Johnson and Johnson appoints new global marketing head

Johnson and Johnson has announced the appointment of Michael Sneed as the new vice-president of its global corporate affairs division.

Mr Sneed will be taking up the new role on January 1st 2012 and will be tasked with overseeing global marketing and public relations functions, reporting directly to chief executive officer William Weldon.

Currently the company group chairman for Johnson and Johnson's vision care division, the new marketing head's appointment will allow the company to create an improved focus on reputation development.

"Mr Sneed's appointment was made to ensure that our enterprise strategies are effectively adopted by our businesses [and] to better align our global functions to support our growth," explained Mr Weldon.

According to the company's most recent financial report in October 2011, Johnson and Johnson saw a 6.8 percent year-over-year sales growth in the third quarter of 2011.

This comes as the organisation approaches the end of its 125th year in business.