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**Source:** Jumeili (聚美丽) · **Date:** 2026-10-14 · **Category:** People / Prestige beauty *原文:60亿级品牌换帅* Aurelian Lis, global chief executive of Unilever-owned professional skincare brand Dermalogica, will step down at the end of December 2026, according to a WWD report carried by Jumeili on October 13. Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson, CEO of Unilever's prestige beauty unit, confirmed the departure and credited Lis with consolidating Dermalogica's position as a global leader in professional skincare over roughly ten years at the helm — an unusually long tenure at a time when brand-CEO cycles keep shortening. Jumeili sizes Dermalogica as a brand in the ¥6bn revenue class. The vacancy at the top of Unilever's best-known spa-channel brand lands while the parent is pruning its portfolio — it recently agreed to sell a century-old baby-care unit — so the successor's mandate will be watched for a signal on whether Dermalogica is a keep-and-invest or a future sale candidate. Detail --- Dermalogica (Unilever prestige) Aurelian Lis About ten years WWD, via Jumeili [Read the original article](https://www.jumeili.cn/news/view/48159.html)
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