Esi Eggleston Bracey is the Chief Growth and Marketing Officer for Unilever’s.
In this role, Esi is responsible for leading Unilever into the next generation of marketing and maximizing opportunities for growth.
Previously, Esi served as President of Unilever USA and CEO of Unilever Personal Care in North America.
With decades of executive experience in consumer goods and beauty, Esi has a track record in guiding organizations to unlock growth in rapidly evolving marketplaces. She believes that business can be a force for good.
Esi is an architect of Dove’s CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Coalition to help foster beauty inclusivity and to eradicate hair discrimination through support of the CROWN Act legislation. She also champions SheaMoisture’s work with the New Voices Fund for Women of Color Entrepreneurs.
Esi’s 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.
A native of Chicago, Esi graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. degree in Engineering Sciences.
