MANAGEMENT

Peter Shaefer serves as the CEO of La Perla Beauty since Oct-19. Prior to that, he has spent 15 years in leadership positions at Coty Inc, the American multinational beauty company. While at Coty, Peter delivered the firm’s ‘One Coty’ business model and the integration of Unilever Cosmetics International, oversaw Coty’s expansion in Asia and the emerging markets, supported the company’s IPO, and led a major cost reduction and restructuring program.

Mr. Windhorst founded Windhorst New Technologies AG in 2000 with a focus on investments in the internet and new technologies sectors. In 1995, Mr. Windhorst established Windhorst Asia Pacific Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong and by 1996 the company had diversified into a trading and investment conglomerate with activities in electronics, industry, trading, real estate and finance. Mr. Windhorst founded his first company, Windhorst Electronics Group, at the age of 16 in 1993, assembling and distributing PCs and IT products across Europe with first year sales of over USD 50m. Mr. Windhorst was a member of Dr. Helmut Kohl’s (the then German Federal Chancellor) economic advisory board, and accompanied the Federal Chancellor to help generate business connections globally. Mr. Windhorst was also the youngest “Global Leader for Tomorrow” at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Mr. Windhorst has been heavily involved in various philanthropies and has generously donated to charities in the field of art. He is a patron and benefactor of the Serpentine Gallery and member of the Council of Trustees of the Serpentine Gallery in London. He has been involved with supporting two world renowned art exhibitions. Firstly, the display of ‘Reichstag Unwrapped’, a photographic exhibition by conceptual artist Christo at the Reichstag in Berlin, twenty years after he first created his iconic building wrapper; and secondly, supporting the ongoing exhibitions at the Serpentine Gallery in London

Mr. Speight is the Chief Operating Officer for the Tennor Group. Prior to joining Tennor in 2015, Mr. Speight held positions in Operations, Corporate Recovery, Accounting and Finance at US Bank Global Fund Services, Baker Tilly and Irish Life Investment Managers. Mr. Speight has extensive experience across a range of industries including Financial Services, Real Estate, Construction, Hospitality, Transportation and Manufacturing. Mr. Speight successfully managed the first ever circuit court Examinership in Ireland in March 2013.

Mr. Speight holds a Bachelor’s (Hons) degree in Accounting from the National College of Ireland.