Jane Lauder Named Executive Vice President, Chief Data Officer at The Estée Lauder Companies
Jane Lauder
The Estée Lauder Companies announced that Jane Lauder will be named to the new role of Executive Vice President, Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer, effective July 1, 2020. She will report directly to Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC).
Michelle Freyre
Jane will be succeeded at Clinique by Michelle Freyre, who will join the brand as Senior Vice President, General Manager, reporting to John Demsey, also effective July 1, 2020.
As ELC’s first ever Enterprise Marketing and Chief Data Officer, Jane will lead ELC’s company-wide strategy to build data-empowered, digitally-directed priorities to accelerate its growth. By optimizing the company’s vast and valuable data and integrating its analytic capabilities the goal is to drive breakthrough marketing and creative.
“We are focused on delivering the very best, high-quality products that leverage consumer insights from our enhanced data analytics, and I am confident that Jane is the right person to lead this important area of the business,” said Mr. Freda. “As Global Brand President of Clinique and leader of ELC’s enterprise-wide efforts to combine data-driven insights with creativity, she has successfully leveraged data and analytics capabilities to drive strong long-term growth at both the brand and enterprise level. Jane’s unique combination of understanding high-touch consumer experiences, and data analytics and insights, will further strengthen our innovative product offerings and experiences for our consumers globally. I look forward to working even more closely with Jane as she takes on this new role.”
Jane has over two decades of beauty industry experience, including more than 23 years at The Estée Lauder Companies. As Global Brand President of Clinique, she led the transformation of brand strategy, distribution, product innovation and consumer reach, positioning the brand for strong long-term growth. Under Jane’s leadership, Clinique fundamentally shifted nearly one-third of product revenue from low-growth distribution channels to high-growth channels and tripled Clinique’s online business. She also oversaw the development of product innovations including Moisture SurgeTM 72-Hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator and Clinique iDTM and technology innovations with Clinique Clinical RealityTM to strengthen the brand’s skincare position in clinical efficacy and high-touch services and personalization. Clinique’s market share gains in recent months across its core markets are a testament to the rebuilding of the brand.
Jane also leads ELC’s enterprise-wide transformation program focused on combining data and analytics capabilities with creativity to power ELC’s business and digital agenda. In her new role she will continue to drive this competency across the company. As a graduate of Stanford University and member of the Board of Directors of Eventbrite, a California-based global ticketing and event technology platform, Jane’s deep ties to Silicon Valley will be leveraged in her new role.
Jane’s organization will include BI&A, Corporate Marketing and Marketing and Consumer Supported Technology, a forward-looking portfolio management approach to data, marketing and consumer-facing technologies. ELC’s Business Insight & Analytics (BI&A) group will play a central role, and will report directly to Jane with a matrix line into Tracey T. Travis, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Jane’s leadership will enable BI&A to continue to accelerate the Company’s ability to unlock value across brands, functions, partners and employees.
Jane will lead the global Corporate Marketing function, including the regional Corporate Marketing organizations, Consumer and Product Marketing Insights, Global Consumer Care and Marketing Planning and A&P effectiveness. She will enable the facilitation and free flow of data among business units to help these teams to mine, analyze and share strategic insights more effectively. She will also enhance the integration
of cross-channel data to drive personalized marketing and true omni-channel activation.
Additionally, Jane and her team will ensure that ELC has access to cutting-edge digital innovations through a more formalized approach to strategic digital partnership management, including breakthrough marketing partnerships with leading organizations such as Facebook and Google. Her team will be scouting and developing relationships with emerging influential platforms and players in the marketing, digital innovation and consumer engagement space.
Finally, Jane will be charged with strategically deepening the company’s investments in Talent
Management and Capabilities within the Marketing and Consumer Engagement teams, helping to drive talent development, recruitment and breakthrough learning and education programs, making ELC into a career destination of choice for best-in-class brand building, marketing and consumer engagement talent around the world.
In her new role leading Clinique, Michelle Freyre will be responsible for guiding the brand’s overall strategic vision, including innovation, product development and marketing, and all facets of consumer and digital engagement. She will partner closely with members of the global Clinique leadership team to continue brand momentum by driving consumer relevance globally and connecting emotionally with consumers throughout their beauty journey. Michelle and her team will also work to imagine the future of the retail experience, including Clinical Reality, Virtual Selling and High Touch services.
Michelle joins The Estée Lauder Companies from Johnson & Johnson, where she had an impressive 20-year career holding various leadership roles within its Consumer Health Products division, most recently serving as President, U.S. Beauty. In this role, she was responsible for the company’s portfolio of beauty brands at the time, including Neutrogena, Aveeno, Clean & Clear and RoC, and led the successful performance of many brands. Notably, she successfully transformed the image of Johnson & Johnson Beauty with a fully re-imagined Celebrity Talent & Influencer Strategy, diversifying the talent portfolio to reflect a more integrated approach.
“Michelle is a dynamic leader with deep experience across beauty, including marketing, innovation, sales, consumer engagement and strategic growth,” said Mr. Demsey. “She is particularly adept at finding new and innovative ways to fuel growth by exceeding consumer expectations and pushing the boundaries of possibility. She is a wonderful fit for Clinique, and I am thrilled to welcome her to the brand.”
Jane Lauder added, “I could not be happier that Michelle is joining Clinique. She has a tremendous track record of driving successful beauty brands, and her passion for surprising and delighting the global consumer is unparalleled. The Clinique team is lucky to have her as a leader, and I know the brand will be in wonderful hands with her at the helm.”
Prior to her role as President, U.S. Beauty, she served as the General Manager of Neutrogena, the largest brand within Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer division, and as the leader of the company’s Los Angeles campus.
During her tenure, she strengthened brand leadership positions in facial care and sun care by focusing on core hero products and franchises and disruptive innovation across categories.
Michelle is passionate about talent development and has a proven track record of fostering workplaces that embrace inclusion and diversity, strengthening the talent pipeline at Johnson & Johnson with high-potential, diverse leaders. She has received several awards and honors in recognition of her exceptional career, including being named to Fortune’s 2018 “50 Most Powerful Latinas in Business.” Additionally, she sits on the Board of Directors of Cynosure, LLC, and is a founding member of CHIEF, a private network designed to accelerate women in business and support women leaders.
