Emily Barfoot

Head of Dove Hair & Skin US Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing

Emily Barfoot is the Head of Dove Hair & Skin US for Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing. She is an experienced brand crafter and marketer leading teams to create and deploy desirable innovations, purposeful campaigns and incremental growth strategies for one of beauty’s most iconic brands. Her recent leadership of Dove Hair’s innovation delivery and in-market activation strategy contributed to double‑digit sales and share growth, brand equity lifts, and industry award-winning products backed in superior science and care. Prior to Emily’s current position, she served numerous director and brand manager roles across beauty, personal care, wellbeing and foods categories. Her expertise lies in creating products and campaigns through deep understanding of people’s unmet needs, enhancing wellbeing while unlocking commercial impact. Emily holds an dual degree in Science and Economics from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.