The Talent Studios Places CEO at GIBBON North America
June 2, 2026 – The Talent Studios has placed Luke Droulez as the new CEO of GIBBON North America. The search was led by Katlyn Maloney and Jeremy Cohen.
Mr. Droulez is an executive leader with a proven track record of scaling consumer brands from early stage to nine figures. He was an early executive leader and chief marketing officer of native digital home goods brand, Parachute Home. Mr. Droulez went on to serve as co-CEO of digital wellness brand Ladder and recently led the digital portfolio of the brands at consumer products platform, Exemplis.
“I’m happy to share that I’ve started as CEO at GIBBON North America,” Mr. Droulez said in a LinkedIn post. “Excited to return to the health and wellness space and look forward to scaling the brand globally alongside the team at PT Motion Works. Thank you to Katlyn Maloney and Jeremy Cohen for their help throughout the process, and to Bryan Pate for bringing me on board.”
Founded in Germany in 2007 by Robert Kaeding, GIBBON established the modern slacklining category before transforming it with the 2021 launch of the SlackBoard, a portable, indoor-friendly balance training platform spanning home fitness, youth development, athletic training, and physical therapy. GIBBON North America was founded in 2022 and has scaled to serve customers across Major League Baseball, National Hockey League, NFL and NBA teams.
The Talent Studios is a business-to-consumer focused retained executive search firm, working across consumer technology, digital commerce, four-wall commerce & service businesses, iconic brands, entertainment, media & content and consumer services. Its vertical focus includes: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, fitness/wellness, creator economy, media & content, digital and physical consumer services (healthcare, FinTech, education, two-sided marketplaces). The Talent Studios was founded by Mr. Cohen and Kelli Telling.
Investor partners and direct brand clients include: Apollo Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Apollo Global Management, Institutional Venture Partners, HIG Growth, Norwest Equity Partners, North Castle Partners, Red Bull, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, Restoration Hardware, The Princeton Review, Pure Barre, Raising Cane’s, Boardriders, Aston Martin, Fanatics, Soylent, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus.com, Restoration Hardware, Restore Hyper Wellness, Peet’s Coffee and Public Goods.
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Mr. Cohen co-founded The Talent Studios in 2011 following early search experience at global executive search firm DHR Global, where he served as a principal in the firm’s retail/consumer and private equity practices. He has led pivotal leadership searches that have propelled privately held clients through growth to exit, as well as large-scale transformation and performance enhancement at large public companies and brands. In addition to search, Mr. Cohen assists clients with performance management and assessment strategy.
Ms. Maloney is a senior associate. She most recently was on the internal executive search team at Amazon, focused on its entertainment, content & media business. Ms. Maloney began her search career at DHR Global, where she worked closely with the president on leadership searches across retail/consumer, sports, & private equity. She supports the firm’s partners across consumer products, beauty, marketplaces, digital health, content/media & edutech.
Beach House Group Search
The Talent Studios also recently recruited Fadi Sayegh as president at Beach House Group, the parent company of BÉIS luggage & PATTERN Beauty. Mr. Sayegh is a seasoned finance and operations executive who recently served as the CFO of MaryRuth’s Organics, where he helped to build the accounting and finance function from the ground up as revenue doubled and EBITDA tripled. He is also a former CFO of Alchemee (formerly The Proactiv Company).
As president, Mr. Sayegh will serve as the primary operating leader of Beach House Group, assuming full accountability for day-to-day execution, business performance, and financial leadership across the platform.
Beach House Group is a Los Angeles-based brand incubator and B2C product platform, backed by Monogram Capital Partners. Founded in 2018 by Shaun Neff and PJ Brice (Allegro) Beach House Group operates at the intersection of brand incubation, brand acceleration, influencer partnerships, and retail.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
