Happy almost holidays, MPW Daily readers! We still have a few editions of MPW Daily to come next week before we break for the holiday season. Stay tuned for a recap of this wild, sometimes-depressing, often unbelievable year for women and a look back at some of the bright spots within it. In the meantime, sending you into the weekend with our last 2025 roundup of exec moves to know.
Esi Eggleston Bracey is leaving her role as Unilever’s chief growth and marketing officer. She led initiatives like Dove’s support of the CROWN Act. Unilever is moving its marketing and business groups closer together.
At the shoe brand Rothy’s, CEO Jenny Ming is stepping down and returning to the board of directors. President Dayna Quanbeck is being promoted to become Rothy’s next CEO.
Cristal Downing, a Merck alum, was appointed chief corporate affairs officer at Insulet, the insulin pump technology business led by Ashley McEvoy.
Lambda, the cloud infrastructure company, named Heather Planishek CFO. She’d been the company’s audit chair, and is stepping down from the board.






