P&G appoints former Home Depot exec to board

CINCINNATI — Procter & Gamble has appointed Francis Blake, former chairman of the board and CEO of Home Depot, to its board of directors, effective immediately.



Blake will serve on the Audit and Governance & Public Responsibility committees of the board.



He served as the chairman and CEO of Home Depot from 2007 until his decision to step down as CEO in November 2014. He retired as chairman on Feb. 2, 2015.



Blake joined General Electric in 1991 and held a variety of executive roles there before his appointment as deputy secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy in 2001. He joined Home Depot as EVP in 2002. Blake also previously served as the general counsel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as deputy general counsel to VP George H.W. Bush.



He is a member of the board of directors of Delta Airlines and the Georgia Aquarium.