policy discussed below under “Pre-Approval of Audit and Permissible Non-Audit Services”; (iii) reviews and discusses with management and our independent registered public accounting firm the annual audited financial statements and quarterly financial statements and certain other disclosures included in our filings with the SEC; (iv) reviews and discusses with management earnings press releases prior to their release; (v) discusses with management, internal audit personnel, and our

independent registered public accounting firm, our risk assessment and risk management policies, including our major financial risk exposures and the security of the Company’s computerized information systems; (vi) oversees the internal audit function; (vii) discusses with management, internal audit personnel, and our independent registered public accounting firm the adequacy and effectiveness of our financial reporting processes, internal control over financial reporting, and disclosure controls and procedures; and (viii) oversees the adoption, periodic review, and oversight of policies and procedures regarding business conduct and oversees our compliance and ethics program.

Our Board of Directors has determined that each of Mr. Shearer and Mr. Winkleblack is an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of SEC regulations.

The Audit Committee has established procedures for the receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls and auditing matters and the receipt of confidential, anonymous submissions by our employees with respect to concerns regarding potential violations of our compliance and ethics program, including questionable accounting or auditing matters. Such complaints and submissions may be made by writing to the following address: Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, Attention: Secretary. Complaints may also be made via the Internet at www.churchdwight.ethicspoint.com, or by calling our toll-free hotline. The Audit Committee regularly receives reports regarding potential violations of our compliance and ethics program and oversees certain investigations relating thereto. The number for calls placed within the United States and Canada is (855) 384-9879. The numbers for calls placed in other countries may be found on the Internet at www.churchdwight.ethicspoint.com. Such correspondence will be logged in and forwarded to the Chair of the Audit Committee or his/her designated delegates, who provide the Audit Committee with regular reports.

Compensation & Organization Committee.    Under its Charter, the Compensation & Organization Committee is responsible for approving the specific salary, bonuses, stock awards, and other compensation for our elected officers, which includes our named executive officers identified in the Summary Compensation Table on page 56. The Compensation & Organization Committee also, among other responsibilities, (i) oversees the design of our executive compensation programs, policies, and practices; (ii) reviews and approves the adoption, termination, and amendment of, and administers, our incentive and equity compensation plans; (iii) reviews and approves annually corporate goals and objectives as they relate to CEO and other executive officer compensation; (iv) evaluates at least annually the performance of the CEO and the other executive officers and establishes their respective compensation; (v) evaluates whether our compensation policies and practices for our executive officers and other employees create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on us; (vi) collaborates with the Governance & Nominating Committee, regarding recommendations to our Board of Directors concerning executive officer succession; (vii) collaborates with the Governance & Nominating Committee, regarding recommendations to our Board of Directors concerning non-employee director compensation; and (viii) recommends to the Board the development, selection, retention, and dismissal of elected officers. The Compensation & Organization Committee also oversees human capital management.

In considering executive compensation, the Compensation & Organization Committee considers the executive compensation recommendations as well as the comparative public company data provided by independent compensation consultants engaged directly by the Compensation & Organization Committee. Semler Brossy Consulting Group, LLC (“Semler Brossy”) serves as the Compensation & Organization Committee independent compensation consultant and does not provide any other services to us. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” for additional information regarding the services provided by Semler Brossy and information considered by the Compensation & Organization Committee. The Compensation & Organization Committee also takes into account statistical data and recommendations of our CEO. However, our CEO does not make recommendations regarding his own compensation.

Governance & Nominating Committee.    Under its Charter, the Governance & Nominating Committee, among other responsibilities, (i) develops and periodically reviews, and recommends to our Board of Directors, criteria for the selection of new directors to serve on our Board of Directors; (ii) identifies individuals qualified to

become members of our Board of Directors consistent with our Board of Directors’ criteria for selecting new directors set forth in the Corporate Governance Guidelines; (iii) recommends to our Board of Directors nominees for the class of directors to be elected at the next annual meeting of stockholders and, where applicable, to fill vacancies; (iv) considers and makes recommendations to our Board of Directors on questions of independence and possible conflicts of interest of members of our Board of Directors and executive officers in accordance with the Corporate Governance Guidelines; (v) in collaboration with the Compensation & Organization Committee, makes recommendations to our Board of Directors concerning executive officer succession; (vi) oversees Board of Directors and committee evaluations; (vii) makes recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding corporate governance matters; (viii) in consultation with the Compensation & Organization Committee, periodically reviews and makes recommendations to our Board of Directors regarding the compensation of our non-employee directors, and the principles upon which such compensation is determined and (ix) oversees the Company’s sustainability program.

The Governance & Nominating Committee recommends to our Board of Directors candidates for nomination to our Board of Directors. When considering individuals to recommend for nomination, the Governance & Nominating Committee seeks persons with diverse backgrounds who possess the following characteristics: integrity, education, commitment to our Board of Directors, business judgment, business experience, accounting and financial expertise, diversity, reputation, civic and community relationships, high performance standards, and the ability to act on behalf of stockholders.

The Governance & Nominating Committee will consider recommendations for director candidates from stockholders. Stockholder recommendations of candidates should be submitted in writing to: Church & Dwight Co., Inc., Princeton South Corporate Park, 500 Charles Ewing Boulevard, Ewing, New Jersey 08628, Attention: Secretary. In order to enable consideration of a candidate in connection with the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a stockholder must submit the following information by November 20, 2020: (i) the name of the candidate and information about the candidate that would be required to be included in a proxy statement under the rules of the SEC; (ii) information about the relationship between the candidate and the recommending stockholder; and (iii) the written consent of the candidate to be named in the proxy statement and to serve as a director if elected. In considering any candidate proposed by a stockholder, the Governance & Nominating Committee will reach a conclusion as to whether to recommend such candidate to our Board of Directors based on the criteria described above. The Governance & Nominating Committee may seek additional information regarding the candidate. After full consideration, the stockholder recommending the candidate will be notified of the decision of the Governance & Nominating Committee (and of our Board of Directors, if the candidate is recommended to our Board of Directors for consideration). The Governance & Nominating Committee will consider all potential candidates in the same manner regardless of the source of the recommendation.

As highlighted in our Corporate Governance Guidelines, the Board values diversity and recognizes the importance of having unique and complementary backgrounds and perspectives in the board room. The Board endeavors to include diverse skills, professional experience, perspectives, age, race, ethnicity, gender and cultural backgrounds that reflect our consumer and investor base, and to guide the Company in a way that reflects the best interests of all our stockholders. Although the Board does not establish specific goals with respect to diversity, the Board’s overall diversity is a significant consideration in the director nomination process. The Governance & Nominating Committee reviews the director nominees (including any stockholder nominees) and ascertains whether, as a whole, they meet the Corporate Governance Guidelines in this regard. For this year’s election, the Board has nominated five individuals who bring valuable diversity to the Board. Their collective experience covers a wide range of roles, geographies, and industries. Of these five director nominees one is a woman. The Board also believes that tenure diversity should be considered in order to achieve an appropriate balance between the detailed Company knowledge and wisdom that comes with many years of service and the fresh perspective of newer Board members. We believe that our current Board has an appropriate balance of experienced and newer directors, with tenure of the current directors averaging 11 years, nine years after Mr. LeBlanc retires. The Governance & Nominating Committee balances these considerations when assessing the composition of our Board of Directors. The Governance & Nominating Committee may engage the services of third party search firms to assist in identifying and assessing the qualifications of director candidates.

Executive Committee.    The Executive Committee may exercise the authority of our Board of Directors, except as specifically reserved by Delaware law to our Board of Directors or as our Board of Directors otherwise provides.

Finance Committee.    The Board also has a Finance Committee, which meets on an ad hoc basis. The Finance Committee reviews financing and capital markets issues but has no decision autonomy. Mr. Winkleblack is chair of the Finance Committee.

SUCCESSION PLANNING

Our Board of Directors recognizes that one of its most important duties is to ensure excellence and continuity in our senior leadership by overseeing the development of executive talent and planning for the effective succession of the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our CEO and other senior members of executive management. Our succession planning process was evidenced in January 2016 when Matthew T. Farrell, our former Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer, succeeded Mr. Craigie as our President and CEO; Richard A. Dierker, our former Vice President, Corporate Finance, succeeded Mr. Farrell as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer; and Britta B. Bomhard, our former General Manager, Europe, was promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.

Our CEO and other senior executive succession planning process includes identifying external candidates and identifying and developing potential internal candidates on an ongoing basis. The criteria used when assessing the qualifications of potential CEO successors are included on a position specification developed by our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors is committed to being prepared for a planned or unplanned change in our leadership in order to ensure our stability.

In continuation of this process, the Governance & Nominating Committee, in collaboration with the Compensation & Organization Committee, agrees upon and recommends to the Board a succession plan for our CEO and other senior members of executive management in the ordinary course of business and in emergency situations. Through this process, our Board of Directors receives from our CEO and the Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources qualitative evaluations of, and recommendations concerning, potential successors to our CEO and our other senior executives, along with a review of any development plans recommended for such individuals. At least once annually, our Board of Directors reviews our succession plans. Succession planning is also regularly discussed in executive sessions of our Board of Directors and in committee meetings, as applicable. Our directors become familiar with internal potential successors for key leadership positions through various means, including a comprehensive annual talent and succession review, Board of Directors and committee meeting presentations, and less formal interactions throughout the course of the year.

CODE OF CONDUCT

We have adopted a Code of Conduct that applies to all employees and directors of Church & Dwight and our global subsidiaries. Among other things, the Code of Conduct is designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships, promote full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosures in periodic reports we are required to file, promote compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations and promote a harassment-free work environment. The Code of Conduct requires the prompt internal reporting of violations of the Code of Conduct and contains provisions regarding accountability for adherence to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct is available on the “Investors” page of our website at www.churchdwight.com. We are committed to satisfying the disclosure requirements regarding any amendment to, or waiver from, a provision of the Code of Conduct, including the conduct of an executive officer or member of our Board, by making disclosures concerning such matters available on the “Investors” page of our website. See “Corporate Governance and Other Board Matters—Board of Directors Meetings and Committees—Audit Committee” for a summary of our procedures for the submission, receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints with respect to concerns regarding potential violations of our compliance and ethics program. Confidentiality

terms in our settlement agreements with employees comply with all federal and state laws regarding limitations on confidentiality provisions and explicitly permit employees to report to government agencies and participate in government proceedings. Moreover, it is our practice not to use arbitration clauses in agreements with employees.

ESG and SUSTAINABILITY

Our Board of Directors and it’s three primary committees share responsibility for oversight of our environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) practices and programs. Our purpose and values are reflected in our strategy and expected behaviors and are overseen by the Board of Directors. Our Compensation & Organization Committee oversees our human capital management programs, processes and policies and governance process related to our executive compensation practices. Our Audit Committee oversees our compliance and ethics program; and our Governance & Nominating Committee oversees our sustainability program and Board of Directors governance practices.

While management has primary responsibility for stakeholder engagement, our Board of Directors is regularly informed about our sustainability efforts through the Governance & Nominating Committee as a part of its oversight role. Our Lead Director is responsible for ensuring that stockholder sustainability requests, recommendations and proposals are evaluated by the Committee, additional committees within the Board as appropriate, and then by the Board of Directors, if needed.

We maintain a strong heritage of commitment to people and the planet and believe that sustainable operations are both financially beneficial and critical to the health of the communities in which we operate. Accordingly, each year we publish a Sustainability Report that highlights our business and corporate responsibility commitments by detailing our financial, environmental, social and governance performance, including our metrics and targets. Our 2019 Sustainability Report (“Report”) is available on our “Responsibility” page on our website.

Our global sustainability platform is derived from our heritage and organizational values, and it is one of our leadership strategies. The following six pillars are the core focus of our sustainability efforts:

In 2019, our continued progress in key areas of sustainability earned recognition from various third parties, including the 2019 Barron’s Most Sustainable Companies list, Newsweek’s America’s Most Responsible Companies Top 100 List, the EPA’s Green Power Partnership Top 100 list, the JUST Capital “America’s Most Just Companies” list and the FTSE4Good Index Series.

The Council guides the integration of sustainability with all parts of our business and drives continuous improvement in our sustainability approach and performance. The Council is comprised of senior executives representing all key functional areas across the company, including Human Resources, Law, Global Operations,

Research & Development, Marketing and Sales. The Council takes the lead in defining and implementing our sustainability strategies across the six pillars of our global sustainability program. Its duties include allocating resources to appropriately address sustainability issues; reporting on our progress to drive continuous improvement in our sustainability approach and performance; and monitoring, prioritizing and addressing evolving standards and stakeholder requirements.

The Global Reporting Initiative defines “material issues” as those that “have a direct or indirect impact on an organization’s ability to create, preserve or erode economic, environmental or social value for itself, its stakeholders and society at large.” Defining our material issues, including environmental matters and reputational risk, is an ongoing process overseen by the Council. The Council established the six pillars of our sustainability program by collecting issues our various internal and external stakeholders expressed as sustainability priorities. The Council evaluates and ranks various risks and opportunities based on relative impact and likelihood. The Council evaluates and discusses the most significant sustainability issues, risks and opportunities we face and the functions within the Company that should be accountable for them. Our most significant sustainability issues, risks and opportunities are reflected within each of the six pillars of our sustainability program as set forth in our Report. There are additional topics included in the Report that may not have reached the same level of significance but are provided for informational purposes. Note that the concept of “material issues” under Global Reporting Initiatives guidelines used for purposes of the Report differs from the concept of “materiality” for purposes of securities laws and disclosures required by the SEC rules. In addition, the Report references the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board industry specific standards covering potential financially material issues.

certain non-scheduled activities and projects requested by the Board. No special assignment meeting fees were paid in fiscal year 2019. The annual retainer amount is pro-rated for any director with less than a full year of service. Mr. Craigie received a pro-rated portion of the Chairperson of the Board retainer for his service as Chairman until May 2, 2019, at which time Mr. Farrell was appointed as Chairman of the Board.

The Compensation Plan for Directors provides each director with the choice of receiving (i) 100 percent of his/her fee-based compensation in cash if that director has fully satisfied the Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors, (ii) 50 percent cash and 50 percent in shares of our common stock if specifically elected by a director or (iii) 100 percent in shares of our common stock (the default method of payment). For 2019, our directors made their elections for how to receive their fee-based compensation in December 2018. To determine the number of shares a director is entitled to receive under the plan, the annual retainer or special assignment meeting fee amount (as applicable) is divided by the closing price of a share of our common stock as reported on the NYSE on the applicable payment date.

Annual Equity Grants for Directors.    The Compensation Plan for Directors provides that, unless otherwise established by our Board of Directors, equity grants to our non-employee directors will be made annually on the same date each year on which we make annual equity grants to our employees (which date occurs on the Monday falling most closely to the midpoint between the dates of our first and second quarter earnings releases). A new director will receive his or her initial equity grant on the date such individual commences service with us as a director. In 2019, as in prior years, the annual equity grants were comprised of stock option awards. All shares underlying the stock options granted to non-employee directors vest in full on the third anniversary of the grant date, subject to the director’s continued service on our Board of Directors. Upon any cessation of service due to death or disability, the stock options (to the extent unvested) continue to vest and all unexercised options remain outstanding until the third anniversary of such death or disability (or earlier until expiration of the option term). For any director who retires after serving on our Board of Directors for at least six years, the stock options (to the extent unvested) continue to vest and all unexercised options remain outstanding for the remainder of the option term. Stock options to our non-employee directors are granted under the Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan with a ten-year term. No non-employee director may receive more than one equity grant in any calendar year.

Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors.    The Deferred Compensation Plan for Directors provides an opportunity for our directors to defer payment of all or a portion of their respective director fees into a notional account until after termination of service. A director electing to defer payment must decide whether to receive the deferred payment in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of up to 10 years. A director must make any of the foregoing elections prior to the beginning of the calendar year for which the deferred fees are earned. Also, newly elected directors may make such election within 30 days of becoming a director. A director’s election is deemed to remain in effect with respect to the following year unless the director revokes or changes such election prior to the commencement of such following year. Following a termination of service, the director generally receives a number of shares of our common stock in accordance with his or her timely filed election, either in a lump sum or in annual installments over a period of up to 10 years, equal to the number of notional shares then outstanding in the director’s deferred compensation account under the plan. On a change in control, any and all deferred accounts (including any account being paid in installments) will be immediately distributed. The number of notional shares represented by amounts in a participating director’s account is set forth in the table captioned “Securities Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” on page 33.

2020 Director Compensation.    On October 30, 2019, the Governance & Nominating Committee, in consultation with the Compensation & Organization Committee, reviewed the compensation of our non-employee directors. As part of their review, the Committees consulted with Semler Brossy, the independent compensation consultant retained by the Compensation & Organization Committee. As part of its analysis of the compensation of our non-employee directors, Semler Brossy examined how the total compensation and each element of our non-employee director compensation program compared to the director compensation programs of our Compensation Peer Group, as identified and discussed in more detail on pages 42-43. The Governance & Nominating Committee targets the total compensation paid to our non-employee directors at a level that approximates the 50th percentile of the compensation paid to non-employee directors of the Compensation Peer Group. Based on its analysis, Semler Brossy concluded that the total compensation paid to our non-employee directors was below the median of the director compensation of the Compensation Peer Group. Based upon its review, the Governance & Nominating Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board approved, the following increases in director compensation, which became effective January 1, 2020:

The table above does not include a separate annual retainer for the Chairperson of the Board, as the Chairperson of the Board is currently our Chief Executive Officer.

The following table provides information regarding compensation for our non-employee directors in 2019.

STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES FOR DIRECTORS

Our non-employee directors are expected to have a level of equity ownership in the Company in order to ensure that their interests are aligned with the interests of our stockholders. It is expected that each non-employee director will have, within five years from the date on which they join the Board, a number of shares having a value of at least five times the standard annual retainer (which is the annual retainer received by any director who is not a committee chair, the Lead Director or the Chairman). The annual retainer was $110,000 for 2019 and the dollar value of shares required to be held by our directors who have served five or more years was $550,000 as of December 31, 2019. The calculation of ownership includes:

Until a non-employee director satisfies his or her stock ownership requirement, the director will be required to hold 50 percent of all shares of our common stock received upon the exercise of stock options, grants of stock, or upon lapse of the restrictions on restricted stock (in each case, net of any shares utilized to pay for the exercise price of an option and/or to satisfy tax withholding obligations). All of our non-employee directors who have been in their position for five years or more own enough shares to satisfy our guidelines.

All executive officers serve at the discretion of our Board of Directors. Mr. Katz serves at the discretion of our CEO.

Biographical information for Mr. Farrell appears under “Current Term Expires in 2021” on page 14.

Ms. Bomhard has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer since January 2016, prior to which she served as General Manager, Europe since 2013. From 2005 to 2013, Ms. Bomhard served in a variety of Marketing and General Management assignments at Energizer. Prior to Energizer, Ms. Bomhard worked for Wella AG and GlaxoSmithKline in their marketing organizations. Ms. Bomhard currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Primo Water Corporation, a leading North America and European water, coffee and coffee extracts, tea and filtration solutions service company.

Mr. Cugine has been our Executive Vice President, International and Global New Products Innovation since January 2016. From June 2014 to December 2015, he was Executive Vice President, and President, International Consumer Products, from July 2013 to June 2014, he was Executive Vice President, Global New Products Innovation, and President, International Consumer Products and, from May 2007 through June 2013, he served as our Executive Vice President, Global New Products Innovation. From October 2000 through May 2007, Mr. Cugine served in a variety of management positions at the Company. Prior to that Mr. Cugine served in several capacities with FMC Corporation, including as Director of Human Resources for the Alkali, Peroxide, and Oxidant Chemical Divisions.

Mr. de Maynadier has been our Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary since December 2011. He served in a number of capacities for Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. and its predecessor, Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., from January 2002 through December 2010, including Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary and Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. Previously, Mr. de Maynadier served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for CombiMatrix Corporation, as President and Chief Executive Officer of SDI Investments, LLC, a spin-off of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, Inc., and as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Sterling Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. de Maynadier was a corporate and securities Partner at the law firm Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P.

Mr. Dierker has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since January 2016, prior to which he served as Vice President, Corporate Finance since 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Dierker led Supply

Chain Finance as the Company’s Operations Controller. From 2008 to 2009, he held a senior financial management position at Alpharma, Inc., a leading international specialty pharmaceutical company. Prior to 2008, he held financial and business development management positions for Ingersoll-Rand Ltd, a major diversified industrial manufacturer.

Ms. Hemsey has been our Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources since February 2020. From December 2017 to February 2020, Ms. Hemsey was Vice President, Human Resources and from October 2009 to December 2017 she was Director Human Resources. Ms. Hemsey has been employed by us since August 2001 in various positions. Prior to Church & Dwight, Ms. Hemsey served in several capacities within the human resources function at Symrise.

Mr. Katz has been our Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer since May 2007. From January 2003 through May 2007, Mr. Katz was our Controller, and from April 1993 through December 2002, he was our Assistant Controller. Mr. Katz has been employed by us in various positions since 1986. As previously announced, Mr. Katz has informed the Company that he intends to retire by the end of the first quarter of 2021.

Mr. Linares has been our Executive Vice President, Global Research & Development since June 2017. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for TRI Princeton (Vice Chair) and the Board of Directors for The American Cleaning Institute. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Linares was the Chief Technology Officer for Sun Products Corporation (“Sun Products”) and also served as the Corporate Innovation Captain for Sun Products’ innovation strategy. Prior to Sun Products, Mr. Linares was the Senior Vice President of Global R&D, Quality and Regulatory, at Alberto Culver. Earlier in his career Mr. Linares gained significant R&D product development and innovation experience at Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble.

Mr. Spann has been our Executive Vice President, Global Operations since May 2017. He served in a number of capacities for Colgate-Palmolive Company from 1984 through 2017. His career there included assignments in Australia and Europe. His last role at Colgate was Vice President, Global Engineering where he led significant improvements in product and process development. Prior to that he was Vice President, Global Supply Chain for three different Colgate businesses: Personal Care, Home Care, and Toothbrush, where he had responsibility for operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Mr. Spann started his career at Colgate-Palmolive Company as an Industrial Engineer and held positions of increasing responsibility in production management prior to his executive roles.

Mr. Wood has been Executive Vice President, U.S. Sales since October 2018. From August 2016 to February 2018, Mr. Wood was an Executive Vice President at Acosta, a large private-equity owned sales and marketing agency, where he managed several thousand employees focused on growing Consumer Packaged Goods client businesses, from December 2010 to August 2016, Mr. Wood was General Manager at Samsung Electronics America, and from August 2006 to December 2010, Mr. Wood was Vice President, Sales-Walmart for WhiteWave Foods. Previously, Mr. Wood also held various positions with increasing responsibility at H.J. Heinz and Frito Lay.

Ms. Zagorski has been our Executive Vice President since February 2020, prior to which she served as Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources since January 2017. From January 2011 to January 2017, Ms. Zagorski was Senior Vice President, Human Resources for BASF Corporation, where she was responsible for the North American and Central American human resources functions, and from September 2007 to January 2011, Ms. Zagorski was Vice President Talent Development and Strategy at BASF Corporation. Prior to BASF Corporation, Ms. Zagorski was Vice President, Human Resources for the Snackfoods division of Mars, Incorporated and Global Head of Talent Management for Mars, Inc. She previously held senior level global human resources positions at Honeywell International, Inc. and in management consulting at KPMG.