Herbalife Appoints Alan Hoffman As EVP, Global Corporate Affairs - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) announced that it has appointed Alan Hoffman to the newly established role of Executive Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs reporting to Michael Johnson, Herbalife's chairman and CEO.

The company stated that Hoffman will lead public policy, corporate communications, government affairs, community relations and philanthropy, effective August 25, 2014.

Hoffman brings over 20 years of public policy, communications and government affairs experience to the corporate affairs role. Presently, he serves as the Senior Vice President for Global Public Policy at PepsiCo, where he oversees policy development, external relations and government relations. Prior to joining PepsiCo, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to Vice President Joseph Biden and Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama.

Herbalife also announced that Barbara Henderson will be retiring as its Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Communications. In 2013, she informed the company that she would like to retire at age 67, which prompted the search for a new executive. Henderson will assist with the transition and will remain President of the Herbalife Family Foundation.