Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Ma Activitycurated sourcedetected 2026-04-28 · confidence 90%

Henkel: Ma Activity

Henkel acquired Not Your Mother's haircare brand, buying out parent company DeMert Brands from private equity firm Main Post Partners

Source: Consumer Goods Technology

The leadership read

Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in technology.

Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 113.7 (Hot), up 13.7 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow steady (+0.6pts).

Henkel: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Technology median of 1 across 194 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 2 tracked across 33 days.

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