Today I am expanding on my decades long experience, career trajectory and my pillars of community, mentorship, education and capital with my new appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Carmell Corporation (Nasdaq: CTCX). In this role, I will lead the accelerated growth of Carmell’s flagship brand, Carmell SecretomeTM and expand its portfolio of beauty and wellness brands through strategic investments and acquisitions.
Rajiv Shukla, Executive Chairman said, “On the 1-year anniversary of Carmell’s Nasdaq debut, I am excited to announce that Kendra is joining us as CEO. Besides her proven expertise in commercial strategy and brand building, she has extensive experience in investing and growing beauty businesses. I look forward to her leadership in building Carmell into a leading platform for innovative brands in the beauty and wellness space.”
Since its business combination in July 2023, under the leadership of Rajiv Shukla, Executive Chairman, Carmell Corporation has completed a pivot towards skincare, recruited a top-tier Scientific Advisory Board, developed and tested 12 skincare products aimed at retail and medspa use, scaled up in-house manufacturing and packaging, built an D2C customer channel integrated with a finance enterprise resource planning and logistics backbone, lowered cash burn by more than 50%, raised $3 million from external investors and commenced commercial sales. The Company was also added to the Russell Microcap Index in June 2024.
I will continue to support our network of beauty and wellness founders in the BrainTrust Founders Studio and excited for the future of the expanded work that Lisa Stone and I have built under the leadership of studio President, Melissa R. Hibbért and our fantastic team.
Thank you to my long time executive visionary coach, Julie Flanders for your guidance, partnership and coaching and lawyer Adrienne S. Alexander, Esq. for representing me in this transaction!
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