People In the News
Estée Lauder Cos. has promoted Bari Seiden-
Young to Senior VP of Global Corporate Communications,
Citizenship & Sustainability. She
has served with the company for 18 years working
in divisions such as Aramis, Designer Fragrances,
Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone London and La Mer.
Seiden-Young will also continue to oversee Estée
Lauder’s breast cancer campaign and Lauder family
communications.
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Aerosol filler The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc.’s Board of Trustees
has appointed Cindy Watson as President & CEO. She formerly
served as Senior VP and joined the company last year. Watson hails
from Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind and several other local and
national foundations for the blind.
In July, Goran Petrovic will be appointed Group VP and GM, Russia
& Eastern Europe for Avon Products, Inc. Petrovic previously served
as President of Avon Canada. He has held leadership, sales and marketing
roles with Avon Worldwide (Avon Products, Inc.) in North
America and Central and Eastern Europe.
Firmenich will appoint Senior VP of Global Body
& Home Care, Paul Andersson, as President of
Firmenich China at the end of June. Andersson has
been with the company for 35 years and will relocate
to Shanghai.
Carmen Masciantonio has been
named Hallstar’s President of Industrial
Solutions. He formerly served as Hallstar’s
VP of Strategic Sourcing. This follows the company’s
reorganization into two distinct divisions,
beauty and industrial, in the fall of 2018.
Masciantonio came to Hallstar in 2001 with the
acquisition of RTD Chemical, where he began in
1995.
Symrise has appointed Anton Matsik as new Sales
Director of Cosmetic Ingredients in the region of
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
He is based in Moscow. Matsik formerly served
with Croda as Sales & Marketing Manager and
Representative for Personal Care/Sun Care &
Biotechnologies.
Mark Leasure has been appointed Charkit Chemical’s Business
Development Manager. Leasure hails from Diversey Care, where
he served as Senior Market Manager. He has held prior roles with
Univar USA, Nexeo Solutions LLC and Coast Southwest Inc.
Leasure is a member of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists, Idaho
Milk Processors Association and the Utah Food
Industry Association.
SeneGence International has named Adrienne
Murphy as VP of Global Sales. Murphy hails from
direct sales companies including Perfectly Posh, Essential
Bodywear, IPC/Lovita&Co., Lulu Avenue,
Gigi Hill and Silpada Designs.
Innospec Performance Chemicals appointed Paul Kretzer as Senior
Account Representative, Northeast-Personal Care. Kretzer brings
experience from his prior roles at Estée Lauder, Protameen Chemicals
and Rossow Cosmetics. December Pee was named Marketing
Specialist, Personal Care. She was previously a Marketing Specialist
with BASF Chemicals Hygiene-N.A. Brooke Williams was appointed
Account Representative, Personal Care-Midwest.
The New Jersey Packaging Executives Club
(NJPEC) has announced its 2019 Hall of
Fame Inductees, recognized as those
who have made significant achievements
and contributions in engineering,
packaging design and product
development. Inductees are:
• Janice Ballak—Estée Lauder
• Joanne Vesper—L’Oréal
• Stephen Fischbein—Just Packaging
• Barry Freda—World Wide Packaging
• Rolando Vega, CPP—Janssen Pharmaceutical
Farouk Systems has promoted Farah Faulkner to
President of Professional Sales. She brings over 22
years of experience in the professional salon industry,
holding numerous positions throughout her
12-year tenure with Farouk Systems, most recemtly
as VP of Chains, overseeing the company’s professional
chain accounts.
Personal care ingredient manufacturer Vantage announced that Dr.
Manasi Chavan has joined the team in the newly-created role of Personal
Care Global Innovation Director. In this leadership position,
Dr. Chavan will help to drive connectivity and innovation across
global personal care technical teams. She comes from BASF Corp.,
where she worked in various leadership roles at in R&D, technical
service and marketing in the areas of actives, personal care technologies
and face care technologies.
Shin-Etsu Silicones of America, Inc. hired Marie Capozzi as a
Regional Sales Manager to expand the company’s presence at key
accounts and accelerate growth in the personal care and cosmetics
market. She previously held positions at Sensient Technologies
Corp., Dow Corning Corp. and most recently at EES Cosmetic
Solutions.
On May 1, Anton Dolenc assumed the role of VP
of Operations for specialty chemicals and ingredients
supplier Maroon Group. Dolenc has held
various management positions and has been a key
member of the integration team since joining the
company in 2014. In this new role, Dolenc will
oversee elements of the company’s supply chain,
logistics and value-add service offerings.
Personal care ingredient company Sabinsa announced that Lori
Diez has joined the company as Sales Manager, Texas. She holds a
Bachelor of Business Administration and a Marketing Education
Certification from Southwest Texas State University.
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