Inter Parfums, Inc. announced that Russell Greenberg, Executive Vice President, will retire on September 6, 2022. Mr. Greenberg will stay with the company full time until September 30, 2022 to assist with the transition. Michel Atwood has also been asked to fill the Board seat Russ is vacating effective September 9, 2022, the date of the Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

While at Estée Lauder, Michel had strategic oversight for the fragrance category across that company and operational accountability for several of its fragrance brands. He also had senior level M&A duties, including acquisition integration and brand divestitures/discontinuations. Over his nearly four years at Estée Lauder, he also drove cross-brand synergies across R&D and supply chain for the fragrance category.

From 1995 to 2017, Michel held several executive positions with growing responsibilities at Procter & Gamble in France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. His final title at P&G was Divisional CFO of Global Prestige Fragrances, leading a 90 member team, and ultimately spearheading the divestiture of that division to Coty. Earlier he was CFO Global Markets – Prestige Fragrances, a business generating over $2 billion in sales, where he headed a globally dispersed team of 60 people supporting the go-to-market organization (affiliates, Travel Retail and distributors) of the Prestige Division.

Before that, he was Global Prestige Director of Strategic Planning, Licensing and Acquisition shaping and executing the overall business direction and licensing and acquisition strategy of P&G's Global Fragrance and Premium skin and cosmetics businesses. Born in Turkey, Michel Atwood holds a Master's degree in Software Engineering from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées of Lyon, and a Master's in International Finance from HEC Paris, the prestigious French business school. He also earned the designation of Certified Management Accountant from the Institute of Management Accountants.

He has a truly international background, working/living in France, Switzerland, the U.S., Canada, Turkey and Italy.