Wella Company has announced the appointment of three diverse C-suite executives to its leadership team, as the hair, nail and beauty tech firm continues on the growth plan it embarked upon after being majority-acquired by KKR.
The company has named Virginie Costa as its Global Chief Financial Officer, Gretchen Koback Pursel as Global Chief People Officer, and Hugh Dineen as President of Global Brands and Global Chief Marketing Officer.
Costa has more than 25 years of financial management experience, having served as CFO for GODIVA, Burberry Americas, and Hermes in France and Americas. Pursel has extensive experience at large global public companies and was most recently CHRO at Tiffany & Co. Finally, Hugh joins from MetLife where he was CMO, having previously helped turn around Avon’s significant beauty business, following a 16-year career at Johnson & Johnson leading their global consumer health brand portfolio.
Annie Young-Scrivner, CEO of Wella Company, noted: “As we pursue our goal of unlocking the full potential of our brands and our business, we are focused on building upon our strong foundation of sustainable growth, and are pleased to welcome Virginie, Gretchen and Hugh to the Leadership Team. Their combined experience across global public companies and their consumer, digital and broad-based business transformation expertise will be invaluable to our organisation. The diverse perspectives and capabilities they bring to the company will be instrumental to guiding Wella Company’s next phase of growth”.
