Mary Anne Citrino

Mary Anne Citrino is a Senior Managing Director in Blackstone Advisory LP.

Since joining Blackstone in 2004， Ms. Citrino has advised a broad range of clients in the consumer products industry including Procter & Gamble， Kraft Foods and Nestlé. Notable recent transactions include advising P&G on numerous assignments， including the split-off of Folger's Coffee in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction to Smuckers， the purchase of Ambi-Pur from Sara Lee， the sale of its European tissue/towel business （Bounty， Charmin and Tempo） to SCA， its minority investment in MDVIP and the acquisition of Doctor's Dermatologic Formula. She advised Kraft on its Reverse Morris Trust transaction with Ralcorp of Kraft's Post cereal business， Stiefel on the sale of the company to GSK， Albertson's on the sale of the company， Nestlé on the purchase of Kraft’s frozen pizza business， Coty on its acquisition of philosophy， North Castle on the sale of Avalon Natural Products to Hain Celestial， and the board of Atkins Nutritionals on the sale of the company.