Our Team
We are the foundations of Constellar and we are here to support you every step of the way in your brand journey and navigate every hurdle with compassion and years of industry insight and expertise. Together we can tap into our extended networks to ensure we always present focused solutions and align the right people with your brand.
Catherine - Founder
18+ Years. Supportive Mentor & Coach. Early Stage Branding Building & Global Growth Expert.
Industry Experience: Oribe, Bio Effect, Seen Hair & Skin Care, Nakey, Maya Njie + More
Catherine’s career spans across multiple markets from building an international beauty distribution business in the Middle East to advising some of the world’s most well known beauty brands on their global strategy and working closely with high growth startups and connecting them with investors. She has always been a founder and empathises with the highs and lows involved with that journey. She has a deep understanding of international markets and how to scale a brand successfully and has worked with a variety of different retailers and distributors worldwide. She truly understands the process of a brand’s journey from start to finish and can help you with every step of the way. From brand conception to international expansion to the intricacies of your pricing model and raising investment. She believes that business and intuition go hand in hand and loves to support early stage founders to build sustainably successful brands that are driven to make a positive impact beyond the industry.
Gregory - Financial Director
12+ Years. Financial Modeling & Investor Prep.
Industry Experience: 8 Faces, Messiah and Eve, Seen Hair and Skin Care, RŌZ Hair + More
Greg has a background in economics, financial analysis and treasury. His solid financial experience has been honed in both charitable and for profit sectors, combined with entrepreneurial experience with a community driven gold mining company in Zimbabwe. Classically educated with plenty of international experience, Greg brings grounded but creative financial capabilities to the Constellar team and numerous brand founders in the beauty and wellness space. His strengths lay in forecasting, preparing and guiding brand founders throughout the investment process, capital advisory, financial management and global transactions.
Laura - Retail Director
18+ Years. U.S. Retail Expert. Supports B2B Channel Build, Brand Growth & Go-To-Market Strategy.
Industry Experience: Oribe, Chillhouse, R+Co, House of Wise + More
Laura has spent her career helping beauty and lifestyle brands strategically build from the ground-up and accelerate their scalable growth with leading merchants around the world. Specializing in North American retail expansion and high performance sales, she previously directed the retail channel for Oribe Hair Care and helped establish them as the #1 hair care brand across multiple prestige vendors. As a tactical leader, she excels in building retail strategies and vendor relationships that usher your brand into a long-term success story. Laura provides you with the “dos and don’ts” shortcuts that every young brand wishes they had known at the beginning of their journey. With a direct and collaborative approach, Laura coaches your team through retail prospecting, vendor negotiations, market meetings, EDI configuration, product setups, promotions, sampling, sell-thru analytics, market research, consumer messaging, merchandising, trade shows, sales forecasting, field team mobilization and more. Her aim is to encourage, inspire and lead brands toward achieving their next big retail milestone.
Nicky - Creative Copywriter & NPD Consultant
20+ Years. Brand Storyteller, Beauty Trend Writer, Beauty & Wellness Copywriter, NPD Consultant.
Industry Experience: WGSN, Boots, Superdrug, SLG Brands, Japonesque, Laura Ashley + More
Nicky’s incredible career in the beauty industry spans over two decades, and has been shaped by a diverse skill set across creative, product development, trend forecasting and brand strategy disciplines. Her extensive experience in trend research, beauty and fragrance NPD, copywriting, brand licensing and creative branding have equipped her with a deep understanding of concept to launch processes - from product ideation to colour & formulation, packaging design and creative copywriting. Nicky has crafted best-selling beauty and lifestyle collections for many of the UK’s leading high street and online retailers, brands and celebrity talent. She sees the bigger picture and is an accomplished wordsmith who helps brands and businesses craft unique narratives and creative brand communications that amplify their vision and spark customer desire. She is driven by positive advancements in the industry - especially those that embody a strong diversity and inclusion culture and sustainable, ethical practices.
Ramsha - Marketing & Ecommerce Strategist
10+ Years. Digital Strategist. D2C Growth & Marketing Optimizer. Brand Growth & Go-to-Market Expert.
Industry Experience: Bluemercury, American Eagle Outfitters, Ella Olla, Urban Stems + More
Ramsha thrives in helping brands across marketing, eCommerce & business strategy - specializing in the beauty and wellness space as well as community based industries. Additionally, she has experience in buying & merchandising which gives her a unique perspective on how to launch, grow and optimize your business with every department’s goals in mind. As a seasoned industry specialist she excels at stepping into roles that help grow, nurture and coach brands. She loves to take a macro look into a brand’s performance, existing data and marketing + digital KPI’s so she can provide next steps for audience growth and opportunities for expansion. Ramsha is passionate about helping mission driven brands reach their highest potential in collaboration with founders and their team.
Caitie - International Growth Expert
10+ Years. Strategic Global Strategy, Sales & Execution.
Industry Experience: L’Oreal, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Coola + More
Caitie has build her career supporting brands in strategic and scalable international growth. She has worked international positions in an array of beauty categories–from high-growth indie brands to large, established heritage market players. From fostering brands in their very early stages of international reach, to troubleshooting existing international models for established brands, Caitie provides both the holistic view of an executive and a lived understanding of how to execute the day-to-day of running an international business. Caitie has deep experience in readying brands for international launch and can support you in choosing the right partners, as well as build internal processes to budget and account for what they will need to support your shared success.