Marie Cesbron has over two decades of hands-on experience transforming and future-proofing businesses in the beauty industry. She built new innovation capabilities from scratch at L’Oréal as Director of Innovation Insights and at Walgreens Boots Alliance where she was Global Innovation Director of their consumer brand arm (No7, Liz Earl, Soap & Glory, Sleek Makeup…) until March 2019. Previously she led the transformational growth of Maybelline and Vichy globally and of Lancôme USA in marketing & digital exec leadership roles. She currently works independently as an innovation adviser & maker for businesses, small and large, eager to play their part in the next big things in beauty.

Marie holds an MS in Marketing and a BS in Psychology. She worked and lived in Paris, New York and London where she currently stays with her partner, a writer & film-maker, and their two teenage daughters.