Sephora North America Names Artemis Patrick as President, CEO Jean-André Rougeot to Retire

The French magnificence retailer introduced Thursday that Jean-André Rougeot, Sephora North America’s chief govt and president, will retire in April 2024. International chief merchandising officer Artemis Patrick will take the helm as president starting Oct. 2. She would be the first girl to steer Sephora’s North American enterprise.

In her new function, Patrick will oversee the retailer’s shops, e-commerce, advertising, tech and provide chain divisions. Following Rougeot’s retirement, Patrick will assume the place of president and CEO, with all govt capabilities, together with Sephora Canada, underneath her purview.

“Her unrivalled retail, model, magnificence and shopper experience, each in North America and globally, collectively along with her exceptional management and in-depth information of Sephora, will likely be instrumental in main one in every of our most profitable companies,” Guillaume Motte, Sephora’s president and chief govt mentioned in a press release to The Enterprise of Magnificence.

Patrick has been with Sephora for 17 years and performed a significant function in key initiatives similar to Sephora’s signing of the 15 P.c Pledge and the retailer’s shop-in-shop partnership with Kohl’s. She’s additionally led product initiatives, similar to rising extra various and inclusive basis shades and providing a broader textured hair assortment.

Priya Venkatesh, present senior vp of worldwide merchandising, will succeed Patrick as world chief merchandising officer. The retailer’s Latin American division, which presently experiences to Rougeot, will start reporting to Alexis Rollier, Sephora’s world chief working officer, starting Jan. 1 of subsequent yr.