Sephora
Hayes began their career in IT at Yum! Brands, where they served as head of IT for KFC and Pizza Hut in the Middle East, Turkey, and Pakistan. In this role, they led a team of 25 people and was responsible for creating and aligning a new digital strategy and transformation for the region. Antony also supported 1,300 restaurants and 12 countries with $1.6 billion in sales.
In August 2018, Hayes joined Sephora as CIO for Asia (SEA, ANZ, China). In this role, they lead a team of 75 internal and outsourced employees based in Singapore and Shanghai. Antony is responsible for driving a major transformation across digital and enterprise technology, enabling the business to grow revenue by 25% per year with healthy profitability. The Sephora brand is owned by LVMH.
Hayes began their educational career at Newport Free Grammar School. Antony then went on to study computing at Loughborough University, where they earned a BSc. Hons. In addition to their academic credentials, Hayes has also received certification from SCRUMstudy - Accreditation Body for Scrum and Agile.
Some of their coworkers include Dylan Choong - VP Human Resources, South East Asia & Pacific, June Rhee - VP Merchandising, Sephora China, and Lily Zhou - COO, Greater China. Antony Hayes reports to Alia Gogi, President, Asia.
This person is not in any offices
Sephora
285 followers
Sephora is a beauty retailer that offers clients 45,000 products across 300 beauty brands, including Sephora’s own brand, Sephora Collection. Sephora has exclusive relationships with several of these brands, including Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez and FENTY BEAUTY by Rihanna brought to market first by Sephora. In addition to selling beauty products, Sephora also provides its clients unbiased service from beauty experts. Sephora has long been a company of innovation. They revolutionized how people shop for beauty by breaking down the department store counter. More recently, they’ve innovated a new way to help pinpoint skin tone foundation matches with their exclusive Color iQ tool, using AI to color match on not only depth and undertone, but also saturation across a dataset of 10,000+ skin tones. Founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1970, Sephora now has over 2,700 stores in 35 countries worldwide, as well as an e-commerce site and a total of 30,000 employees. Luxury goods group LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton acquired Sephora in 1997. In 2020, Sephora took the 15 Percent Pledge, committing 15% of their assortment to Black-owned companies, furthering their commitment to diversity and inclusion.