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Jaime Castle & Laurence Dryer Form Skin Sage Advisors  

Laurence Dryer, PhD and Jaime Castle have decades of experience in the CPG, beauty and aesthetics sectors.

Laurence Dryer (left) and Jaime Castle are founders of Skin Sage Advisors.

Laurence Dryer (left) and Jaime Castle are founders of Skin Sage Advisors.

Jaime Castle (right) and Laurence Dryer, PhD have joined forces to create Skin Sage Advisors, a private consulting firm with strategic, scientific and operational expertise helping private equity and brands to navigate the complex world of skincare, domestically and internationally.

Dryer and Castle share common career paths; both worked at Fortune 500 and startups. They have decades of experience in the consumer packaged goods, beauty and aesthetics sectors.

Castle’s trailblazer perspective is borne out of her long aesthetics journey, from her early launch of injectables to her key leadership roles at Solta, Medicis, Valeant and later as CEO of Obagi then Clinical skin. Castle specializes in growing, selling and acquiring companies. Under her care, Obagi was acquired twice and she was the lead on the Glytone sale.

Dryer’s vision is founded on her prestigious academic career in neuroscience and cemented by her R&D tenures at J&J, The Honest Company and BASF Beauty. Later, at Valeant, Obagi and Clinical Skin, she led scientific, regulatory, clinical and product development strategies. Dryer specializes in scouting innovation, developing and characterizing products, and making science accessible through impactful content. She has dozens of publications and patents.

For more information, visit www.skinsageadvisors.com

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