Philip Kingsley Names New CEO

Philip Kingsley, the UK hair care brand and trichological clinic, has appointed Joseph Scott Grigsby as its new chief executive officer, The Business of Beauty can exclusively reveal.

A newcomer to the Philip Kingsley brand, Grigsby brings 25 plus years of beauty industry experience to the role, including a seven year stint at hair care brand Virtue, where he was vice president and head of international sales. He joins from Aramore Skincare, where he was strategic projects lead since June 2025, and assumes the role on Nov. 1, succeeding Constantin Moebs, who has led the brand for the past six years. This is Grigsby’s first CEO role.

Trichologist Philip Kingsley, whose clients included Audrey Hepburn and Laurence Olivier, founded his namesake hair care brand in 1958. Kingsley was a pioneer in scalp health education, a beauty category that has gained traction this decade.

“The opportunity to work for a true legacy brand that has such incredible authority in the fastest growing part of the premium hair category was just too good to not pursue,” Grigsby told The Business of Beauty. “Also, combining that with the opportunity to work with the family. This is a unique business.”

Kingsley passed away in 2016, but the company has remained in family hands: Kingsley’s wife Joan and daughters Anabel and Katherine serve as chairman, brand president and board member respectively. In a statement, Anabel Kingsley said that Grigsby’s expertise in marketing, innovation and retail will be “invaluable as we continue to scale globally.”

Global expansion, without sacrificing the brand’s foothold in the UK, is Grigsby’s objective for his tenure: “We are a quintessential British brand. How do we take that insight, that authority, outside of the UK?” The brand currently operates a clinic in Manhattan and is stocked at Dermstore and Nordstrom.

Grigsby is also interested in expanding the brand’s appeal to reach a younger customer. “We need to meet them where they are, quite frankly, and they’re in the social universe,” he said, adding that the brand would like to educate younger consumers in an age-appropriate way.

“We want to give them content that is not scary,” he continued. ”Just because you’re clinical doesn’t mean you have to be cold.”

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