The Estée Lauder Companies
U.S. prestige beauty giant The Estée Lauder Companies has announced expanded responsibilities for two existing senior executives, effective immediately:
- Brian Franz, currently Chief Technology, Data & Analytics Officer, has been appointed Chief Technology & Transformation Officer;
- Amber English, currently President, Digital & Online, The Americas, has been named President, Digital & Online, The Americas and Global Amazon Lead.
Brian Franz joined The Estée Lauder Companies in April 2025 and has since overseen the group’s global information technology function, leading the development of its technology infrastructure.
Following the appointment, Brian Franz’s remit will expand further, with a particular focus on leading the group’s enterprise-wide transformation: accelerating the development of AI-enabled business processes, building critical technology capabilities across the organisation, and driving next-generation ways of working.
Before joining The Estée Lauder Companies, Brian Franz was Executive Vice President, Global Chief Information Officer and Head of Enterprise Resiliency at U.S. financial services group State Street Corporation, where he led the company’s global technology, enterprise resiliency and data functions. Prior to that, he held several senior management roles at Diageo Plc, the world’s largest spirits producer, including Chief Productivity Officer and Chief Information Officer, and also served as Chief Information Officer of PepsiCo International. Earlier in his career, he held management positions at General Electric (GE) and AT&T.
Amber English joined The Estée Lauder Companies in December 2021 as Senior Vice President and General Manager, eCommerce, North America. Since 2025, she has served as President, Digital & Online, The Americas, responsible for accelerating the group’s digital-first transformation across the region while overseeing the strategic direction and online sales growth of all e-commerce channels in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
Before joining The Estée Lauder Companies, Amber English spent 14 years at e-commerce giant Amazon, holding a series of roles across its fashion, beauty and consumer goods businesses, culminating in responsibility for Amazon’s global private-label fashion business. Earlier in her career, she worked in merchandising and buying at Macy’s and Gap Inc.
With her expanded remit, Amber English will also take full responsibility for The Estée Lauder Companies’ global relationship with Amazon, which currently spans 11 markets and 13 of the group’s brands.
Both executives will continue to report directly to the group’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Stéphane de La Faverie, and will remain members of The Estée Lauder Companies’ Executive Team.
L’Oréal Group
L’Oréal Group has appointed Manashi Guha as Country Manager for Malaysia and Singapore, effective September 1, 2026.
She succeeds Tomas Hruska, who had led L’Oréal’s Malaysia and Singapore businesses since 2022 and, from September 1, has moved into the role of General Manager of L’Oréal Poland and Baltics.
Manashi Guha has been with L’Oréal Group for 18 years, holding senior executive and marketing leadership roles across India, Malaysia, Indonesia, SAPMENA (South Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa) and the UK. Her most recent role was Chief Growth Officer for L’Oréal UK & Ireland.
She began her career with L’Oréal in India in 2008, working across sales and marketing before rising to become General Manager of L’Oréal Paris India. She subsequently moved to Malaysia as Division Director and Business Head of the Consumer Products Division, before taking on an equivalent role in Indonesia.
From 2021 to 2023, Manashi Guha served as Head of the Consumer Products Division for SAPMENA, overseeing operations across 15 subsidiaries in the region. She later moved to the UK as Managing Director of the Consumer Products Division before being promoted to Chief Growth Officer for the UK and Ireland. During her time in the UK, she led the group’s strategic growth agenda across consumers, categories and omnichannel, with a particular focus on social commerce, business transformation and brand integration.
In her new role, Manashi Guha will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will oversee L’Oréal’s operations across Malaysia and Singapore. The group views Malaysia as offering significant market scale and nationwide reach, while Singapore serves as a regional innovation and business hub. L’Oréal positions the combined Malaysia-Singapore market as a platform for greater synergies, enabling the two markets to share business expertise and respond more rapidly to evolving consumer trends.
Henkel/Olaplex
German consumer goods giant Henkel has appointed Christoph Kaul as the new Chief Executive Officer of U.S. premium haircare brand Olaplex, which it acquired earlier this year. He will formally take over the role in October following the departure of Amanda Baldwin.
Christoph Kaul has been with Henkel for more than 13 years. Since 2022, he has served as Head of Strategy & Transformation for Henkel’s Professional Hair business in the U.S. Prior to that, he spent four years as General Manager of Henkel-owned professional salon haircare brand Kenra Professional.
He began his career at L’Oréal Group in 2007, progressing from a sales representative role to Product Manager for the German market.
Amanda Baldwin previously served as Chief Executive Officer of U.S. sunscreen and skincare brand Supergoop! She joined Olaplex in 2023, when the brand was experiencing a sharp decline in performance. She subsequently led the company’s business transformation and its $1.4 billion acquisition by Henkel.
Supergoop!
U.S. sunscreen and skincare brand Supergoop! has announced the appointment of Jamie Parker as the first Chief Commercial Officer in the brand’s history, effective September 28.
Jamie Parker’s most recent role was General Manager, U.S., at Coty. Before that, he served as Senior Director of E-commerce and Digital, leading Coty’s e-commerce strategy, including its launch on the Amazon Premium Beauty Store.
He began his career in 2011 as an Assistant Manager at KPMG in the UK. After four years, he joined British retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S), where he progressed from E-commerce Operations Development Manager to Head of E-commerce for the China market.
The appointment comes as Supergoop! transforms into a global skin health company. In the newly created role, Jamie Parker will deepen Supergoop!’s relationships with retail partners, integrate e-commerce and brick-and-mortar channels under a unified commercial strategy, and identify new markets for expansion while determining which existing regions warrant further investment.
Topicals
U.S. skincare brand Topicals has announced the appointment of Sukiana Chancy as Chief Executive Officer. Brand founder Olamide Olowe is stepping down as CEO and becoming Chairwoman, while remaining involved in the company’s day-to-day operations.
Sukiana Chancy previously worked at Kendo Brands, Inc., LVMH Group’s beauty incubator, where she served as Global General Manager and Vice President, overseeing Fenty Beauty’s skincare, haircare and fragrance businesses for nearly four years.
Sukiana Chancy began her career at established U.S. beauty company Elizabeth Arden. In 2014, she joined The Estée Lauder Companies as Global Marketing Director for prestige professional haircare brand Bumble and bumble. After leaving in 2018, she went on to hold a number of senior marketing roles at Cay Skin and DevaCurl.
｜Source: Marketing Interactive, The Industry Beauty, brand official websites, executives’ LinkedIn profiles
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｜Editor: Luxeplace
