Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson

Chief Executive,
Unilever Prestige

Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson is the CEO of Unilever Prestige and a portfolio architect known for transforming and scaling consumer brands into culturally relevant, high-performing businesses. She brings over 25 years of experience operating at the intersection of brand, product and P&L. She leads a $1.9 billion portfolio of eight prestige beauty brands across skincare, hair care and colour cosmetics, operating in over 80 countries.

Previously, as chief marketing officer and EVP of global business units at Pandora, Gasco-Buisson was instrumental in repositioning the company from a charm bracelet-led retailer into a full jewellery brand — delivering sustained double-digit growth and driving share price accretion.
Gasco-Buisson spent over two decades at Procter & Gamble in senior leadership roles spanning strategy, marketing, operations, product innovation and venture building. Her experience ranges from scaling global category leaders to incubating new businesses — combining creative brand building with disciplined execution and commercial rigour.
Gasco-Buisson has worked across the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia, and has a track record of leading diverse teams through transformation, complexity and sustained value creation.