Scroll down to see the exciting uopdates to ELC’s packaging and enginnering teams—and a new focus on innovation.
This new Executive Team will drive the Beauty Reimagined action plan and focus the company on its strengths where it leads and excels, including Brand Desirability, Innovation, Consumer Experience, Quality, and End-to-End Execution.
La Faverie commented,
“Earlier today, I announced Beauty Reimagined, our bold strategic vision for the future of our incredible Company. To deliver our action plan priorities, I am pleased to announce my new Executive Team and structure, reflecting the need to create a flatter, leaner organization and simplified operations across the business to better serve our consumers.”
“Through a combination of elevating top talent internally and recruiting externally, we will make decisions with greater speed and agility, breaking down silos and allowing us to develop a leadership bench for the future.”
The following changes will go into effect starting April 1, 2025.
ELC’s Regional Changes
The company is consolidating its existing regional organization into four geographic clusters to drive synergies and efficiencies, as well as capitalize on consumer trends and locally relevant innovation faster.
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Nadine Graf will lead a newly expanded geographic cluster, overseeing EMEA, the UK&I team, and a newly established and dedicated Emerging Markets cluster, spanning markets such as India, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa. -
Tara Simon and Amber English will add Latin America to their responsibilities, creating an Americas cluster, while allowing Latin America and Canada to operate commercially with speed and maximum agility. -
Joy Fan will continue to lead the company’s business in mainland China. -
Matthew Growdon will lead an evolved Asia-Pacific region, excluding mainland China. Travel Retail Worldwide will be led by Olivier Dubos, who will report directly to Growdon.
Graf, Simon, English, Fan, and Growdon will join the Executive team, reporting directly to La Faverie. ELC notes there will be no changes to its external reporting approach.
ELC’s Brand Updates
Jane Hertzmark Hudis will take on the new title of Executive Vice President, and Chief Brand Officer, reporting directly to La Faverie.
The brands will now be organized by category clusters to foster best practices, break down silos, accelerate faster speed-to-market and drive a more consumer-centric approach.
Reporting directly to Jane Hertzmark Hudis, the clusters will be led by the following leaders:
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Justin Boxford will continue to lead Estée Lauder and Aerin Beauty. -
Sandra Main will lead the Skin Care brand cluster, including La Mer, Clinique, Origins, Dr.Jart+, Darphin, and Lab Series. -
Jo Dancey will lead the Lifestyle Fragrance brand cluster with oversight of Jo Malone London, Kilian Paris, and Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle. -
Guillaume Jesel will continue to lead the Couture brand cluster, including Tom Ford and BALMAIN Beauty. -
Shane Wolf will continue to lead the Hair Care brand cluster, including Aveda, and Bumble and bumble. -
To be named: The Makeup brand cluster, consisting of MAC, Bobbi Brown, Too Faced, Smashbox, and Glamglow, will be overseen by a leader who will be named later.
Deborah Royer and Jesper Rasmussen will continue to lead Le Labo and DECIEM, respectively, and will each report directly to La Faverie.
La Faverie added,
“To achieve our bold Beauty Reimagined goals, we must be organized effectively and efficiently, to make the greatest impact. This mix of internal and external talent will bring together a depth of knowledge across our brands, business, and heritage, as well as fresh and innovative insights. This new organizational structure will improve communication, accountability, collaboration, and empowerment at every level of the organization to be more decisive and faster-to-action.”
A New Position—Packaging & Engineering Leader
In a newly created position of Executive Vice President and Chief Value Chain Officer, Roberto Canevari will assume leadership of the company’s Packaging and Engineering organizations.
He will also maintain responsibility for the Global Supply Chain, including Global Manufacturing, Fulfillment, Planning, Supplier Management, Quality, Environment, Health & Safety and Region, and Brand Value Chains.
Carl Haney, Executive Vice President of Global Innovation and Research and Development (R&D), is evolving his role to be solely focused on driving transformative product innovation across every facet of the company’s R&D network—including drastically reducing the amount of time it takes to deliver innovations to consumers.
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