Coty Inc. has announced two leaders to drive its Consumer Beauty organization. Stefano Curti will join the company as chief brands officer, Consumer Beauty, while Alexis Vaganay will be promoted to chief commercial officer, Consumer Beauty.
 
The appointments come as CEO Sue Y. Nabi strengthens her leadership team, following the recent additions of Isabelle Bonfanti as chief commercial officer, Luxury, and Jean-Denis Mariani as chief digital officer.
 
Stefano Curti
 
Stefano Curti joins Coty this week as chief brands officer, Consumer Beauty and will be based in New York. Curti – who has a strong track record of brand building and channel expansions – will focus on strengthening the division’s brand equity, global positioning and innovation performance. He brings a wealth of senior international experience, having spent almost 30 years working in the beauty and health industry in the U.S., Europe and Latin America.
 
Curti joins from Markwins Beauty Brands, where he served as global president. He spent 22 years at Johnson & Johnson, where he progressed through the marketing organization to the role of Global President Beauty and Baby divisions. During his time at J&J, Curti led iconic skin and personal care brands like Aveeno, Clean & Clear and Neutrogena, driving above-market sales growth and double-digit profit growth for the beauty portfolio.
 
Alexis Vaganay
 
Vaganay, who has more than 20 years’ experience in international sales and marketing, takes up his appointment this week and will be based in Coty’s Amsterdam headquarters. He will be responsible for leading Coty’s regions – in close collaboration with his Luxury counterpart – and developing Consumer Beauty’s commercial strategy to increase market share and grow revenues in color cosmetics, body care and consumer fragrances.
 
Most recently, Vaganay was EVP, EMEA, following four years as general manager of UK&I Luxury. Under his leadership, Coty UK&I was among the fastest growing luxury fragrance players. Prior to joining Coty in 2016, Vaganay worked at Unilever and Bic in a variety of global roles.
 
Sue Y. Nabi commented, “My ambition from day one has been to quickly build a first-class leadership team. The appointment of these two leaders means we are now in great shape to re-position our portfolio of brands more clearly.”