Episode 16 | Michelle Feeney: Stop Asking People 'What Job They Want To Do When They Grow Up'

About this episode

Michelle Feeney shares her journey from corporate success in the beauty industry to launching her own sustainable beauty brand.

Warwick Campaign Ambassador Michelle Feeney left the UK in her 20s and flew to New York with no job offer and just £600 in her pocket. From there, she climbed the career ladder across some of biggest beauty brands in the world (Estée Lauder, MAC Cosmetics and St Tropez to name just a few), managing multi-million pound budgets and big teams. Then, at the age of 53, Michelle stepped away from the corporate world to start her own sustainable beauty brand from scratch, which became Floral Street...

People in this episode

Guest: Michelle Feeney

Topics covered

• career development
• sustainable beauty
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• beauty brands
• career ladder
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Floral Street

Places: UK, New York

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