Jeremy Schwartz | |
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Occupation(s) | CEO, Author, professional speaker |
Website | jeremy-schwartz |
Jeremy Schwartz is an English businessman, CEO, Author and Professional Speaker.
Jeremy Schwartz has been the CEO of Pandora the Jewellery company and of The Body Shop the cosmetics company overseeing more than 3000 stores and 25 ecommerce sites across 90 countries. He is an expert in leadership across a diversity of countries, products and channels all of which are relevant us today. Prior to that he was Managing Director of L’Oréal UK, Director of Marketing for Coca-Cola Europe and Sainsbury’s supermarkets. He is currently Chairman of the Kantar Consulting Sustainability Practice and a Senior Advisor to the McKinsey Business Transformation Practice.
Schwartz began his career as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group in 1987 [6]
In 1993, he joined L’Oréal, [1] becoming overall marketing director in 1995. [7]
Schwartz was appointed head of innovation for Europe and marketing director at Coca-Cola in 2000. [8] [9]
From 2002 to 2005, Schwartz was brand director at Sainsbury's. [7] [10]
Schwartz was CEO and chairman of The Body Shop from 2013 to 2018. [11]
From 2018 to 2020, Schwartz was interim CEO of Pandora. [12]
As of 2021, he is chairman for Sustainable Transformation at Kantar. [13]
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, now The Body Shop International Limited, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals in some of its products and one of the first to promote fair trade with developing countries.
WPP plc is a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company headquartered in London, England. It is the world's largest advertising company, as of 2023. WPP plc owns many companies, which include advertising, public relations, media, and market research networks such as AKQA, BCW, CMI Media Group, Essence Global, Finsbury, Grey, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Wavemaker, Wunderman Thompson, and VMLY&R. It is one of the "Big Four" agency companies, alongside Publicis, The Interpublic Group of Companies, and Omnicom Group. WPP has a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange, and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
L'Oréal S.A. is a French multinational personal care company headquartered in Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, with a registered office in Paris. It is the world's largest cosmetics company and has developed activities in the field, concentrating on hair color, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfume, and hair care.
The Body Shop International Limited, trading as the Body Shop, is a British cosmetics, skin care, and perfume company founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick. In 2017, it stated that its products were sold in about 3,000 stores, some company-owned and others franchised, in 66 countries.
Warburtons Limited is a British baking firm founded by Thomas Warburton in 1876 and based in Bolton, a town formerly in Lancashire, England, and now in Greater Manchester. For much of its history Warburtons only had bakeries in Lancashire and it remains a family-owned company. As of 2018, Warburtons has 12 bakeries, 14 depots, and 4,500 employees around the UK.
Kantar Group is a global data, insights, and consulting company based in London, England. It was founded in 1992, and has approximately 30,000 employees in over 90 countries working in various research disciplines, including brand guidance, brand strategy, social media monitoring, advertising effectiveness, consumer and shopper behaviour, and public opinion.
Andrew Harrison is a British businessman and former management consultant, currently the chairman of SEGRO. He previously served as the CEO of The RAC, easyJet, Whitbread and the Dunelm Group.
Ahmet Muhtar Kent is a Turkish-American business executive. He was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Coca-Cola Company. He became CEO in 2008, and chairman in 2009.
The Professional Publishers Association (PPA), formerly known as the Periodical Publishers Association until 2011, is the main publishing industry body which promotes companies involved in the production of media, supporting the creative economy at governmental level in the United Kingdom.
Allan Leighton is a British businessman, chairman of The Co-operative Group since February 2015, former CEO of Asda, former chief executive of Pandora, and former non-executive chairman of the Royal Mail. He is also the co-owner of Brackley Town.
Jean-Paul Agon is the chairman and former CEO of the international cosmetic company L'Oréal. Because of the age limit of 65 set by the company, he was replaced in his role of CEO by Nicolas Hieronimus on 1 May 2021, while remaining chairman of the board. He graduated from HEC Paris in 1978.
Michael Andrew Coupe is a British businessman who was the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, parent company of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's, from July 2014 until the end of May 2020.
Stacey Ann Allaster was the Chairman and CEO of the Women's Tennis Association from 2009 to 2015.
John Carl Walden is an American businessman and the former chief executive of Home Retail Group.
Dame Emma Natasha Walmsley is the chief executive officer (CEO) of GlaxoSmithKline. She succeeded Sir Andrew Witty, who retired in March 2017. Before GSK, she worked for L'Oréal for 17 years, and was a non-executive director of Diageo until September 2016. She grew up in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England.
Daniel Schwartz is an American businessman, executive, and investor. He is currently the Co-Managing Partner of 3G Capital, a global investment firm and private partnership known for its long-term investments in prominent companies such as Anheuser-Busch InBev, Restaurant Brands International, Kraft Heinz, and Hunter Douglas. Schwartz played a pivotal role in 3G Capital's 2010 acquisition of Burger King, where he served as CFO, COO, CEO, and Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors from 2010 to 2022 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors today. In 2017, Daniel was recognized by Forbes as Top 40 under 40 for his role in turning around Burger King.
Keith Charles Frederick Weed is Unilever's former CMCO, a role he held from 2010 to 2019. In 2020, Weed was appointed President and Chairman of the Royal Horticultural Society. In addition to this, he currently holds various trustee and non-executive director roles.
Ian Ward Griffiths is a British businessman. He is a non-executive director of BBC Commercial and a Senior Adviser to Bain Capital.
Anna Jones is a British business woman and entrepreneur who lives in London, UK. Jones is the Co-Founder of AllBright, a Members Club and community that celebrates and connects women at work. She served as CEO of Hearst Magazines, UK between 2014 and 2017.
Nicolas Hieronimus, is a French businessman, and the CEO of the L’Oréal Group since May 1, 2021, the sixth CEO in the history of the group, taking the place of Jean-Paul Agon, who remains the chairman of the group.