Don has worked the past 20 years for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC). His tenure at Estee Lauder started in Canada leading the Quality organization supporting the manufacturing, distribution, and R&D (Toronto/Markham, Canada). In 2014, Don started to hold roles leading global Estee Lauder programs such as Validation and Data Integrity. For the past 3 years, he has been leading the Global Corporate Quality team (and holding interim position as NA Quality lead and Global Supplier Quality lead).

Don is an experienced Quality Assurance and R&D professional with a demonstrated history of working in the cosmetics industry. Strong professional skilled in Manufacturing, Management, Consumer Products, Government Relations, and Continuous Improvement. He hails from the wonderful country to the north, Canada where he attended the University of Toronto where he earned degrees in Bachelor and Master in Science. Prior to working for ELC, Don’s career path has led him through both Food and Cosmetic industries spending time with George Weston Group, Loblaw Corp, Unilever and privately owned cosmetic contract manufacturing.