Prestige beauty and cosmetics
Leadership for brands combining creative direction, retail partnerships and customer loyalty.
Beauty, cosmetics & wellness
Beauty and cosmetics executive search.
Leadership appointments for prestige beauty, skincare, fragrance and wellness businesses. Retained CEO, president and C-suite search for founders, groups and investors.
A confidential first conversation. No completed brief needed.
Appoint for the next stage of the brand.
The leadership requirement changes as a beauty business develops. A founder may be building a management team, an established group may be entering a market, or an investor may be strengthening commercial performance. We define the decisions the new leader will own before mapping the market.
Category knowledge, tested against the brief
Beauty executive recruiters need to understand more than a candidate’s previous employer. We examine channel experience, the customer proposition, the economics of growth and the relationship between brand, product and operations.
Skincare and fragrance
Senior appointments where product credibility, positioning and distribution need to work together.
Wellness and related businesses
Leadership briefs with a clear consumer proposition and operating context, assessed within the scope of each mandate.
The appointments we support
Our remit is board and senior leadership. Depending on the business, a mandate may cover a CEO or managing director, a regional president, a commercial or marketing leader, or the finance and operations capability needed to support growth.
CEO and regional leadership
Founder transition, international expansion and accountability for the full business.
Commercial, marketing and digital
Wholesale, ecommerce, customer acquisition, retention and brand leadership.
Finance, operations and people
Management discipline, organisational capability and an operating model that supports the strategy.
International reach with relevant market experience
We can map leadership talent across the UK, US, Europe and other relevant markets. US beauty executive searches require attention to the channels, customers and management environment of the role. International brand experience is assessed alongside evidence of local commercial judgement.
The brief and the evidence
Define the category and route to market: fragrance, skincare, cosmetics or wellness; wholesale, retail, direct-to-consumer or a combination. Assess experience against the brand’s economics, distribution and stage of growth.
Before we speak
Practical questions.
Does a fragrance brief require the same experience as skincare?
Not necessarily. Product development, customer behaviour and distribution may differ. Establish the category-specific requirements before assuming experience transfers.
How do wholesale and ecommerce change the leadership brief?
They involve different customer relationships, margins, investment decisions and operating demands. Clarify the channels the leader owns and the team and budget supporting them.
Can you support international beauty appointments?
Yes. The search is led from London, with market and channel experience assessed against the role. The research scope and delivery arrangements are agreed at the outset.
Start the conversation
What does your business need next?
Share the leadership decision you face. We will discuss the scope, timing and how we can help.