Change of guard at L’Oreal as top marketer Mark O’Keefe departs

O'Keefe: out after 7 years

New broom: Jon Arnold

The top marketer at L’Oreal has exited after a 20-year tenure with the company.

Mark O’Keefe, who was general manager of L’Oreal Australia’s consumer products division for the last seven years, has left “to pursue a new challenge outside the group,” according to an internal memo from the company’s Melbourne-based boss.

O’Keefe has been replaced by Jon Arnold, who has been with the company for 14 years, latterly based in Paris.