New president for Sally Beauty

10/18/2018
Sally Beauty Supply has promoted its finance head to president.

Aaron Alt has been appointed as president of Sally Beauty. He will take on this role, in addition to his current finance and supply chain responsibilities.

He is replacing Carrie McDermott, who resigned from her position as president to accept a CEO position at another company in her current hometown of Columbus, Ohio. She took on the role of president in August 2017.

Before joining Sally Beauty as CFO and CAO in May, Alt was CEO of Target Canada, and then Target’s senior VP, operations. Prior to Target, he held various roles at Hillshire Brands, including senior VP, general manager, Ball Park Brands; senior VP, CFO North American retail and foodservice; senior VP corporate development ad VP and senior corporate counsel, corporate development and finance. He was also a partner and associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

Separately, Heather Plutino has been appointed group VP of finance and treasurer of Sally Beauty Holdings. In this role, she will lead the financial planning and analysis, treasury and risk management functions.

Plutino joins Sally Beauty Holdings from Ascena Retail Group, where she was VP and treasurer. Prior to Ascena, Plutino served in a variety of finance and treasury roles at Charming Shoppes and Target Corporation.

Meanwhile, Joe Brenner, CIO, will now report to CEO Chris Brickman, reflecting the importance of the key technology projects the company is undertaking, according to the company.

“These appointments and changes further underscore our commitment to executing on our transformation strategy to generate profitable growth,” Brickman said. “With our detailed fiscal 2019 plans in place, our team is highly focused on executing against this plan.”
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