The Estée Lauder Companies has made several personnel moves, lead by the appointment of  John Demsey to group president,The Estée Lauder Companies. Demsey, who was previously global brand president of Estée Lauder, will continue to oversee the Estée Lauder brand as well as M-A-C Cosmetics, Prescriptives, Sean John and Tom Ford Beauty and will continue to report to Dan Brestle.    

Jane Lauder has been named senior vice president, global product marketing for Clinique. Lauder, who had most recently been the vice president of marketing for the firm’s BeautyBank division, will report to Lynne Greene, global president of Clinique. In her last post, Lauder spearheaded the creation and launch of American Beauty, its skin care and cosmetics line, as well as Flirt!, a color cosmetics brand sold exclusively at Kohl’s.

Beth DiNardo, senior vice president, global marketing for Clinique, has been named senior vice president/general manager of Rodan + Fields Worldwide and of Darphin North America. DiNardo, who succeeds Shashi Batr, will report to Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, group president, The Estée Lauder Companies.

Julie Howard, formerly Clinique’s vice president, global product marketing, has been named senior vice president, global marketing and brand development, BeautyBank. Howard, who will report to  Jane Hertzmark Hudis, president of BeautyBank, will assume responsibility for all of BeautyBank’s global marketing efforts for several brands, including American Beauty, Flirt!, Good Skin, Grassroots and Daisy Fuentes, all of which are sold exclusively in Kohl’s. She will also spearhead the creation of all new brands on a global basis.

Jim Nevins has been named senior vice president/global creative director for Clinique, marking his return to the brand where he was senior vice president/creative director from 1992 until 1999. He left Clinique in 1999 to work for Gap, Inc. He rejoined Lauder in 2001, as a senior member of the creative team. Nevins succeeds Giovanni Russo, a consultant who had served as Clinique’s creative director since July 2005. Russo will remain with the company as a consultant, working on special projects.