Born and raised in Romania, Angela Cretu was appointed as CEO of Avon, one of the world's leading direct selling beauty companies, in January 2020. Angela is responsible for the Avon business outside of Latin America and for the oversight of the Avon brand globally and has spent over 20 years in leadership roles at Avon across Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa and Middle East, South Africa and the US. She is passionate about connecting and enabling people to create meaningful value, under Avon’s strong purpose of transforming women’s lives through beauty. 

Angela graduated from The Academy of Economic Studies, Economic Cybernetics, Statistics and Informatics in Bucharest. She also completed an executive education programme at the London Business School. In 2021 Angela was recognised as a Leader for Change in the Women's Empowerment category by INNOCOS and commended by Management Today as CEO of the Year. She also won the CEO of the Year award at the 2021 SABER EMEA Awards, recognising superior achievements in brand, engagement and reputation. Angela also won Management Today's Champions of Change award.