Laetitia Toupet appointed global brand general manager dermatological beauty

For the past eight years, Laetitia Toupet has been global brand president of the La Roche-Posay, one of L’Oréal’s flagship brands in its dermatological beauty division. The executive who joined the global beauty giant in 1998 in the marketing department of L’Oréal Paris is now global brand general manager for the dermatological beauty division, which includes CeraVe, Vichy, Skin Ceuticals, Skinbetter Science and, of course, La Roche-Posay.

A few management changes have been made within the dermatological beauty division, which until a few months ago was called “active cosmetics”. In September, Philippe Mottard, who previously managed of the dermatological beauty division for Spain and Portugal, was put in charge of the French market. While his previous position was filled by Rocío Valenzuela.

The division is also reviewing its portfolio. L’Oréal group recently sold the organic cosmetics brand Sanoflore to Ekkio Capital, a French investment fund specialising in SMEs in the health and beauty sector, and Sergio Calandri. The aim of this sale for the dermatological beauty division is to “strengthen its strategy and business model based on the internationalisation of complementary dermatological brands prescribed by healthcare professionals”.

In 2022, the dermatological beauty division posted sales of €5.1 billion, up 30.6%.

Alexandra Reni-Catherine is now global brand general manager of La Roche-Posay, a brand with sales of over €1 billion. Since 2021, Alexandra Reni-Catherine has been global brand president of Takami, a Japanese skincare brand acquired by L’Oréal in 2020.