Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, Unilever
Esi Eggleston Bracey is Unilever’s Chief Growth and Marketing Officer, responsible for leading Unilever into the next generation of marketing and maximizing opportunities for growth. She was appointed to the Unilever Executive in January 2024.
Esi joined the company in 2018 and has served as President of Unilever USA and CEO of Unilever Personal Care in North America. Prior to this, she led Unilever’s $5 billion Beauty and Personal Care portfolio for North America as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer which included responsibility for the Hair, Skin Cleansing, Skin Care and Deodorant businesses with brands such as Dove, TRESemmé, Suave, Vaseline, Degree, Axe, and Shea Moisture. Beyond Unilever, Esi served as President of Coty’s Global Consumer Beauty Division and Senior Vice President of Procter & Gamble’s Global Cosmetics leading a portfolio of flagship international make-up brands including COVERGIRL, Max Factor, Sally Hansen, Rimmel London, and Bourjois.
With decades of experience in consumer goods and beauty, Esi has a track record in guiding organizations to unlock growth in rapidly evolving marketplaces. She is an energetic and dynamic leader who delivers impact for people, communities and the planet.
Esi believes that business can be a force for good. She is an architect of the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Coalition to help foster beauty inclusivity and eradicate race-based hair discrimination through the CROWN Act legislation. She also champions SheaMoisture’s work with the New Voices Fund for Women of Color Entrepreneurs. Her track record in driving change via brands began early in her career when she led COVERGIRL’s pioneering work to diversify the face of beauty with disruptive ‘real beauty’ talent such as Queen Latifah, Pink, Ellen and Janelle Monáe.
Outside of Unilever, Esi is a founding member of the Black Executive CMO Alliance whose mission is to provide an intimate, trusted space for Black marketing C-Suite executives and pave the way for the next generation of Black-marketing leaders. She serves on numerous industry boards, and is a non-executive director for Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Esi has been recognized as one of Forbes World’s Most Influential CMOs, a Forbes Entrepreneurial CMO 50, Ad Age Vanguard Award, Campaign US CMO 50, Marketing Week Top 100, an ADCOLOR Legend, Cosmetic Executive Women Achiever, Ad Age Women to Watch, Women’s Wear Daily Marketer of the Year and Top 50 Women in Power, Beauty Cares Dream Ball Passionate Leader.
A native of Chicago, she graduated from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire with a BA in Engineering Sciences. Esi is married with two children, and currently lives in London.
