DENTON, Texas, Nov. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sally Beauty
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SBH) was recently honored at the 2019
Breakfast of Corporate Champions, hosted by the Women's Forum of
New York, for the company's role
in advancing gender parity in the boardroom. The Breakfast of
Corporate Champions honors companies who actively promote board
diversity and who maintain female board representation of 30
percent or more.
"Sally Beauty Holdings takes the utmost pride in having a board
composition of more than 40 percent women and truly believes their
contributions have been imperative to meeting our strategic
business goals," said Chris
Brickman, president and chief executive officer. "We're
honored to be recognized by the Women's Forum and are inspired by
the strong female representation in the boardroom throughout
corporate America."
Sally Beauty Holdings' board of directors currently comprises 12
exceptional leaders – five of whom are women – who bring decades of
expertise in areas ranging from finance, consumer retail and
executive management.
"Sally Beauty Holdings is among an extraordinary group of
companies leading the charge towards gender parity in the
boardroom," said Janice Ellig, CEO
of the Ellig Group and Chair and Founder of the Breakfast of
Corporate Champions. "The Women's Forum takes great pride in
recognizing companies like Sally Beauty Holdings who are
accelerating the advancement of women onto corporate boards."
The Women's Forum brings together thought leaders and
change-makers including CEOs, board directors and government
officials in support of one shared goal – achieving 50/50 gender
parity in the boardroom by 2025. The Breakfast of Corporate
Champions honors S&P 500/ F1000 companies who measurably exceed
the national average of female-held board seats.
About Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.
Sally Beauty
Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SBH) is an international specialty retailer
and distributor of professional beauty supplies with revenues of
approximately $3.9 billion annually.
Through the Sally Beauty Supply and Beauty Systems Group
businesses, the Company sells and distributes through 5,061 stores,
including 159 franchised units, and has operations throughout
the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Peru,
the United Kingdom, Ireland, Belgium, France, the
Netherlands, Spain and
Germany. Sally Beauty Supply
stores offer up to 8,000 products for hair color, hair care, skin
care, and nails through proprietary brands such as Ion®, Generic
Value Products®, Beyond the Zone® and Silk Elements® as well as
professional lines such as Wella®, Clairol®, OPI®, Conair® and Hot
Shot Tools®. Beauty Systems Group stores, branded as CosmoProf or
Armstrong McCall stores, along with its outside sales consultants,
sell up to 10,500 professionally branded products including Paul
Mitchell®, Wella®, Matrix®, Schwarzkopf®, Kenra®, Goldwell®, Joico®
and CHI®, intended for use in salons and for resale by salons to
retail consumers. For more information about Sally Beauty Holdings,
Inc., please visit sallybeautyholdings.com.
About the Women's Forum of New
York
The Women's Forum of New York is the city's premier organization of
women leaders. The invitation-only membership of more than 500
women represents the highest levels of achievement across all
professional sectors from finance to fine arts. The organization is
dedicated to the advancement of women's leadership through programs
which enrich members' lives both personally and professionally,
through The Education Fund, which enables talented women whose
potential has been disrupted by extreme adversity to resume their
education, and through the Corporate Board Initiative, which
extends and expands the contribution of women leaders through
corporate board participation. Founded in 1974, the Women's Forum
of New York is the flagship of the
International Women's Forum, a global organization of over 6,500
outstanding women leaders in over 74 Forums around the world.
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