Management

A seasoned retail executive with decades of diverse and valuable experience, Satish Malhotra joined The Container Store on February 1, 2021 as Chief Executive Officer and President.

For the previous 21 years, Satish held various leadership roles at prestige beauty retailer Sephora Americas, most recently as Chief Retail Officer and Chief Operating Officer.  In this role, Satish was responsible for leading Sephora’s retail growth by expanding its in-store services and experiences, developing digitally enabled solutions and by growing its off-mall store locations.

Prior to that role, Satish served as Chief Operating Officer and was responsible for Technology, Supply Chain, Store Development, Legal, Strategy and Partnerships, including the Sephora inside JCPenney (SiJCP) business which now operates in over 600 stores. He also spent several years overseeing Sephora’s expansion into Canada and Latin America.

Before joining Sephora, Satish was a Transaction Services Senior Associate at PwC. He is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive).

Throughout his career, Satish has excelled at developing and growing new sales channels, solving complex “back of the house” problems with innovative solutions, and attracting and developing high performing talent. Among his many career highlights: transforming Sephora’s IT department to a Center of Excellence within parent company LVMH, launching all of Sephora’s digital commerce properties (including website, mobile, social and CRM), strengthening Sephora’s supply chain to enable 98% of online orders to be received by consumers within two business days, developing an off-mall store concept which dramatically improved Sephora’s accessibility to its consumers, and led the efforts in creating Sephora’s purpose of “inspiring fearlessness”.

In 2020, he was presented with the Innovation Leadership Award from the World Retail Forum.

A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Business with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Satish has also completed the LVMH Inspiring Entrepreneurs Senior Executive Leadership Program.

Malhotra currently resides in Flower Mound, Texas, with his wife, two children and their Coton du Tulear. An avid Peloton rider, he clocked well over 11,000 minutes in 2020.

Melissa Collins has been with The Container Store for 22 years and has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since July 2016. Ms. Collins serves as the Company’s primary marketing strategist, and oversees such key functional areas as brand positioning, advertising, public relations, digital marketing, visual merchandising, e-commerce, social media and “POP! Perfectly Organized Perks”, our customer engagement and loyalty program. Previously, from August 2008 to July 2016, Ms. Collins served as Vice President of Creative and Online. Prior to that, she served in a variety of roles with increasing responsibility, beginning as Art Director and progressing to Senior Director of Creative and Online Services.

Dhriti Saha is The Container Store’s Chief Operating Officer overseeing technology, information security, product management, retail operations and logistics. He joined The Container Store as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer in May 2021, bringing more than 27 years of expertise in P&L, leading and managing multi-billion dollar ecommerce transformation & growth, digital marketing, subscription business, omnichannel customer experience, technology and global operations.

Prior to joining The Container Store, Dhriti served as the Chief Digital Officer at GameStop from February 2021 to April 2021 and led e-commerce business, digital marketing & customer experience, online assortment expansion, digital and omnichannel technology & product management. Prior to GameStop, Dhriti served as Global Chief Customer and Digital Officer at Bodybuilding.com from December 2018 to February 2020 and as Senior Vice President of Digital for JCPenny from April 2014 to December 2018. Throughout Dhriti’s extensive career, he has also served in a variety of leadership roles driving technology and omnichannel business transformation at other chain retailers such as Target and Kohls.

Dhriti received his MBA from Johns Hopkins University and completed his bachelors degree in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering in Jalandhar, India.

With more than three decades of experience in the luxury retail industry, John Marazio joined The Container Store in 2020 to lead its wide-ranging human resources function. He brings to the position vast knowledge of and expertise in recruitment, performance management, associate relations, talent development, succession planning, and employee engagement.

John has spent the majority of his career with the Neiman Marcus Group, most recently as Vice President, Human Resources for Neiman Marcus, Last Call and Bergdorf Goodman. In that role, he advised senior leaders on human resource matters and led a team of HR directors and managers. Among the many highlights of his work were the design and successful implementation of an omni-merchant reorganization, and the development of the first NMG Internship Program.

Previously, John served as Vice President, Human Resources for Bergdorf Goodman and in a number of other HR management roles for Neiman Marcus Group at the state and local level. Early in his career, he worked at Saks Fifth Avenue and Pace University. He is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management.

John is a graduate of the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Communication Arts; and of the College of New Rochelle, earning a Master of Science degree in Counseling and Career Development.