Jeremy Schwartz

Schwartz began his career as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group before transitioning to a management role at the French cosmetics company L'Oréal.^[2] He progressed within L’Oréal's UK division, becoming its UK marketing director in the late 1990s.^[2][3]

In the early 2000s, Schwartz took the role at The Coca-Cola Company as the marketing and innovation director for Europe after roles in North West and Central Europe.^[2] In this role, he has been credited with proposing the concept of marketing toward young male consumers a specific product that led to Coca-Cola Zero.^[2] He subsequently joined the British grocery retailer Sainsbury's as brand director.^[3] Schwartz oversaw the introduction of advertising campaigns such as Action Kids and "Try Something New Today," featuring chef Jamie Oliver.^[2]

In 2005, Schwartz left Sainsbury's to lead a food venture, Glorious Foods, with chef Marco Pierre White.^[2] In 2009, he was appointed chief marketing officer and commercial director at the media conglomerate News International.^[4][5]

In 2010, Schwartz rejoined L'Oréal as a general manager.^[3] In 2013, L’Oréal appointed him chairman and CEO of its subsidiary, The Body Shop.^[6] As CEO, Schwartz was tasked with revitalizing the brand. In 2016, his leadership team launched a sustainability strategy titled “Enrich Not Exploit,” which set public targets for renewable energy use, fair trade sourcing, and habitat protection.^[1] During this period, The Body Shop returned to growth and renewed its campaigns against Animal testing.^[6][7]

In 2018, Schwartz was appointed chief operating officer (COO) at Pandora A/S, based in Copenhagen. Following the resignation of Pandora's CEO, Schwartz and CFO Anders Boyer were tasked as joint CEOs leading the company on an interim basis.^[8]

Since 2019, Schwartz has held non-executive and advisory roles. In 2021, he was appointed non-executive chairman of Kantar’s Sustainable Transformation Practice, a consultancy that assists businesses with environmental and social sustainability initiatives. He also serves as an adviser to McKinsey & Company's business transformation practice.^[9]

Schwartz is married with three sons and resides in Surrey, England.^[2] He participates in expeditions each year including cycling across Tibet and climbing high altitude mountains.^[6] He is a founding trustee and board member of the Against Malaria Foundation, a charity that provides insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria in developing nations, a position he has held since 2005.^[10]