Dougherty will report to Karen Buglisi, president of M.A.C cosmetics and Marianne Diorio, senior vice president of global brand communications and corporate image, the Estée Lauder companies.
"Catherine's contributions to the success of M·A·C have been enormous,” said Buglisi. “I am thrilled she will be leading the Communications team.”
Dougherty has been the vice president of global communications international at M·A·C cosmetics for the past two years overseeing the communications activity for Europe, Middle East, Africa, India, Asia/Pacific and Latin America.