The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is an American manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company owns a diverse portfolio of brands, distributed internationally through retail channels and digital commerce.

Beauty & Cosmetics

The Estée Lauder Companies

Stéphane de La Faverie is Executive Group President at The Estée Lauder Companies. As Executive Group President, Stéphane’s portfolio of brands includes Estée Lauder and AERIN Beauty; Jo Malone London; Le Labo; KILIAN PARIS, Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle, Darphin Paris and LAB Series; DECIEM (The Ordinary, NIOD, and Avestan); Too Faced; Smashbox; and GLAMGLOW. In addition to his brand portfolio, Stéphane drives integrated planning and end-to-end business operations enterprise-wide.

Stéphane has an outstanding track record of building and leading global brands, a deep expertise across categories and channels, and a keen understanding of local relevance. Stéphane’s strength as an inclusive and empathic leader and his ability to balance emotional inspiration, authenticity, and strategic insights to drive long-term, sustainable growth, have helped him successfully build his portfolio of brands and nurture a winning leadership team.

Prior to his current role, Stéphane most recently served as Group President, The Estée Lauder Companies, and Global Brand President, Estée Lauder and AERIN Beauty from 2020-2022. In that position, he helped build fragrance as another powerful engine of growth for the company, while also leveraging his skin care expertise to drive differentiation for cult-favorite brands in this category and tapping into the growing men’s skin care market. During his successful leadership of Estée Lauder as Global Brand President from 2016-2022, Stephane helped make the company’s namesake brand one of the world’s most beloved prestige beauty brands, connecting with consumers across all ages, backgrounds and ethnicities.

Stéphane de la Faverie

Sue Fox was named President of UK & Ireland in July 2021. Since January 2020, Fox had held the position of senior vice president and general manager, U.K. and Ireland, where she was responsible for overseeing the company’s business in its most established region outside the United States.
 
Fox has been at the company for 26 years, holding various senior level positions globally, including general manager of Japan and managing director of South Africa.

Under Fox’s leadership, the region has furthered its Inclusion, Diversity & Equity commitments, establishing a new regional governance structure with a Regional Diversity Council and Inclusion & Diversity Circle. Fox has also overseen the region’s Covid-19 Relief Efforts Program, donating 170,000 hand sanitizers created at ELC’s U.K.-based manufacturing facility and thousands of ELC personal care products to key workers and charity partners.
 
Prior to her promotion to senior vice president and general manager, U.K. and Ireland in 2020, Fox served as general manager of ELC’s Japan affiliate, overseeing five consecutive quarters of net sales growth in one of the most strategic and demanding consumer markets globally. Fox also led Travel Retail for the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) region, based in London, and, before that, successfully led the South Africa affiliate for 10 years, pioneering the company’s presence in the Sub-Sahara markets. Fox has also spent time in ELC’s Singapore, Asia-Pacific and North America regions and affiliates.


Sue Fox

Freyre previously held the role of SVP, global general manager at [Clinique](/org/clinique) since June 2020, where she drove brand positioning and doubled digital growth for [Clinique](/org/clinique)’s hero products. She previously held various leadership roles over 20 years within [Johnson & Johnson](/org/johnson-johnson)’s consumer health products division, where she served as president, US beauty in 2020.

Michelle Freyre

Anonyuo leads the end-to-end strategic program and portfolio management initiatives across all functions of the Global Packaging Enterprise including Brand Development, Category Innovation, Channel Innovation, Design/Upstream, Devices, Material Sciences, Engineering, Value Realization and Optimization, and Sustainability. Embedded in Brand Innovation & Development, she drives the critical path as well as KPIs impacting pipeline, sufficiency, and cost savings initiatives.

Anonyuo has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering as well as an MBA in Marketing from Rutgers University. She has been actively involved in several of ELC’s Employee Resource Groups (ERG) at ELC, taking on leadership roles as one of the original co-chairs of both NOBLE (The Network of Black Leaders & Executives) and WLN (The Women’s Leadership Network). In her current ERG role as a WLN Global Advisor, she leads the expansion and strategic harmonization initiatives across all regions. Additionally, she sits on various external Advisory Boards including the Cosmetic Industry of Buyers and Sellers (CIBS) and Rutgers University among others.
 
Anonyuo has received several awards recognitions over the years including America On Tech’s 2018 Innovator and Disruptor Award, The Network Journal’s “40 under Forty” Award and has been featured in Essence Magazine as well as several beauty industry publications.

Ukachi Anonyuo

Meridith Webster has been working in public affairs for over a decade. Meridith started their career as a Special Assistant to the President & Chief of Staff for the Domestic Policy Council in the Obama administration. From there, they went on to become the Director of Communications and Public Affairs for Bloomberg LP, where they worked on the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition team's national security and energy and environment policy working groups. In 2015, they were promoted to Global Head of Public Affairs for Bloomberg Philanthropies & Bloomberg LP, where they led the Public Affairs practice for [Emerson Collective](/org/emerson-collective). In 2018, they joined Vox Media, Inc. as their Chief Communications Officer (CCO), and they are currently the EVP, Global Communications & Public Affairs at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies).

Meridith Webster pursued a Juris Doctorate at Georgetown University Law Center and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English at [UC Santa Barbara](/org/uc-santa-barbara).

Meridith Webster reports to Fabrizio Freda, President & CEO. They work with Deirdre Stanley - EVP, General Counsel, Jane Lauder - EVP, Enterprise Marketing & Chief Data Officer, and Michelle Freyre - Global Brand President, [Clinique](/org/clinique).

Meridith Webster

Laurent Mialhe is the Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies). Laurent has over 30 years of experience in Supply Chain Management and has held various leadership positions at some of the world's largest beauty and cosmetics companies.

Mialhe began their career at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) in 1990, where they spent 10 years in supply chain roles of increasing responsibility. In 2000, they joined LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics as Vice President of Operations for North America. After five years in this role, they moved to COTY, where they served as Senior Vice President of North America and Global External Supply Chain for six years.

In 2011, Mialhe joined [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies) as Vice President of Global Brands Supply Chain. Laurent was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2020 and currently leads the company's supply chain initiatives worldwide.

Laurent Mialhe has a master's degree in chemical engineering from INPG and a Math Sup & Spe in mathematics and physics from Lycee du PARC. Laurent also attended high school at Lycee Jean Mermoz and Lycee Mendes France / Mutuelleville, where they studied mathematics.

Laurent Mialhe reports to Raj Nakum, SVP, Global Brand Supply Chain & Planning.

Laurent Mialhe

As executive vice president, global supply chain, Canevari oversees the company’s global supply chain operations, including end-to-end procurement, manufacturing, planning, quality assurance and logistics for ELC’s diverse brand portfolio across all channels and geographies.  

He works to develop and implement innovative strategies and solutions to meet and exceed the demands of the company’s global consumers, while partnering closely with brand and function leaders to leverage emerging trends, drive innovation and continuously improve processes.  

Additionally, building on the company’s long-term relationships with global suppliers, Canevari’s focus includes strengthening and strategically evolving partnership models, prioritizing safety, sustainability, and responsible sourcing.    

Canevari has held supply chain leadership roles across a variety of industries. He most recently served as Unilever PLC’s executive vice president of supply chain, Europe, where he oversaw end-to-end supply chain operations for the company’s European business.  

Prior to that, Canevari was chief supply chain officer at [Burberry](/org/burberry) Group PLC for nearly seven years. Among his key achievements at [Burberry](/org/burberry), Canevari led the improvement of service-to-consumer KPIs and continuously elevated product quality, while improving cost performance to meet margin targets. He also played a significant role in [Burberry](/org/burberry)’s Responsibility and Sustainability agenda, helping lead the company to be consistently listed at the top of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for their industry globally.  

Prior to his time with [Burberry](/org/burberry), Canevari served in executive supply chain roles of increasing responsibility at several high-profile global companies, including as group supply chain executive director at Carrefour SA. He also spent a number of years at [Nestlé](/org/nestle).  

Originally from Italy, Canevari holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan. He is currently a member of the Executive Advisory Board of Gartner Supply Chain. He has also held leadership roles at SOS-Logistica, an association working to promote sustainability and safety initiatives across logistics and supply chain processes. 

Roberto Canevari

Nicole Monson was named Senior Vice President of Equity and Engagement in March of 2021. In this role, Monson is an important member of ELC’s senior leadership team and she works across all areas of the business to develop the company’s long-term Equity and employee Engagement strategy and enterprise-wide capabilities. She leads the development and implementation of proactive Equity and Engagement initiatives to create a workforce that is more representative and responsive to people of all backgrounds, where all have an opportunity to succeed. Additionally, Monson leads the company’s Racial Equity Initiative, which includes finalizing and implementing a strategy to ensure ELC achieves its Racial Equity Commitments.  

Monson has an extensive proven track record of providing business partners with strategic legal counsel on a wide range of employment and compliance topics, a background that will serve her well in her new role. In her most recent position as SVP, deputy general counsel, global employment, ethics and legal privacy, Nicole oversaw the Employment Law, Ethics and Legal Privacy teams and worked to advance the Legal strategy for employment, ethics and privacy globally to protect the company’s interests and mitigate risks associated with new laws and regulations, growth of digital platforms, new global acquisitions and an increased regulatory environment. Since joining the company in 2014 as Vice President, Employment Counsel, her role has continuously expanded and evolved with new responsibilities.  

She has more than 20 years of relevant experience across labor and employment law and compliance. She earned her J.D. from Howard University School of Law and her B.A. from [Spelman College](/org/spelman-college).  

Nicole Monson

Glenn Evans is the current Global Brand President for Smashbox & Glamglow at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies). Prior to this, they were the Vice President of Global Sourcing at Blyth Inc. from January 2001 to December 2005. From December 1998 to June 2000, they were the Vice President of Asia Operations at [Coty](/org/coty-inc). Glenn's longest tenure was at Avon, where they served as Area Director of Global Sourcing Asia Pacific from January 1987 to December 1998.

Glenn Evans earned a degree in computer science from NC State University.

Some of their coworkers include Roberto Canevari - EVP, Global Supply Chain, Deirdre Stanley - EVP, General Counsel, and Michelle Freyre - Global Brand President, [Clinique](/org/clinique). Glenn Evans reports to Fabrizio Freda, President & CEO.

Glenn Evans

Sandra Levk is an HR Associate at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies). Sandra has over ten years of experience working in HR and IT positions. Sandra began their career as an Executive Lending Representative at Stearns Bank in April 2000. In May 2008, they became an IT Help Desk Supervisor at Home Savings of America. Sandra was promoted to IS Service Desk Manager at HealthEast in January 2011. In May 2014, they became an IS Help Desk Manager at [SpartanNash](/org/spartannash). Sandra was promoted to IT Help Desk/Data Center Manager at Coborn's Inc. in August 2014 and held that position until June 2016. Sandra left Coborn's Inc. to become a Self Employed consultant from January 2017 to June 2017. In July 2017, they became an Sr. Guest Services Manager at Coborn's Inc. Sandra left Coborn's Inc. in October 2017 to become an IT Service Desk Manager at [Festival Foods](/org/festival-foods), a position they held until May 2019.

Sandra Levk's educational career includes an Associate of Applied Science in Information Systems Management from Rasmussen College-Minnesota, and certification from PeopleCert in ITIL V4 Certification and ITIL V3 Certification.

Sandra Levk

Daniel Ramos Day is the current Senior Vice President of Global Packaging at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies). Prior to their current role, they served as the Chief Scientific Officer at [Coty](/org/coty-inc) from September 2017 to January 2021. From January 2017 to December 2017, they were the Innovation Executive at a FMCG company. From July 2015 to January 2017, they were the Chief Science Officer at [Revlon](/org/revlon). From August 2011 to June 2015, they served as the Vice President of R&D Health Care at RB. From March 2009 to September 2011, they were the Section Manager of Global Gillette Male Premium Systems at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) in Boston, Massachusetts. 

Daniel Ramos Day has been working in the field of Research & Development for over 20 years. Daniel started their career at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) in Kobe, Japan in 1997 as a Group Leader for Asia Beauty Care. Daniel then moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 2003 to become a Section Manager for Health Care Research & Development. In 2009, they were promoted to Section Manager of Global Gillette Male Premium Systems. During their time at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble), they led the launch of Gillette Fusion ProGlide globally. 

In 2011, Daniel Ramos Day left [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) to join RB as Vice President of R&D Health Care. In this role, they led the Pain, URT (Cough, C&F, Throat), Digestive and Eye Global Categories. In 2015, they left RB to join [Revlon](/org/revlon) as Chief Science Officer. Daniel then moved to [Coty](/org/coty-inc) in 2017 to become Chief Scientific Officer. In 2021, they were promoted to Senior Vice President of Global Packaging at [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies).

Daniel Ramos Day has a MBA from Universidad Metropolitana (VE), a High School diploma from Colegio Emil Friedman, and an Engineer's Degree in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar.

and Ukachi Anonyuo - VP, Global Packaging Innovation Strategy & Portfolio Management reports to Daniel Ramos Day. They are on a team with and Venkat Gopalan - VP, Global Products & Platform Engineering. Daniel Ramos Day reports to Carl Haney, EVP, Global R&D & Corporate Product Innovation - Package Development.

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Prior to joining ELC, Ms. Stanley served as General Counsel for The Thomson [Reuters](/org/reuters) Corporation and its predecessor company for 17 years. After six years as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of The Thomson Corporation, Ms. Stanley was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel following the acquisition of [Reuters](/org/reuters) by Thomson in 2008. During her tenure, Ms. Stanley had roles of increasing responsibility, including serving as a member of the company’s Executive and Operating Committees, as Secretary to the company’s Board of Directors, and as a company-appointed director of [Refinitiv](/org/refinitiv), a financial markets data joint venture. As the company’s Chief Legal Officer, Ms. Stanley was responsible for worldwide legal affairs and operations with lawyers in more than 10 countries, including in North America, Europe, Asia and multiple emerging markets. Her responsibilities also included government and regulatory affairs. Ms. Stanley led a number of company-wide initiatives including establishing the company’s enterprise risk management program and acting as executive sponsor of various women’s leadership and other diversity initiatives.

Deirdre Stanley

Jane Hertzmark Hudis is Group President, The Estée Lauder Companies, a global leader in prestige beauty with over 25 brands. As Group President, Ms. Hertzmark Hudis is responsible for leading the company's Estée Lauder, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, AERIN, Darphin, Origins, [Aveda](/org/aveda-corp), Bumble and bumble and Dr. Jart+ brands globally.

One of the most accomplished, visionary executives in the prestige beauty industry, Ms. Hertzmark Hudis is regarded for her proven track record of leading and building global brands. Her remarkable strategic insight, expertise in local relevance and unparalleled talent for identifying cutting-edge beauty innovations and trends has helped top beauty brands attract consumers across generations, from ageless to highly influential millennials. A passionate advocate of leadership development throughout her career, Ms. Hertzmark Hudis founded the company's Women's Leadership Network to inspire and engage women across the organization globally, helping them to become exceptional leaders and mentors.

She serves as a Director of the [Fashion Institute of Technology](/org/fashion-institute-of-technology) (FIT) Foundation as well as a member of FIT's Executive Committee of the Cosmetics and Fragrance Marketing and Management Graduate Program. She also serves on the Advisory Board of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and on the Board of Directors of Tiffany & Co. Ms. Hertzmark Hudis has been recognized with numerous industry honors, including the FIT Vanguard Award in 2018, the WWD Beauty Inc. Beauty Newsmaker Award in 2016, as well as the Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Achiever Award in 2008.

Jane Hertzmark Hudis

Fabrizio Freda is President and Chief Executive Officer of [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies), the global leader in prestige beauty. He joined the company in March 2008 as President and Chief Operating Officer and assumed the CEO position in July 2009. As President and CEO, Mr. Freda is responsible for the company’s overall vision and strategy, financial objectives and investment priorities. He is also a member of the company’s Board of Directors. Under his leadership, the company’s multiple engines of growth have delivered record sales and enabled profitable growth. Mr. Freda is a strategically-focused, financially-disciplined, results-oriented leader with a proven track record in the consumer products industry. Prior to joining [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies), Mr. Freda had an impressive 20-year career at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) (P&G), where he was responsible for numerous operating, marketing and strategic efforts spanning different geographies and categories. He held positions of increasing responsibility in the Health and Beauty Care and Global Snacks divisions at P&G, with his last role as President, Global Snacks. Mr. Freda serves on both the Board of Directors of BlackRock Inc. and the Advisory Board of the Global Business Initiative at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. Mr. Freda has been presented with Italy’s Cavaliere del Lavoro by President Sergio Mattarella, and has been named to Barron’s exclusive list of the World’s Best CEO’s.

Fabrizio Freda

Michael O'Hare is Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources, a position he assumed in September 2013. He oversees a global network of Human Resources professionals and works closely with all business operations. Mr. O'Hare leads employee recruitment, retention, compensation, and development. He has more than 20 years of experience directing and guiding teams around the world, including serving as Global Chief Human Resources Officer for Heineken N.V., and as Chief Personnel Officer/Vice President for Asia Pacific at PepsiCo Inc. Born in Northern Ireland, he has lived and worked in Europe, the United States and Asia.

Michael O'Hare

Carl Haney was appointed Executive Vice President, Global Research and Development (R&D), Corporate Product Innovation, Package Development in 2012. In this role, he leads and oversees the Company’s scientists, product development leaders, and innovation centers around the world. Mr. Haney, a global leader in the R&D and Innovation industries, joined [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies) after more than 25 years at [Procter & Gamble](/org/procter-gamble) (P&G). During his tenure at P&G, Mr. Haney held numerous leadership positions around the world in the Home, Health, Grooming and Beauty categories, including Vice President, R&D, Male Grooming, Gillette, Braun and Devices, where he led teams across innovation, product, packaging, process development and engineering.

Carl Haney

As Vice Chairman, Ms. Moss serves as a senior advisor to the Lauder Family, the Board of Directors and Executive Management; acts as a liaison between the Lauder Family and the Board of Directors; and works collaboratively with senior leaders across the organization to drive the company’s women’s focused initiatives. As General Counsel, Ms. Moss is responsible for the company’s worldwide Legal organization. Before joining the company in 2003, Ms. Moss was Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Pitney Bowes Inc. and prior to that she held legal leadership roles in the public and private sectors. Ms. Moss was a law clerk to the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of New York. She then served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, litigator at [Davis Polk & Wardwell](/org/davis-polk-wardwell) and litigation partner at Howard, Darby & Levin (now Covington & Burling). She serves on the Board of NYU Law School and other distinguished boards. She has been recognized with many honors, including the New York Law Journal Lifetime Achievement Award, the Legal Aid Society Servant of Justice Award, the Chambers Outstanding In-House Lawyer of the Year Award, the NOW Legal Defense and Education “Aiming High” Award, and the NYU Outstanding Alumna Award.

Sara Moss

As Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Tracey T. Travis is responsible for Global Finance, Accounting, Investor Relations, Information Technology, and Strategy and New Business Development. She co-leads the Global Value Council and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Investment Development Committee. Before joining the company in 2012, she was Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Ralph Lauren Corporation and also held financial and information technology leadership roles at Limited Brands, American National Can and PepsiCo/Pepsi Bottling Group. She began her career at [General Motors](/org/general-motors) as an engineer. Ms. Travis currently serves as a director on the Board of Accenture PLC and the Board of Facebook. She has been recognized by Treasury and Risk magazine as one of the “Top 25 Women in Finance” and one of the “100 Most Influential People in Finance,” has been honored with a Best CFO award by [Institutional Investor](/org/institutional-investor) magazine and was named one of the “Top 100 African-Americans in Corporate America,” as well as “The Most Powerful Women in Corporate America” by Black Enterprise magazine. In 2019, she was honored with an Achiever Award by Cosmetic Executive Women.

Tracey T. Travis

Cedric Prouvé is Group President, International, a role he assumed in January 2003. He is responsible for sales and profits in all markets outside of North America and all sales affiliate and distributor relationships worldwide, and he oversees the Company’s Travel Retail business as well. Mr. Prouvé joined the Company in 1994 after nine years with the L’Oréal Group. Previously, as President and General Manager of the Japanese affiliate, he led the Company’s efforts to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing Japanese cosmetics market. Mr. Prouvé has also served as General Manager for the Singapore affiliate and General Manager, Travel Retailing, Asia/Pacific Region. Born in France, he collaborates closely with the Company’s brand and regional leaders to integrate and implement global marketing strategies.

Cedric Prouvé

Mr. Nuñez is the Chief Marketing Officer, Nu Holdings Ltd. Mr. Nuñez was elected to the Board of Directors effective April 25, 2022. Mr. Nuñez is a member of the Audit Committee.

Arturo Nuñez

Daniel Mahler joined ELC as Co-Chair, Global Transformation Committee in 2020 from top global management consulting firm [Kearney](/org/kearney). His initial work for ELC included establishing the company’s Transformation model and building the Global Transformation Team. 
  
To date, Mahler has led a broad spectrum of strategic enterprise-wide change priorities at the company. He co-designed and operationalized ELC’s integrated Transformation model to accelerate key pillars of change and embed those capabilities within the organization as new, permanent ways of doing business. His contributions include helping to orchestrate the following company initiatives: further establish the Asia-Pacific region as a second home market for the long-term; evolve ELC’s approach to brand innovation and category portfolio management; step-change brand creative capabilities; support digital transformation to deliver best-in-class, High-Touch digital experiences to consumers; and accelerate ELC’s corporate approach to Social Impact and Sustainability. 
 
Mahler also continues to oversee ELC’s Category Leadership capability with the goal of maximizing ELC’s portfolio of brands to win in skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care. Working closely with ELC’s Group Presidents to date, Daniel has facilitated a new process, in support of ELC’s brand-led model, to provide an actionable lens on winning market share as an integrated team in the largest and fastest-growing categories and sub-categories of global prestige beauty. 

Daniel Mahler

Global Vice President and General Manager, Greater China, of NIKE, Inc.

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Jane Lauder, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, is a leading voice in the beauty industry, including more than 23 years at The Estée Lauder Companies. As a leader of The Estée Lauder Companies’ enterprise-wise efforts to combine data-driven insights with creativity, Ms. Lauder leads the company-wide strategy to leverage business insights and analytics to build digitally-directed priorities to accelerate growth.

Reporting to Fabrizio Freda, President and CEO of The Estée Lauder Companies, Ms. Lauder leads global and regional corporate marketing, consumer and product marketing insights, global consumer care and marketing planning, and advertising and promotion effectiveness. This includes enhancing the integration of cross-channel data to drive personalized marketing and omnichannel activation, as well as leading The Estée Lauder Companies’ enterprise-wide data and analytics transformation program.

Prior to her role as EVP, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, Ms. Lauder was Global Brand President, Clinique (2014 – 2019). During her tenure, Ms. Lauder led the transformation of brand strategy, distribution, product innovation and consumer reach, positioning Clinique for strong long-term growth. Under Ms. Lauder’s leadership, Clinique fundamentally shifted nearly one-third of product revenue from low-growth distribution channels to high-growth channels and tripled Clinique’s online business. Ms. Lauder oversaw the development of product innovations including Moisture Surge™ 72-Hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator and Clinique iD™ and technology innovations with Clinique Clinical Reality™ to strengthen the brands skin care position in clinical efficacy and high-touch services and personalization.

Prior to that, Ms. Lauder was the Brand President for the Origins, Ojon and Darphin brands (2008 – 2014). Under her leadership, Origins, a high-performance, natural skin care brand, grew and expanded globally. She was the vision and guiding force behind the launch of the brand’s greatest success story, Plantscription™ Serum. In 2010, Ms. Lauder’s portfolio of brands grew with the addition of Ojon, and in 2013, botanical skin care brand, Darphin, which is a leading pharmacy and professional high-end skin care brand that offers excellence in efficacy and sensorial experience.

Ms. Lauder served as Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Clinique (2006 – 2008). In this role, she led the brand’s overall strategic marketing and positioning as well as product, category, market and channel expansion.

Prior to Clinique, she spearheaded the creation and launch of the American Beauty and Flirt! brands as Vice President of Marketing BeautyBank, and oversaw the positioning, product development and creative direction for both brands.

Ms. Lauder has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. since July 2009. Currently, Ms. Lauder sits on the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, as well as the Board of Trustees for the New York Public Library and the Board of Directors of the Friends of the High Line in New York City.

Ms. Lauder graduated from Stanford University and currently resides in New York City. She is the granddaughter of the Founder and namesake of The Estée Lauder Companies and the daughter of Ronald S. Lauder, Chairman, Clinique Laboratories, LLC.

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Ronald S. Lauder is the younger son of Estée and Joseph Lauder and, like his brother, Leonard, learned the family business at the dinner table. He formally joined the company in 1964, beginning his career in the Oevel, Belgium factory. His executive roles began when he became General Manager of Clinique Laboratories in 1985, and he has served as Chairman since 1994. Mr. Lauder was instrumental in the creation of [Prescriptives](/org/prescriptives) and served as Chairman of Estee Lauder International from 1992 to 2002. He also served as a member of [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies)’ Board of Directors from 1968 to 1986 and 1988 to 2009. He was re-elected to the Board in November 2016.

In 1983, Mr. Lauder took a leave from [The Estée Lauder Companies](/org/estee-lauder-companies) to serve in the U.S. Pentagon as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Affairs. In 1986, he was appointed Ambassador to Austria by President Ronald Reagan. Upon his return from Vienna in 1987, he established the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation, which now has 35 Jewish schools, kindergartens and summer camps throughout 15 countries in Eastern Europe. Over 7,500 children attend these schools today, and 2,500 children attend the summer camps. Over the years, the Foundation has educated more than 30,000 children in a region that was devoid of Jewish scholarship and has helped build thriving Jewish communities throughout this area. Mr. Lauder also created an International Student Exchange Program between Jewish high school students in New York and Vienna.

In addition to his international interests, Mr. Lauder has long been committed to civic causes and public policy issues at home. A political activist on the state and national level, he was a contender for Mayor of New York City in 1989.

In June 2007, Mr. Lauder was elected to lead the World Jewish Congress, and has served as the organization’s President ever since. In this capacity, Mr. Lauder meets with heads of countries, diplomats and religious leaders, representing Jewish communities in 100 countries around the world.

In February of 1999, Mr. Lauder was elected Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. His selection by the Conference followed his election in 1997 as President of the Jewish National Fund of which he now serves as Chairman.

Mr. Lauder also serves as Chairman of the International Public Committee of the World Jewish Restitution Organization; Chairman of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation Committee; Chairman of the Jewish Heritage Council; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sakharov Archives at Brandeis University; Director of the International Board of Governors of the International Society for Yad Vashem; and is a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Theological Seminary; the Board of Directors of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; the Board of Trustees of the Anti-Defamation League Foundation; the International Auschwitz Council; and the International Board of Governors of the Tel Aviv Museum.

Mr. Lauder is the Founder and Chairman of the New York based Water Holding Group RWL Water, LLC, an international water company. He is also Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1998, Mr. Lauder co-founded the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation together with his brother, Leonard A. Lauder. They serve together as co-Chairmen of the Foundation.

A renowned art collector, Mr. Lauder has established one of the world’s greatest private collections. He was Chairman of the Museum of Modern Art from 1995 to 2005 and now serves as the museum’s Honorary Chairman. In 2001, he established the Neue Galerie New York, of which he is President. The museum is dedicated to German and Austrian art. Mr. Lauder established the Commission for Art Recovery in 1997, which advocates and fights for the recovery of Nazi looted art.

Among his honors, Mr. Lauder received the International Emmy Directorate Award by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2006. He received, together with his wife, Jo Carole Lauder, the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2011, and in 2013, Mr. Lauder was named an Officier de la Légion d’Honneur by President Hollande of France. He was decorated with Germany’s highest honor, the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, in 2015 and was awarded the Guardian of Zion prize by the Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies at Bar Ilan University in 2016. Mr. Lauder also received honorary doctoral degrees from Ben Gurion University in 2009 and from Yeshiva University in 2011.

Mr. Lauder was born on February 26, 1944. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in New York and holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He studied at the University of Paris and received a Certificate in International Business from the University of Brussels. Mr. Lauder married Jo Carole Knopf in July of 1967. They have two children and two grandchildren. The family resides in New York City.

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Leonard A. Lauder

Charlene Barshefsky

William P. Lauder, son of Leonard and Evelyn Lauder, and grandson of Estée and Joseph Lauder, became Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2009. During his previous five-year tenure as Chief Executive Officer, he expanded the Company’s international presence and distribution channels and greatly strengthened the brand portfolio. Mr. Lauder joined the company in 1986 as New York Regional Marketing Director for [Clinique](/org/clinique), eventually running its worldwide business. He led the creation of the Origins brand and its innovative store-within-a store concept as well as directing the company’s freestanding stores and Internet business. He is on the faculty of the Wharton School of the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania), where he teaches “Decision Making in the Leadership Chair,” a course he designed for second-year MBA students.

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