Beauty brands shore up the corner offices with key hires as the year winds down. Sephora continues with moves to build out a more internationally focused C-suite, and independent brands add senior leadership to their ranks.L'Oréal USA appointed Rahquel Purcell to be Chief Transformation Officer for L'Oréal's North America Zone. Purcell is the first-ever executive to hold this position in the region, where she will lead the newly formed North America Transformation Office. Purcell has more than two decades of supply chain management experience and was at the forefront of the company's efforts to respond to the pandemic market conditions in her previous role as Chief Operations Officer, North America, well positioning her to lead this new strategic mission.New presidents were appointed to Amorepacific and Amorepacific Group. Amorepacific Group has named Lee Sang-mok as its new President, while Amorepacific has appointed Kim Seung-hwan as President, replacing Ahn Se-hong who resigned the post and will work as an advisor to the cosmetics company.Sephora has promoted Deborah Yeh to the role of Global Chief Purpose Officer. This comes after Yeh was promoted to Sephora's global leadership team as Executive  Vice President, Global Chief Purpose Officer earlier this year, while also maintaining her role as Chief Marketing Officer for North America. In the new position, Yeh will be based in Paris and will report directly to Sephora Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Motte.Johnson & Johnson's board of directors has elected the company's CEO Joaquin Duato as Chairman.