Estee Lauder : Dave Smith Joins The Estée Lauder Companies as Senior Vice President, New Business Development

Dave Smith Joins The Estée Lauder Companies as Senior Vice President, New Business Development

Press Release, Jan 14, 2021

NEW YORK, NY - January 14, 2021 -- Today, The Estée Lauder Companies (NYSE:EL) announced the appointment of Dave Smith as Senior Vice President, New Business Development (NBD). Dave will report to Andrew Ross, Executive Vice President, Strategy, New Business Development and Integration.

NBD was previously overseen by Shana Randhava, who was recently tapped to take on an expanded role leading New Incubation Ventures, an exciting new capability for ELC. Shana will continue to report directly to Andrew in her new leadership role.

Dave is a deeply experienced Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and strategic investments professional with a proven record of successfully driving all phases of the M&A process, including identification and evaluation of target companies, relationship building and management, strategic business case development, creative deal structuring, due diligence, negotiations and portfolio management of minority investments. Throughout his career, Dave has executed sophisticated M&A and strategic investment transactions that have contributed to long-term growth and value creation across a variety of industries.

'Dave's deep experience, global perspective and creative vision for New Business Development make him the ideal leader to help us further develop our progressive end-to-end M&A strategy,' said Andrew Ross, Executive Vice President, Strategy, News Business Development and Integration. 'He brings to ELC a blend of analytics and creativity, as well as an outstanding skillset in building and managing complex relationships with key stakeholders throughout the M&A ecosystem.'

Dave joins ELC from Corning Incorporated, a leading innovator in applied science, where he was most recently head of Corporate Venture Capital and Director of M&A. In this role, he led an interdisciplinary team in the execution of complex M&A transactions and the development of broad, strategic investment themes.

Prior to his time at Corning, Dave was Senior Director, M&A at eBay, Inc., where he focused on M&A opportunities in user experience, machine learning and logistics. He also spent more than a decade at premier Wall Street firms in investment banking, investment management and corporate strategy, including serving as Managing Director at BNY Mellon, where he oversaw the corporate strategy for the investment services portfolio of businesses.

Dave holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Winston-Salem State University, a Historically Black University targeting under-served minority students from rural areas.

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About The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.is one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company's products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, Tommy Hilfiger, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Donna Karan New York, DKNY, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Michael Kors, Darphin, TOM FORD BEAUTY, Smashbox, Ermenegildo Zegna, AERIN, RODIN olio lusso, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, BECCA, Too Faced and Dr. Jart+.