Signature 57 sells a deceptively practical idea: the story is only as good as the order in which people hear it. That idea carried a one-person consultancy into museums, murals, rebrands and the largest sporting event on earth.

Faiz Ahmad is the Chief Executive Officer of Paula's Choice Skincare, the Unilever-owned, Seattle-based science-driven beauty brand. He spent two decades building direct-to-consumer machines at Apple, Delta Air Lines, Optum and YETI before stepping in to steer Paula's Choice through a sports-meets-skincare era anchored by the FIFA World Cup 2026 sponsorship.