---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916789-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HELE"
cik: "0000916789"
company_name: "HELEN OF TROY LTD"
filed_at: "2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T15:04:44.380751+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Helen of Troy CEO Julien Mininberg to retire Feb 2024; COO Noel Geoffroy appointed successor

## Summary
- Julien Mininberg to retire as CEO on Feb 29, 2024, after 10 years as CEO and 34 years in industry.
- Noel Geoffroy, current COO, unanimously appointed by Board to become CEO effective March 1, 2024.
- Geoffroy's employment agreement includes $1M base salary, 125% target bonus, and $3.8M equity award target.
- Geoffroy joined Helen of Troy in May 2022 as COO; previously at Sanofi and Kellogg.
- Mininberg's tenure saw net sales more than double to over $2B and adjusted EPS more than triple.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916789-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HELE
- cik: 0000916789
- company_name: HELEN OF TROY LTD
- filed_at: 2023-04-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000014/0000916789-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000014/hele-20230425.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-23-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-23-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916789-23-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Julien R. Mininberg retired as Chief Executive Officer at HELEN OF TROY LTD.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On April 25, 2023, Julien R. Mininberg, Chief Executive Officer of Helen of Troy Limited (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on February 29, 2024
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000014/0000916789-23-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Noel Geoffroy was appointed as Chief Executive Officer at HELEN OF TROY LTD.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: the Company announced the appointment of Noel Geoffroy, the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, to serve as the Company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective as of the date of Mr. Mininberg’s retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916789/000091678923000014/0000916789-23-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.