Unilever has appointed Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson CEO of its Prestige division, effective November 1. She succeeds Vasiliki Petrou, who announced her departure in June.
Gasco-Buisson joins from jewellery brand Pandora, where she was chief marketing officer from October 2022; prior to that, she worked in the cosmetics industry at Unilever and P&G on mass brands such as Axe and Lynx, as well as prestige fragrances including Hugo Boss.
Created in 2014, Unilever’s prestige division includes brands such as the skincare lines Paula’s Choice, REN, Garancia, Tatcha and Dermalogica, colour cosmetics maker Hourglass, and hair care line K18 which it acquired last year.
