Elisabeth Charles is an experienced public board director of high-growth At Home Group Inc., having served on their Compensation Committee for over 4 years and recently also joined the Audit Committee. During her tenure, the company has more than doubled in revenue from $765MM to over $1.7B. She is also an Advisory Board Member for Sezzle, a Buy Now Pay Later provider, who is growing 200%+ quarterly. Elisabeth brings 35 years of expertise as a consumer brand expert, operator and strategic thought leader driving outsized growth. She has spent 20 of those years in CMO/Head of Marketing roles in addition to GM roles with P&L responsibility.
Elisabeth has helped generate billions of dollars of revenue for category defining brands like Frito-Lay, Taco Bell, Victoria’s Secret, Petco, Athleta, Old Navy and Rodan + Fields. Her brand transformation of Petco Animal Supplies drove $1B+ of incremental sales over 5 years. Her experiences in management consulting, CPG, restaurants, specialty retail and DTC span across food, health & wellness, beauty, fashion, and pet, allowing her to bring best practices from some of America’s most iconic brands. She understands how to create and launch new businesses, including Petco’s Unleashed and Pooch Hotel concepts as well as Athleta Girl. She has also scaled several businesses, including introducing Taco Bell into Australia and Singapore and growing PINK at Victoria’s Secret to a $1B+ brand. She has successfully implemented new capabilities and designed new organizational structures across CRM/loyalty, digital/social media, e-commerce, customer/data analytics and customer experience.