Maike Seib
About Maike Seib
Maike Seib is the Senior Director of R&D at Wella Company and Coty Inc., and has extensive experience in product research and marketing within the beauty industry.
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Maike Seib currently holds the position of Senior Director R&D at Wella Company and Coty Inc. Additionally, she has served as the R&D Section Head for Product Research at Procter & Gamble.
Current Roles at Wella Company and Coty Inc.
Since 2020, Maike Seib has been the Senior Director R&D at Wella Company in Darmstadt. Concurrently, since 2016, she has also served as Senior Director R&D at Coty Inc., also based in Darmstadt. In her role at Wella Company, she oversees digital innovation initiatives, develops new salon business strategies, and engages with an external network of hairdressers to enhance product development and innovation.
Procter & Gamble Experience
Maike Seib worked at Procter & Gamble as R&D Section Head for Product Research in Schwalbach from 2014. Additionally, she held the same position in Darmstadt between 2008 and 2014, and 2005 to 2007. Her tenure at Procter & Gamble involved significant contributions to product research and development.
Previous Roles at Wella AG
Maike began her career at Wella AG as a Junior Product Manager from 1998 to 2000. She then progressed to Product Manager (2001-2003), Senior Product Manager (2003-2004), and Marketing Manager (2004-2005). These roles, all in Darmstadt, focused on extending her expertise in marketing and product management in the beauty industry.
Educational Background
Maike Seib has a diverse educational background. She earned a degree of Diplomkauffrau in Betriebswirtschaftslehre from Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, where she studied from 1992 to 1998. She also studied Betriebswirtschaftslehre at Università degli Studi di Urbino 'Carlo Bo' between 1994 and 1995. Prior to these, she completed her Bankkauffrau at Deutsche Bank AG Hamburg from 1990 to 1992, and achieved her Abitur at Alstergymnasium Henstedt-Ulzburg from 1981 to 1990.