Dermalogica is a Los Angeles-born professional skin care company founded in 1986 by skin therapist Jane Wurwand and her husband Raymond. Built out of the International Dermal Institute - a training school Wurwand launched three years earlier - the brand pairs clinically minded, irritant-free formulations with rigorous therapist education, selling only where a licensed skin professional can advise. Now a Unilever Prestige brand sold in more than 80 countries, Dermalogica is widely regarded as the world's number one professional skin care line, known for franchises like BioLumin-C, Age Smart, Active Clearing and the teen-focused Clear Start.
Aurelian Lis is the Global CEO of Dermalogica, the professional skin-care brand owned by Unilever Prestige. A self-described 'nerdy physicist with a love for cosmetics,' he took the top job in January 2016 after quadrupling Benefit Cosmetics' Americas business to roughly $500 million as its general manager. Trained in physics at Oxford and business at INSEAD, Lis built and sold his own customized skincare company before bringing a science-meets-emotion philosophy and a habit of relentless iteration to one of the world's leading professional skincare houses.