A slew of recent appointments are afoot in beauty‘s C-suites.

After occupying the role for the last six years, Lauren Brindley will step down from being head of beauty and private care at Walgreens Boots Alliance, at the tip of July. The departure is reportedly an amicable one, and Brindley is alleged to be pursuing an undisclosed external opportunity.

Katie Glowski has been recruited as Living Proof’s latest chief sales officer. Glowski previously spent five years on the L’Oréal Luxe Division, most recently as general vice chairman of retail sales and business strategies.

Just over two-and-a-half years into her tenure as vice chairman of worldwide marketing at the corporate, Lanaia Edwards has been promoted to chief marketing officer of fair-trade hair and skincare brand, Alaffia.

At Crown Laboratories, June Risser has been appointed general manager, premium skincare of the portfolio company’s global business unit, which incorporates self-tanning brand Vita Liberata and antiaging skincare brand StriVectin, which Crown acquired from L Catterton last fall. Risser may also serve on the corporate’s executive leadership team.

BeautyUnited has tapped Cosmopolitan’s beauty director Julee Wilson as its latest executive director. In her role, Wilson will help further the organization’s mission to support the subsequent generation of beauty and wellness leaders through education, community and access. 

Beauty industry vet Eric Bakken has been appointed the brand new president and chief executive officer of Hair Cuttery Family of Brands, parent company of Hair Cuttery, Bubbles and Cibu. Bakken previously spent greater than 27 years at hair salon operator Regis Corp., where he most recently served as executive vice chairman.

Hair care brand Kevin Murphy has promoted Lisa Marx to president of its North American business unit, in addition to a member of its executive committee. A Kevin Murphy worker of greater than 10 years, Marx was formerly the manager vice chairman of the North American business unit.

Margot Humbert has joined personalized skincare brand Biologique Recherche as general manager of its U.S. division. Humbert formerly served as senior vice chairman of worldwide marketing at Coty Inc.-owned beauty brand Philosophy.

Function of Beauty has a latest chief marketing officer. Marianna Trofimova, who hails from L’Oréal, will tackle the role, by which she is going to give attention to constructing its skin and hair care portfolios, and global expansion, amongst other priorities.

On the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., Angela Wei Dong has been elected to the corporate’s board, in addition to its audit committee. Dong, who’s the worldwide vice chairman and general manager for Greater China, Nike Inc., is the seventeenth director on the corporate’s board.

Lauder has also appointed Gibu Thomas, who joined the corporate in November 2020 as president of ELC Online, as executive vice chairman of ELC Online, the web division of the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.

Rusk has tapped Connecticut salon owner and color-correction specialist Gina Bianca as its color director. In her role, Bianca will work alongside global artistic director Matt Swinney to further the brand’s mission to coach hair professionals about business strategies and innovation within the industry.

Peace Out Skincare has appointed its first vice chairman of operations. The role has been filled by Matt Klopp, previously the director of distribution and order success at Sunday Riley, who will oversee brand operations as the corporate implements increasingly efficient, cost-effective systems.

Peace Out has also named a latest vice chairman of worldwide brand and product marketing, Anton Ranchin. Formerly the vice chairman of promoting and global business development at Bellami Hair, Ranchin will give attention to expanding the brand’s d-to-c and e-commerce channels.