A Visionary Leader Driving Growth and Transformation

Christine Staples, CEO of Cohere Beauty, is an energetic, fast-paced changemaker known for her passion for innovation and forward-thinking. She masterfully combines strategic vision with tactical execution of the details critical to achieving measurable improvements in revenue, operational efficiency, and cost management. Her cross-functional and cross-cultural experience allows her to build high-performance teams that outperform benchmarks, deliver superior service, and consistently drive revenue growth. Drawing on her cross-functional background in engineering and sales/marketing across publicly traded, family-owned, and private equity companies, Christine’s comprehensive understanding and empathic leadership style drives collaboration, empowers innovation, and consistently builds talent and businesses for long-term growth. Christine began her career with Ecolab, a Fortune 500 global company, moving cross-functionally and across divisions to hone her leadership credo, ultimately becoming Global General Manager of Nalco Champion with responsibility for four independent profit centers, and leading a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration with British Petroleum (BP) on their Quad 204 redevelopment project. BP’s need for a sustainable solution inspired Christine’s team of 100+ scientists and engineers to develop, patent, and commercialize a truly innovative chemistry, landing a prestigious Innovation Award at BP. Christine’s ability to identify customers’ unmet needs, assemble teams with the right expertise, solve problems, and deliver results is a hallmark of and testament to her leadership. Also, during her tenure at Nalco Champion, Christine developed an innovative business model for the second largest acquisition: bundling equipment and chemicals using a bundled lease versus sale model. This unique model better met customers’ needs to effectively use operating capital and increased EBITDA 2X, the highest in Nalco Champion, creating a sustained and predictable revenue stream.