Gouvernance

A graduate from one of France's top Business Schools, ESSEC, in 1985, Nicolas Hieronimus joined L'Oréal in 1987 as Product Manager. As marketing Director for the Laboratoires Garnier in 1993, he successfully created the Fructis haircare range. In 1998, he became General Manager of the Garnier Maybelline Division in the UK. In 2000, he was named General Manager, L'Oréal Paris France, and then International General Manager for L'Oréal Paris, which he repositioned as the "accessible luxury" brand. In particular he developed skincare with the creation of Dermo expertise, Solar expertise, and Men expert. In 2005, he became General Manager of L'Oréal Mexico. In 2008, he became General Manager of the L’Oréal Professional Products Division and he increased its global leadership, driven in particular by the launch of Inoa hair color. In January 2011, he was appointed President L’Oréal Luxe, a role that he held until the end of 2018. In addition to this role, he took up a new position as President Selective Divisions (Luxury, Active Cosmetics, Professional Products,) on 1 July 2013 and he was named Deputy CEO in charge of Divisions on May 1, 2017. 
In May 2021 Nicolas Hieronimus was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal, as well as member of the Board of Directors.

An engineer by training, Barbara Lavernos joined the L’Oréal Group in 1991, where she pursued a very diverse career. After becoming Director of the Rambouillet plant in 2000, she was appointed Group Purchasing General Manager in 2004, before being entrusted with the General Management of Travel Retail markets in 2011. In 2014, she joined the L’Oréal Executive Committee as Chief Operating Officer, dealing with packaging design, product development, purchasing and product supply for L’Oréal’s 40 factories, as well as the worldwide supply chain for over 6 billion products per year.

During her tenure, Barbara implemented a profound digital transformation at all levels of Operations and established sustainable development as a core pillar for her teams’ actions. At the end of 2018, she was given the additional responsibility of leading the IT revolution, with the ambition of establishing L’Oréal as the World leader in "Beauty Tech".
In February 2021, Barbara Lavernos took over the newly created Department of Research, Innovation and Technologies, with a dual ambition: enabling L’Oréal to invent the Beauty of the future, while transforming itself into the Company of the future.

With the support of the Group's 4,000 researchers, this Department will continue to pursue L’Oréal's historic goal to “bring the best of science and innovation to consumers” while introducing new services thanks to the opportunities offered by cutting-edge technologies. In parallel, with the support of our 1 700 IT & Technology experts, the Department will bring new technologies and data to the heart of each of the Group's entities and businesses, setting them up for success in a world revolutionized by digitization.
In addition to her role of Chief Research, Innovation and Technology Officer, Barbara Lavernos was named Deputy Chief Executive Officer on May 1, 2021.

Christophe BABULE has built his entire career within the Group, which he joined in 1988 at the end of his studies at HEC Paris. He started in the Luxe Division in Italy where he stayed 7 years. Then he discovered Asia, first based in France in the Zone, before becoming Director of Administration & Finance in China, a role that he held for more than 8 years up until 2007. Appointed Administration & Financial Director for Mexico, he continued his international Career path on another large continent. In 2010, after many years abroad, he returned to France as Director of Internal Audit in charge of controlling all of the Group’s entities. He stayed in France for nearly 5 years before returning to Asia as Administration & Financial Director for the Zone located in Shanghai and then in Hong Kong. In February 2019, he became Chief Financial Officer of the Group, and joined the Executive Committee.

Born in Cyprus, Ezgi holds a bachelor's degree in biomedical and electrical engineering from Vanderbilt University, a master's degree in environmental health from the Harvard School of Public Health and an MBA from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

Recognized as an influential leader of international stature, Ezgi was recently named to TIME magazine's TIME100 Climate list, which recognizes 100 of the world's most influential business climate leaders.

Ezgi's inspirational leadership, successful experience with one of the world's largest consumer goods companies, and ability to operate in a multicultural environment will enable her to rise to this new challenge. 

A graduate of the ESCP Business School, Vincent Boinay joined L’Oréal in 1992 after two years as a member of the International Volunteer Program (VIE) at L’Oréal Belgium. He started his 27-year career at L’Oréal as Area Manager for Lancôme, in Travel Retail Europe, before being promoted to Managing Director of L’Oréal Travel Retail Europe in 1998. In 2000, he moved to the position of International Business Development Director for Lancôme, and then was given the responsibility of General Manager of Biotherm, Cacharel & Guy Laroche France in 2004. In 2007, Vincent was transferred to Japan to become Vice President of Nihon L'Oréal in charge of the Luxury Division. He then returned to Paris in January 2012, to set up the Retail Excellence Program for the L'Oréal Luxe Division worldwide. In 2015, he was appointed President of L'Oréal Travel Retail Worldwide.

Since 2024, Vincent is the President of the North Asia Zone and Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal China.

Graduated from ESSEC Business school in 1992, Cyril Chapuy joined l’Oreal in 1993 as Marketing Manager. As Marketing VP for Garnier France then SVP for Garnier Worldwide, he led the internationalization of the Brand on its 3 categories, Haircare, Haircolor and Skincare. In 2002, he was named General Manager, Consumer Products Division in Brazil. In 2006, he became General manager Worldwide of Maybelline, the global leading make up brand and respositions it into more edginess and Newyorkness. In 2010, he is appointed General manager Worldwide of L’ Oréal Paris, the group number 1 brand and also number 1 global beauty brand and leads its teams during 7 years, reinforcing its image and leadership across its main markets, Europe, Americas and Asia. In January 2017 he joins the Luxe Division as deputy General manager Worldwide then as President in January 2019.

Myriam Cohen-Welgryn, a French national, graduated from ESSEC before starting her career at Procter and Gamble as Brand Manager in 1989. She moved to PepsiCo in 1996 where she held various Marketing Director positions. She then joined Danone where she successfully led global brands and operational markets, and worked in various countries before becoming Environment Vice President, Nature General Manager in 2009. In this role, she was responsible for leading the environmental transformation of the Danone Group, putting environmental impact at the core of the business and brand strategies. In 2012, she joined Mars as President of Mars Petcare and Food France, a position she held for nearly 4 years. She was most recently Regional President of Pet Nutrition Europe at Mars. An experienced leader, Myriam Cohen-Welgryn has a very complete career in FMCG, including brand development, portfolio management, and operational business unit management at country and Zone level. She has spent a large part of her career internationally in four different countries and has a strong track record in accelerating the growth and profitability of the businesses she managed, whilst creating a great place to work and fostering the development of women in business. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of LEAD, a network for the promotion of women in large companies and a published author, specialized in team engagement, business growth and diversity.

A Graduate of the Lyon Business School (EM Lyon), Vianney Derville joined L’Oréal in 1992 as Product Manager. In 1999 he became General Manager for the Consumer Products Division in Japan. In 2004 he was named Managing Director of L’Oréal Spain. In 2007, he took over the Asia Zone Consumer Products Division. Early 2009, he was appointed President of the L’Oréal Paris brand worldwide. From September 2010 to mid-2013, Vianney Derville was Managing Director of Western Europe for the Consumer Products Division, before being appointed Director of Global Markets for the same Division. One year later, he became President of Consumer Products Division, North America, based in New York. In September 2016, Vianney Derville became President Western Europe Zone and a member of the L’Oréal Executive Committee. In July 2021, following a new organization of the Zone structure, the Group combines the two Zones of Western Europe and Eastern Europe into a single Zone, headed by Vianney Derville.

Asmita is an Indian national, with a background in economics and statistics. She began her career in the advertising industry, working in both India and China on campaigns for some of the world’s biggest FMCG brands. She joined L’Oréal in 2013, as Chief Marketing Officer for L’Oréal China, where she was responsible for laying the foundations for the Group’s e-commerce acceleration in China (including building the Group’s first joint-business partnerships with Alibaba and Tencent). She was appointed Chief Digital Officer for the Consumer Products division in 2017 and additionally in 2020 was named as Chief Media Officer for the L’Oréal Group. She has helped the Group and its brands maximise media value and ROI by focusing on the key digital growth drivers. Asmita joined the Group’s Executive Committee as Chief Digital and Marketing Officer in April 2021.

Graduated from HEC Paris, Emmanuel Goulin joined L’Oréal in 2000 as Product Manager for Lancôme in the United Kingdom. After successive marketing roles for Biotherm International, he joined the Travel Retail teams in Europe as Area Manager then in Asia Pacific as Brand General Manager before being appointed in 2010 Deputy General Manager Worldwide of Shu Uemura in Japan. In 2012, he was appointed General Manager Fragrances for L’Oréal Luxe in France and then in 2016 named Managing Director of Travel Retail APAC, based in Hong Kong. In 2021, Emmanuel came back to Europe as Deputy General Manager L’Oréal Italy, in charge of the Luxury Division, before becoming General Manager L’Oréal Italy in 2022. Since January 2024, he is President of Travel Retail and Member of the Executive Committee.

David Greenberg has spent more than 28 years at L'Oréal in leadership roles across markets, divisions, brands and functions. David began his career in marketing in 1993 at L’Oréal Paris, ultimately holding the position of Vice President of Marketing. From 1999 to 2003, David spearheaded the dramatic expansion of the L’Oréal Paris and Garnier brands in Mexico as head of the L’Oréal Mexico Consumer Products Division. David was named Worldwide General Manager of Matrix in 2003 and, in the span of two years, led the brand’s global rollout to strategic new markets such as Brazil, Russia, India and China.

Widely respected for both his business acumen and his commitment to supporting and developing the people within the organization, in 2005 David was appointed Senior Vice President for Human Resources for L’Oréal USA and drove a transformation of the function. From 2008 to 2017, David served as US President of Maybelline and Garnier and led the integration of the Essie brand when it was acquired in 2010. From 2017 to 2022, David led the Professional Products Division in US and Canada and drove a major acceleration and business model transformation of the Division.

In February 2022, David was appointed CEO of L’Oréal USA, President of the North America Zone, and a member of the Group’s Executive Committee, the first American to serve in these roles.

David serves on the Board of the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) and on the Industry Advisory Board of the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) School of Graduate Studies in Cosmetics & Fragrance Marketing & Management.

David holds an MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a BA from Lehigh University.
 

Omar Hajeri is a French-Tunisian national, and graduate of EM Lyon Business School. He starts his career at L’Oréal in 2001, in marketing in the Professional Products Division for France where he discovered a passion for the company’s salon business.
He took key international positions in Europe, notably as Managing Director for the Professional Products Division for the Netherlands in 2011, and for the UK in 2014.
Since 2019, Omar Hajeri is steering the Division’s transformation to a digital and e-commerce growth driver for L’Oréal, as Western Europe Zone Director for L’Oréal’s Professional Products Division.
In March 2021, he joins L'Oréal's Executive Committee as President of the Professional Products Division.

Blanca Juti, a joint Mexican-Finnish national, is an anthropologist by training, with a Ph.D. from Cambridge University, an MBA from the University of Dallas, and over 25 years’ experience working in consumer facing industries in the technology, entertainment and food & beverage sectors. She has a recognized track-record in marketing, brand-building and storytelling together with extensive expertise in all aspects of Communications & Public Affairs.
After 5 years working as the Cultural Attaché for the Mexican Embassy in Finland, Blanca started her corporate career at Nokia in 1998. During her time with Nokia she held a variety of roles across the Communications, Public Affairs, Commercial and Marketing functions – and was eventually appointed to the role of Vice-President of Marketing, with responsibility for an 11€ billion mobile phone business. In 2013, Blanca took up the role of Chief Brand Officer at Rovio, gaining valuable experience in the gaming industry, before being appointed Chief Corporate Affairs Officer at the Heineken Group in 2016. In this role she had overall responsibility for leading the Group’s Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainability organisation. Reporting directly to the CEO, she was responsible for leading a large global team of 65 different nationalities, in this complex and highly-regulated industry.
Blanca has a truly international profile, speaking multiple languages, with leadership experience in emerging markets (including Brazil, China and india), and has lived and worked in many different countries around the world.

Jean-Claude Le Grand has dedicated his entire career to Human Relations. He began as a consultant at “Entreprise & Personnel”, the network of companies dedicated to HR and then joined Olivetti as Human Relations Director for five years. Le Grand entered the L'Oréal Group in 1996 as HR Director for Garnier Laboratories. He then became HR Director for the Consumer Products Division in France, then Global HR Director for Cosmétique Active, the International dermoscosmetics Division. Driven by his passion for Talent sourcing and development, he was appointed as Global Director for Strategic Recruitment in 2002. As a strong believer in Diversity and Inclusion, he created the Diversity Department in 2007. That same year, he became Global Head of Human Relations for the Consumer Products Division. In 2012, he became Senior Vice-President for Talent Development while maintaining his role as Chief Diversity Officer. The same year he was decorated with the Award of “Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur”. On July 1st, 2018, Mr. Le Grand became Chief Human Relations Officer and member of the Executive committee.

Fabrice joined the Group in 2000, in the Professional Products Division in France and has since achieved a very successful track record. He was appointed General Manager of L'Oréal Lebanon in 2008, becoming the youngest Country General Manager at age 34.

In a difficult market and in a complex environment, he demonstrated great qualities of vision, leadership, courage and commitment. Building on this success, Fabrice was promoted to CDP's Zone Director for ZAMO in 2011,

In this region, which is important for the future of the Group, Fabrice once again demonstrated his strategic and operational qualities, which are reflected in the acceleration of our growth in these markets and in the development of new subsidiaries with a promising future.

In 2015, Fabrice was appointed General Manager of L'Oréal Germany, one of the Group's largest subsidiaries. His new responsibility was once again crowned with great success. In this very competitive market, L'Oréal gained market share and strengthened its leadership.

In 2019, Fabrice became the president and CEO of L'Oréal China and a member of the Executive Committee of the L’Oréal Group, which he leads with inspiration and write, with the Chinese teams, a new chapter of the tremendous development of this business, which plays a major role in the Group's future.

In January 2021, following a new organization of geographic Zones, he becames President for North Asia Zone (which regroups Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea), in addition to his current duties as CEO of L’Oréal China.

During this time, Fabrice has taken our business in China to new heights, achieving record market share in this highly competitive and complex market.

As Chief Global Growth Officer, Fabrice will be in charge of accelerating growth, leading transformation projects and animating the Group’s Zones.

Alexis Perakis-Valat is a Franco-Greek HEC graduate who began his career with L'Oréal as Product Manager for L'Oréal Paris in 1995. After managing Garnier in Belgium, he went on to become General Manager of L'Oréal Paris in Spain, and in 2003, he became Managing Director of SoftSheen Carson in the US. From 2005 to 2008, he was General Manager of L'Oréal in Germany. In 2009, he returned to France as Managing Director for the Consumer Products Division in Europe. In September 2010, Alexis Perakis-Valat was appointed CEO of L'Oréal in China. In addition to this role, he became Executive Vice-President for the Asia Pacific Zone and a member of the L'Oréal Executive Committee in July 2013. On September 1st, 2016 he was appointed President of the Consumer Products Division.

Ersi Pirishi is a French-Cypriot national, a graduate of the Pharmacy School of the University of Paris XI and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Skin Biology and Cosmetology from the same university.

She joined L’Oreal in 2001 after 10 years in the cosmetic industry, first in LVMH and then Johnson & Johnson.

She started her 20-year career in L’Oreal as International Development Manager of LRP for Latin America, before she moved to Brazil as General Manager of Vichy.

She returned to Europe in 2004 and held key positions such as General Manager of the Active Cosmetics Division in the Netherlands, General Manager of LRP in France, General Manager of the Active Cosmetics Division in Spain in 2009 and in France in 2011. In 2013, Ersi Pirishi moved to New York as Active Cosmetics Zone Director in charge of North and Latin America.

In 2015 she is appointed General Manager of L’Oreal Greece. Back to France, in 2018 Ersi joined the Active Cosmetics International Division as Deputy General Manager worldwide, first in charge of Western Europe and as of 2020 of all markets.

In 2021, Ersi joined the L’Oreal Executive Committee assuming the management of the Latin American zone.

Born and raised in India, Vismay holds a degree in computer engineering from the University of Poona and completed his MBA at the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management. He joined L’Oréal India when the subsidiary was established in 1994. Following commercial roles in the Consumer Products Division, he moved to the Professional Products Division.
In 1999, Vismay moved to the UK as Hair Color Product Manager at L’Oréal Professionnel. A year later, he returned to India to take up the position of Country Division General Manager of the Professional Products Division.
In 2006, Vismay moved to Paris to join the International Marketing team of L’Oréal Paris, followed by an assignment as Country Division General Manager of the Consumer Products Division in India. In 2012, he was appointed Country Managing Director of L’Oréal Indonesia, and in 2016 became Country Managing Director of L’Oréal UK and Ireland, the group’s fourth-largest subsidiary by market size.
In 2021, Vismay joined the L’Oréal Executive Committee as he assumes management of the South Asia, Pacific, Middle East, and North Africa (SAPMENA) zone.

Antoine Vanlaeys is Chief Operations Officer and member of the Executive Committee. He leads the entire supply chain of all L’Oréal Group, worldwide – from packaging design and product development, purchasing, manufacturing, and market logistics operations (more than 6 billion products). Antoine, along with his teams, implements winning Supply strategies and is leading Operations’ major transformations including e-commerce acceleration, Industry 4.0 and sustainability.
Prior to this, Antoine was Senior Vice President Operations for the Asia Pacific region during 5 years. In his tenure, he enabled together with his teams the rapid growth of the Group in the region, and particularly the acceleration of e-commerce in China. Antoine is passionate about leading Operations transformations, driving excellence through people and technology. Previously, he has enjoyed a rich career path, holding various senior management positions in Operations.
In 2011, he was appointed Senior Vice President Operations of L’Oréal Luxe, where he led the industrial transformation to support the growth of the luxury brands. In 2008 he was appointed Supply Chain Director Europe for the Consumer goods Division, and in 2006 he was Plant Manager in Aulnay-sous-Bois (France).
Antoine joined L’Oréal Group in 2002, after a 10-year experience at Mars, where he headed different important responsibilities in France and overseas, in manufacturing and supply chain. As an Engineer, he graduated from ICAM (Mechanical Engineering school), in France.