Succession Plan Announced at Markwins

Bill George, president and chief operating officer of Markwins North America, is shifting from the day-to-day management of Markwins’ brands. Concurrently, the company has named Stefano Curti to the role of global president of Markwins Beauty. Curti joins Markwins from his post as global president, board member and senior adviser at Genomma Lab International. George, who has been an architect of Markwins’ brisk growth for 17 years, will work with Curti through April and assume a role as part of the company’s advisory board. Known in the industry for his solid retail relationships, George also played a key role in Markwins’ acquisitions including Physicians Formula, Bonne Bell/Lip Smacker and Wet ‘n’ Wild/Black Radiance. Stefano Curti  Curti comes on board with more than 27 years of top-management level beauty and personal-care experience with large, global consumer companies as well as smaller, private equity and venture capital-backed start-ups. He spent 22 years, from 1990 to 2012, at Johnson & Johnson helping build its skin-care business. He was global president of the Beauty and Baby divisions, president of J&J Consumer and general manager for Neutrogena. He was also managing director for J&J in Europe, and marketing director, Europe, Africa and Middle East. “Stefano’s appointment and this transition

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