Victor Aguilar

Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer Procter & Gamble

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Victor Aguilar has been Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer of Procter & Gamble since 2020. He leads the company’s research and development organization, its global innovation program and strategy, its R&D investment, which P&G puts at nearly $2 billion a year, and its end-to-end packaging transformation, and he serves as liaison to the board’s Innovation and Technology Committee. Aguilar, a chemical engineer by training, joined P&G in 1989 as an R&D manager for laundry in Central America. He spent three decades in research across Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, baby care and global fabric care, and led corporate R&D before taking the top role. He has spent his entire P&G career in research.

Career Highlights

• Chief Research, Development and Innovation Officer of P&G since 2020.
• Executive Vice President, R&D, Corporate Function, in 2020.
• Vice President, R&D, Global Fabric Care, 2014 to 2020.
• Director, R&D, Global High-Density Laundry, and Global Baby Basics.
• Joined P&G in 1989 as R&D manager for Central America laundry.

Professional Journey

Aguilar earned a BS in chemical engineering from Tecnológico de Monterrey and an MBA in marketing from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, according to P&G. He joined the company on 1 October 1989 as R&D manager for laundry in Central America.

He was R&D manager for Latin America laundry from 1996 and for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa laundry from 2001, then associate director of R&D for Middle East and Africa laundry and, from 2005, for Latin America fabric care. In 2008 he became director of R&D for Global Baby Basics and Latin America R&D leader, and in 2012 director of R&D for global high-density laundry.

In 2014 he became vice president of R&D for Global Fabric Care, adding the corporate function in 2019. In 2020 he was named executive vice president for corporate R&D and then chief research, development and innovation officer, the year the 10-K records him as first elected an officer. P&G says that in corporate R&D he worked to accelerate the value of its transformative platform technologies.

In his role he leads the R&D organization, the global innovation program and strategy, the annual R&D investment and the end-to-end packaging transformation, and acts as liaison to the board’s Innovation and Technology Committee. Procter & Gamble, based in Cincinnati, reported net sales of $87.0 billion for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2026, according to its 10-K.

P&G’s biography describes his three decades with the company as spanning three continents and its fabric care, baby care, Future Works and corporate R&D organizations, and calls him an advocate of equality and inclusion in the workplace.

Education

Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

MBA, Marketing

Tecnológico de Monterrey

BS, Chemical engineering