Modere Appoints Industry Veteran Katherine Zanotti to Board of Directors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modere (or the “Company”), a global, clean lifestyle, health & wellness brand of household, and beauty & personal care products, today announced the appointment of Katherine (“Kay”) Zanotti to its Board of Directors, marking a decisive strategic step toward future success.

Ms. Zanotti is already serving as a senior consultant to Modere, and her appointment to the Board is a natural next step as she works with the Company to improve product development, go-to-market strategy and customer engagement. She will work alongside Modere’s management team and Chief Executive Officer Asma Ishaq in executing their omni-channel growth initiatives to provide clean health and wellness products to millions of customers globally.

Bringing more than four decades of experience, Ms. Zanotti offers an extensive record of executive and managerial leadership, including more than 40 years dedicated to the health and personal care sector. Her most recent role was as Chief Executive Officer of Arbonne International, where she successfully fortified the company’s financial standing and reputation as a premium international skin care and wellness enterprise. Prior to that, Ms. Zanotti served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at McDonald's Corporation. This followed a 23-year career with Proctor & Gamble, most recently as Vice President and General Manager of the North American pharmaceutical business and the corporate women's health platform. Additionally, she has significant experience serving on public company and higher education boards.

“I look forward to working more closely with the entire Modere team,” Ms. Zanotti said. “Modere’s commitment to providing cleaner, safer, and more effective lifestyle products to their international community aligns with my vision and values for the future of the health and wellness industry. I am thrilled to contribute my knowledge and insights to the Board and management team as the Company continues to deliver on their business goals.”

About Modere

Modere (www.modere.com) is an omnichannel, consumer products company that develops and markets clean health & wellness products through ecommerce and direct-to-consumer channels. The company’s branded, award-winning portfolio of science-backed clean lifestyle products includes beauty and personal care, nutrition and household essentials that are clinically validated, US EPA Safer Choice-approved, EWG Verified™, NSF Certified, gray-water appropriate, and formulated without the use of thousands of controversial chemicals and compounds. This holistic live clean philosophy drives every aspect of the brand, going beyond its ingredient paradigm to encompass business operations, company culture, community activism and environmental advocacy.

Modere is a portfolio company of Z Capital Partners, L.L.C., the private equity arm of Z Capital Group, L.L.C. (“ZCG”) (www.zcg.com), a leading private markets asset manager.

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For almost 30 years, ZCG Principals have invested tens of billions in capital and have industry leading track records in private equity and credit.

ZCG has approximately $7B of AUM in asset management and its investors are some of the largest and most sophisticated global institutional investors including pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds, central banks, and insurance companies.

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