Johnson & Johnson Beauty Exec Shakeup Amid Restructuring

Johnson & Johnson quietly shook up its beauty division earlier in the summer, WWD has learned. Sebastien Guillon and Michelle Freyre, former global president of beauty and U.S. president of beauty, respectively, at Johnson & Johnson, have exited amidst a restructuring of the health-care giant’s beauty business, which has been streamlined to focus on areas where sales are growing — primarily skin care. The division is now run by Deeptha Khanna in the new position of global president, skin health and the office of marketing value. In the U.S., Duda Kertész has been named U.S. president of skin health. Khanna and Kertész’s roles took effect on July 1. “Recently, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health reinvigorated our business model, streamlining priorities to focus on high-growth and high potential consumer impact segments,” a spokesperson for the company told WWD. “Our business unit formerly known as Beauty has been broadened and reshaped in Skin Health.” The Skin Health division includes brands such as mass market skin-care labels Neutrogena and Aveeno and prestige skin-care lines Neostrata and Exuviance, as well as the company’s baby-care portfolio that includes Johnson’s, Aveeno Baby and Desitin. Earlier in the year, Aveeno’s hair business was rolled into Vogue International’s portfolio, where it

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