Waldencast plc Names Philippe Gautier Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
September 27 2022 - 7:00AM
Waldencast plc, (NASDAQ: WALD) (“Waldencast” or “the Company”), a
global multi-brand beauty and wellness platform, today announced
that Philippe Gautier will join the Company as Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Operating Officer on October 19, 2022. In this
role, Mr. Gautier will also serve as the principal financial
officer of the Company.
Mr. Gautier comes to Waldencast following a successful,
thirty-year career leading the finance and operations areas of
prestigious global consumer companies. Most recently, Mr. Gautier
served as Group Chief Financial Officer at Selecta – a KKR
portfolio company. Prior to this, he spent five years as Group
Chief Financial Officer and Operations, for SMCP (Sandro, Maje,
Claudie Pierlot, De Fursac). In addition, for more than a decade,
Mr. Gautier served as Chief Financial Officer of major brands at
Kering, including Sergio Rossi and Puma, working in Italy and in
the United States. Mr. Gautier began his career at HSBC asset
management in Tokyo.
Michel Brousset, Waldencast’s Founder and CEO states, “We are
pleased to attract Philippe to Waldencast and believe his vast
financial and operational experience, business acumen and proven
track record of delivering financial improvement and operational
excellence while acquiring, integrating, nurturing, and developing
global luxury consumer brands will be highly valuable to us as we
position Waldencast to achieve its ambition to build out a world
class portfolio of beauty and wellness brands.”
“I am thrilled to join Waldencast and bring my experience to
elevate the solid foundation that has been created to advance the
company’s ambition to build a global best-in-class beauty and
wellness multi-brand platform,” said Mr. Gautier. “I look forward
to working with the Waldencast team and contributing to the success
of this incredible growth company for many years into the
future.”
About Waldencast
Founded by Michel Brousset and Hind Sebti, Waldencast’s ambition
is to build a global best-in-class beauty and wellness operating
platform by developing, acquiring, accelerating, and scaling
conscious, high-growth, purpose-driven brands. Waldencast’s
vision is fundamentally underpinned by its brand-led business model
that ensures proximity to its customers, business agility and
market responsiveness, while maintaining each brand’s distinct DNA.
The first step in realizing its vision was the business combination
with Obagi Skincare and Milk Makeup. As part of the Waldencast
platform, brands will benefit from the operational scale of a
multi-brand platform, expertise in managing global beauty brands at
scale, a balanced portfolio to mitigate category fluctuations,
asset-light efficiency and the market responsiveness and speed of
entrepreneurial indie brands. For more information please visit:
https://ir.waldencast.com/.
Contacts:
InvestorsICR Allison Malkin/Annie Erner/Nina
Weisswaldencastir@icrinc.com
MediaICRBrittney Fraser/Alecia
Pulmanwaldencast@icrinc.com
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