Laurent Faracci

Chief Executive Officer

Laurent Faracci is an inspiring global consumer goods, healthcare and technology leader, with deep expertise in the consumer health space and a track record of building and growing multi-billion-dollar businesses across North America, Europe and Emerging markets.

Laurent became CEO of Lifestyles Healthcare, a global leader in sexual wellness and intimacy on January 2023, following the acquisition of the company by Chicago based Healthcare focused Linden Capital partners.

As CEO of Butterfly Network, Laurent step-changed the growth trajectory of the Ultrasound on a Chip Unicorn Med Tech private company and accelerated its listing as BFLY on NYSE- New York Stock Exchange, thanks to an IPO via a SPAC, bringing over $600m in financing. He defined a superior medical and commercial value proposition and execution roadmap, expanded regulatory clearance, improved its SaS - software as a Service platform, achieved new clinical milestones and partnerships including with the American College of Cardiology to transform care for CHF - Congestive Heart Failure, while launching into new geographies. He transformed the semi-conductor supply chain for profitability, accelerated the DTC-Direct To Consumer innovative approach to reach doctors and qualified nurses without the need for a traditional salesforce, and established PMO-Project Management Office, finance and legal functions.

Before that, Laurent spent over 20 years with Reckitt Benckiser (RB-Reckitt), a global leader in consumer hygiene, health, and nutrition. A FTSE top 10 company, Reckitt is home to some of the most trusted brands in the business such as Mucinex, Lysol, Dettol, Durex, Airborne or Enfamil. As Executive Vice President, he was instrumental in scaling the company’s consumer health business around the world. During his tenure he held a variety of general management, P&L ownership, strategic and innovation roles. His particular focus areas included leading RB’s organic and inorganic growth strategy, brand building, commercial execution and Go To Market excellence, digital transformation and end-to-end innovation for Health.

Laurent is passionate about the identification, mentoring, and development of a diverse pool of talents, ready to disrupt today and build tomorrow in a more inclusive manner. He has dedicated his career to-date to driving growth, brands and the future of the self-care.

Laurent has been a Permanent Member of the Facebook Global Client Council, a Board and Executive Committee Member of Global Self Care Federation, the consumer health global trade association. He was named the AdAge Media Maven in 2013.

Laurent originally from France, spent most of his career internationally and in New York, where he lives now.

Monika Dawydzik

Chief Financial Officer

Gregory Chabidon

Chief Growth Officer

Gregory has 23 years of experience in consumer goods across hygiene, consumer health and nutrition categories. He started his career at Reckitt Benckiser in 2000 as a marketing intern and from there he grew in the organization through diverse marketing and general management positions, having the opportunity to work across many iconic brands like Lysol in the US, in several geographies such as France, UK, US, Belgium, the Netherlands and with many customers (Drug, Mass, pharmacies, Club and ecommerce).

Gregory is an experienced leader in brand building, purpose led strategy, innovation, consumer experience, digital transformation, operating model and P&L management with a proven track record of business acceleration. He brings a passion for building strong internal and external partnerships, creating great customer experiences, and developing amazing entrepreneurial teams.

Gregory oversees Global Marketing, Innovation, R&D, Omnichannel (Ecommerce), Insight & analytics and M&A. He is based in New York City

Kevin Schott

Chief Supply Officer

Kevin has 15+ years of experience all across Supply Chain Functions and has led Teams in Production, Plants, Global Engineering, Operations and S&OP. Originally from Germany, he has been living in Asia for the past 10 Years. During this time he led major transformation and manufacturing Transfer Projects to improve efficiencies of the organizations. His mission is to drive customer satisfaction to even higher levels and believes that a successful End-to-End Supply Chain Organization works best in strong collaboration with all functions.

Kimberly Shephard

Chief People Officer

With over 20 years of experience as a global HR leader, encompassing diverse sectors such as CPG, startup technology, and manufacturing, Kim brings a wealth of expertise in aligning HR strategies with overarching business goals. Most recently, Kim was with L’Oreal where she completed a 2-year expat assignment in France as the Global Head of HR, Supply Chain, before returning to the US as the Vice President, HR Transformation. Kim has built a reputation for having a strong PEOPLE FIRST approach and building high-performing inclusive cultures. Beyond her professional achievements, Kim holds certifications as a SHRM-SCP and an ICF executive coach, in addition to having a Master's degree in Psychology. Personally, she is a resident of NYC, married with two adult children.

Melanie Rice

Vice President - General Counsel

With 20 years’ experience in law across a wide variety of areas ranging from commercial litigation and media law to corporate law, Melanie’s results-driven approach makes her a trusted commercial advisor and business partner. Commencing her career in commercial litigation in private practice, gaining extensive experience in the court room as well as conflict resolution, and continuing her career in corporate law as a senior in-house lawyer at Ansell Ltd, Melanie has developed an instinct to quickly identify and assess key risks and advise on finding pragmatic, commercial solutions. Her energy and drive, and an ability to remain focused amid rapidly changing environments arm Melanie with a true agility that helps businesses succeed.

Rachel Marler

Senior Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer – North America

Rachel Marler is the North America Chief Commercial Officer at Lifestyles. In this role, she leads the commercial engagement efforts across U.S. and Canada sales and marketing to achieve the vision of becoming the fastest-growing, most innovative global platform in the intimate wellness category through trusting retailer partnerships and deliver compelling omni category growth.

Rachel brings with her over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and general management across several consumer product goods companies including Gillette, P&G, Tyson Foods, Kimberly-Clark and most recently Haleon where she was the US Chief Customer Officer. Rachel also spent over 9 years with Walmart, where she held various executive leadership roles in U.S. Merchandising and International. Rachel has a track record of building strong cross functional partnerships across all retail channels and delivering exceptional business results.

Rachel earned a Bachelor in Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. She is based in metro NY.

Selim Akis

Senior Vice President – EMEA

Selim is an experienced and passionate professional with over 20 years of experience in leading global FMCG, consumer healthcare brands and general management in USA, UK, Southern Europe, and Eastern Europe. He has a proven track record of creating strong business turnaround in the short team and building sustainable business in the long term powered by managing with clear purpose and vision.

Bruno Koudela

Vice President – LATAM

Bruno has 25 years of experience in strategic positions during his career. He has worked for Kellogg´s, Faber-Castell and BIC in different areas with strong results for those companies. Bruno has an MBA in marketing, a solid background and believes in building strong teams to deliver results.

Lainie Goodwin

Vice President – APAC

Lainie has over 25 years experience in FMCG, across Sales, Category Management and Trade Marketing. She started as a Graduate at P&G and spent the majority of her career there, working across many of the world’s largest Health & Beauty brands in Australia & New Zealand. More recently, Lainie was Commercial Director for Australia, NZ, Japan and Hong Kong, at market leading baby company, the Mayborn Group. She is passionate about building team capability and cross functional collaboration, and driving Category growth and Joint Value with leading retailers.

Marta Tóth

Vice President – Global Marketing and Innovation

Marta leads LifeStyles' Global Marketing & Innovation team, with focus on driving the company's marketing vision and innovation strategy globally and overseeing the strategy’s in-market implementation.

She has 23 years of experience in consumer goods, which she started to build in advertising agencies across the food and automotive categories. After 5 years at McCann Erickson in Milan and London, where she was Global Client Director for Unilever’s global ice-cream portfolio, and a brief tenure at Microsoft Advertising as a Creative Solution Specialist, she joined LifeStyles Healthcare (formerly Ansell) with the goal of optimizing LifeStyles’ global sexual wellness brand portfolio. She led the creation of SKYN® - the company’s first global brand – and its development into the world’s top selling non-latex condom brand.

Marta’s core expertise and passion are creating, building up and expanding challenger brands across geographies and categories, with cross-functional teams worldwide. Her appreciation for diverse cultures fuels her commitment to foster diversity, flexibility, and respect.

Sharat Mendu

Senior Director – R&D and Global Quality

Sharat has a proven track record for creating and delivering innovative products that improve quality of life and increase consumer satisfaction. He had significant international experience in leading cross functional R&D teams across diverse products categories in home & personal care and intimate wellness. Sharat has a passion for the role that science and technology can play in driving business growth through delighting consumers with superior product experiences. He has led major transformative programs and worked with business units to leverage the role of product innovations to drive growth in both established and emerging markets. He believes that building strong teams, inspiring hands-on leadership and collaborative approach is key to long term outperformance. He has a degree in Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay (India).