Mr. Fred H. Langhammer
An independent director since April 2001. He began his career at Eatons, a Canadian operator of department stores, and later was appointed General Manager of Dodwell Import, a Japanese subsidiary of the British firm, Inchcape. He went on to join Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in 1975 as President of Estée Lauder Japan. In 1982 he was appointed Managing Director of Estée Lauder Germany, and in 1985 he moved to New York and was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Estée Lauder Companies Inc. In 1999 he was newly promoted, to the position of President and CEO. Mr. Langhammer is a member of the board of The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. and The Gillette Company. He is Co-Chairman of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at John Hopkins University and a senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Association and a board member of The Japan Society.