Helen Moreton joins the Lush Employee Benefit Trust as Independent Trustee

Karl Bygrave started his career with Constantine & Weir, a previous business venture from the founders of Lush, in 1983 as a trainee product compounder and has now been working for Lush for 24 years.

Karl has had a very colourful journey in the business starting with the set up of the Japanese business back in the early 2000’s.  Karl also relocated to Australia for a number of years to re-organise the Australian business and introduce Lush into the New Zealand market. Along with his fellow colleagues, Karl managed Lush’s entry into several other international markets including The Middle East and Brazil, as well as often managing the fall out of many partner relationships and re-structures and even set up the very first Lush website!

Through his love for animals, has championed Lush’s non-animal testing work through The Lush Prize and Lush’s Human Cell Culture testing programme for almost ten years.  Having worked in and managed many areas of the business including UK Mail order operations, International Regulatory Affairs, Legal, Emerging Markets and Intellectual Property protection, in Karl’s words ‘It is his job to remove any block or barriers to enable the company to do what it wants to do while managing the business risk’.

“I’m very touched to have been asked to be a trustee as I believe it is an important aspect of the business and important recognition of every member of staff’s contribution,” he says.

Mo Constantine co-founded Lush in 1995 with six co-founders including husband Mark and has been involved in the creation and manufacture of innovative beauty products for the past 25 years. Mo manages our manufacturing business and specialises in inventing solid, unpreserved and unpackaged products and was granted her first patent in 1988 for the invention of the resoundingly popular solid shampoo bar, although most commonly known as ‘inventor of the Lush Bath Bomb’.  

Most recently, Mo led the team working on the concept and opening of our very first Fresh shop in Paris.

Helen brings with her 18 years of experience in retail employee ownership via the John Lewis Partnership. “I am absolutely delighted to be joining Lush and Cosmetic Warriors as the new Independent Professional Trustee of your Employee Benefit Trust. Not only do I love your products, but I applaud everything you stand for. Doing work of meaning is of great importance to me and I have enjoyed a career of working with and for several purpose led organisations.”

Wendy, is the representative for the UK. “I’ve been in the business across the last ten years. Firstly as a Christmas temp, I’ve been a shop manager, a product and brand trainer and now a retailer for the UK and Ireland. Throughout my whole experience my passion for lush has come from the people who work for our brand, it’s what made me want to work here in the first place! I truly think we have the most unique and amazing work force.

I’m interested in being a trustee as my politics and activism both in and out of the company are about equality, inclusivity and diversity. Something I’d always strive to improve and protect. Beyond that I am excited to offer all lushies the chance to be heard, shape our future and keep changing the world.”

Julia hails from Lush Austria and has been part of the Lush family since 2015. “I started as a Christmas Temp and after a few days of work I knew that I would like to work for this company longer After a while I became Supervisor of the busiest shop in Austria and in Summer 2019 I got voted as a Trustee, which means a lot to me! Lush is a beautiful place to work at and I want everyone to feel the same way. Even in difficult times we have to take care of each other. Staying connected is the key to be heard. As a Trustee I want to make sure that every voice is taken seriously.”