Adore Beauty Group (ASX:ABY) has appointed former David Jones executive, Sacha Laing, as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 October 2024. Laing was noted as having 25 years’ experience in physical, online and wholesale retail with executive roles across a variety of Australian businesses.
Laing brings more than 25 years of physical, online, and wholesale retail industry experience to Adore Beauty, including as Group CEO and Director of Alquemie Group, a premium omni- channel retail group that owns and operates retail brands. Previously, Mr Laing was CEO of General Pants Co and CEO of Colette by Colette Hayman. He has also held executive leadership roles with several iconic Australian retail brands, including Country Road Group and David Jones.
Laing said, “I am delighted to be joining Adore Beauty at this exciting time as the Company embarks on its next chapter of growth. Adore Beauty has a well established and significant loyal customer base underpinned by its core brand purpose to encourage and enable current and future consumers to step out every day with confidence. We will continue to focus on accelerating our strategic growth pillars, including stand-alone Adore Beauty physical stores, further expansion of our own private label brands, and the integration and expansion of the iKOU business, expected to complete later this month.”