RICHMOND HILL, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 26, 2026--
PROLLENIUM® Medical Technologies, a privately held medical aesthetics company, has appointed Erick Brenner as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Brenner succeeds Walter Geiger, who has served as Interim CEO since April 2025, and will return to his role as Operating Partner at ARCHIMED, PROLLENIUM®’s majority shareholder.
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Brenner most recently served as President of Galderma U.S., where he oversaw a $1.8 billion portfolio across injectable aesthetics, dermatologic skincare, and therapeutic dermatology. He brings more than 25 years of experience spanning pharmaceuticals, medical aesthetics, and consumer skincare, including senior leadership roles tied to major product launches, portfolio integrations, and Galderma’s recent initial public offering.
During Geiger’s tenure as Interim CEO, PROLLENIUM® advanced its science-led product strategy, strengthened its operational platform, and continued to scale its vertically integrated manufacturing capabilities in North America. Geiger joined the company during a transition period and is credited with helping position the business for its next phase of growth.
“PROLLENIUM® has benefited from strong operational leadership over the past year, and we are grateful to Walter for his stewardship during a critical period,” said Justin Bateman, Chair of the Board of Advisors. “Erick brings deep industry experience and a proven ability to scale global aesthetics platforms, which aligns well with the company’s long-term growth ambitions.”
Brenner said PROLLENIUM®’s differentiated operating model and focus on science-driven innovation were key factors in his decision to join the company.
“PROLLENIUM® has built a compelling platform by combining research and development, manufacturing, and commercial execution under one roof,” Brenner said. “I look forward to working with the team to continue expanding the company’s global presence while maintaining a strong focus on quality, safety, and clinical performance.”
For more information on PROLLENIUM®, please visit www.prollenium.com.
About PROLLENIUM®
Founded in 2002, PROLLENIUM® is a science-first innovator in facial aesthetics and regenerative skin technologies. PROLLENIUM® is one of the select few manufacturers to have received FDA approval for its state-of-the-art facilities and combines advanced research and development, high-quality manufacturing, and deep expertise in medical aesthetics. Aesthetic professionals trust PROLLENIUM® brands in over 70 countries worldwide.
CEO of Prollenium Erick Brenner
LONDON (AP) — Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, an anti-immigration Conservative lawmaker, on Monday became the latest politician from the party to defect to hard-right rival party Reform UK.
Braverman, who was fired from her job as interior minister in 2023 after repeatedly diverging from government policy, said she had quit the Conservatives after 30 years and would represent her southern England constituency in Parliament as a Reform lawmaker.
“We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender,” Braverman said. “Or we can fix our country, reclaim our power, rediscover our strength. I believe that a better Britain is possible.”
Braverman is the latest high-profile Conservative to embrace Reform leader Nigel Farage's message that Britain is broken and overrun by migrants. Her move on the heels of Robert Jenrick's recent defection gives Farage's party eight of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.
The Conservatives have 116 seats and remain the official opposition to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour government.
Although Reform has a tiny number of seats in Parliament, it leads the governing Labour Party and the Conservatives in opinion polls ahead of important local elections in May, including for the parliaments in Scotland and Wales.
Braverman was sacked by then-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in November 2023 after she called migration a “hurricane” heading for Britain, said homelessness was a “lifestyle choice” and accused police of being too lenient with pro-Palestinian protesters that she called “hate marchers.”
Critics blamed her rhetoric for inflaming tensions when far-right protesters scuffled with police and tried to confront a pro-Palestinian march by hundreds of thousands in London.
The 45-year-old lawyer who has criticized liberal social values and what she has called the “tofu-eating wokerati," said she had declined to enter the contest for leadership of the once-dominant center-right Conservative Party after it was trounced by the center-left Labour Party in the July 2024 election.
The Conservative Party said in a statement that Braverman couldn’t muster the support to run for party leadership two years ago, and noted that Farage originally said he didn’t want her in his party. “It was always a matter of when, not if, Suella would defect," the party statement said.
Labour Party chairwoman Anna Turley said Braverman was partly responsible for botching the U.K.'s breakup with the European Union and that the move showed Farage lacked judgment for embracing the worst Conservatives.
“Nigel Farage is stuffing his party full of the failed Tories responsible for the chaos and decline that held Britain back for 14 years," Turley said.
Braverman had urged the party after the 2024 election loss to reach out to welcome Farage into Conservative ranks. Writing in the Daily Telegraph at the time, she said Conservative colleagues were unwilling to listen to her, and branded her “mad, bad and dangerous.”
Now Farage has welcomed her into Reform's growing party.
Farage, who said Braverman was “utterly useless” as home secretary in stopping migrants from crossing the English Channel in small boats, said she is now willing to admit her party got it wrong.
“I think she’s reached the view that actually the center-right of British politics needs to unify around Reform," Farage said.
Robert Jenrick speaking at a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, London, where it was announced the former Conservative MP has joined Reform UK, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
Robert Jenrick with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, London, where it was announced the former Conservative MP has joined Reform UK, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and former home secretary Suella Braverman speaking during a Reform UK press conference in London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026, after announcing Braverman has defected to the party. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
Former British home secretary Suella Braverman speaks during a Reform UK press conference in Westminster, central London, Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
