(Reuters) -Procter & Gamble ( PG ) said on Monday CEO Jon Moeller is stepping away from the top job after four years in the role, and that he would be succeeded by Chief Operating Officer Shailesh Jejurikar.

The reshuffle in the top position comes amid a string of similar announcements from consumer-facing companies globally.

In the United States, companies are removing their CEOs at the fastest pace in two decades, with data showing that at least 41 CEOs have exited S&P 500 companies so far this year, compared with 49 for all of 2024.

Here are some examples of major CEO changes in the past year:

Company Details

Nestle Nestle in August 2024 ousted

CEO Mark Schneider and

appointed company veteran

Laurent Freixe to the role.

Unilever ( UL ) The company ousted chief

executive Hein Schumacher in

February, replacing him with

finance chief Fernando

Fernandez.

Kohls Kohl's fired CEO Ashley

Buchanan in May after an

investigation found he had

pushed for deals with a

vendor with whom he had a

personal relationship, after

little more than 100 days in

the position.

Stanley Black & Decker ( SWK ) The power tools maker, in

June, appointed operations

chief Christopher Nelson as

its next CEO and President,

effective October 1,

succeeding Donald Allan Jr.,

who is set to retire.

Hershey Hershey, in July, named

burger chain Wendy's chief

Kirk Tanner as its CEO,

effective August 18,

replacing Michele Buck, who

is set to retire.

Hindustan Unilever ( UL ) Hindustan Unilever, in July,

named Priya Nair as managing

director and CEO, replacing

Rohit Jawa well before the

completion of his five-year

term as the company's chief.

Kenvue ( KVUE ) The Band-Aid and Tylenol

maker fired its CEO Thibaut

Mongon in July, laying what

some investors expect will be

the groundwork for an

eventual sale of the entire

company or pieces of it, and

named director Kirk Perry as

interim CEO.

Diageo ( DEO ) The Johnnie Walker whisky and

Guinness beer maker's CEO,

Debra Crew, stepped down

after two years in the job in

July, with finance chief Nik

Jhangiani taking over in the

interim.

Procter & Gamble ( PG ) Procter & Gamble ( PG ) CEO said in

July that CEO Jon Moeller is

stepping away from the role;

to be succeeded by Chief

Operating Officer Shailesh

Jejurikar.