
Andy WeatherstonSenior Vice President, Global Hair Care R&D
Andy has dedicated more than 25 years to P&G Beauty R&D and the Beauty category. He now leads the Global Hair Care R&D organization and continuously brings more meaningful, more effective, and more responsible hair and scalp care products to people around the world. Andy has expanded the footprint of P&G’s Hair Innovation Centers so that the team of scientists can be closer to the consumers they serve —because living the daily life helps us identify new opportunities to delight.
WHAT INNOVATION AT P&G MEANS TO ANDY:
“Innovation that makes an impact comes from the 5 Cs—insatiable curiosity, to understand consumer tensions, challenge constraints, define creative solutions, and deliver them via multifunctional collaborations.”
Created concentrated solid conditioners (Pro melting pearls) that are now in Pantene hair repairing treatments available in China, Japan, and across Latin America. They are also the basis for a new technology that significantly reduces our water consumption footprint.
Discovered how to create facial moisturizers (Olay Whips) that were light and quick absorbing without compromising the enduring benefit
Introduced a Liquid Crystal technology in Pantene’s Color Expressions products that boosted the effectiveness of conditioners for color-treated hair, publishing the research in a peer-reviewed journal
“Innovation comes from…Insatiable curiosity, recognizing constraints, creativity, and collaboration to solve consumer problems.”
-Andy Weatherston

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Senior Vice President, Global Hair Care R&D