Katie McGlade, President International, Thérapie Clinic and Philip McGlade, CEO, Thérapie Clinic
Originally founded by Philip and Katie’s father Paul McGlade in 2000, the Thérapie Clinic Group is currently the sixth-largest aesthetics clinic group in the world, and the largest single customer for Botox, globally. The group, which includes Thérapie Beauty, Thérapie Fertility and Optilase, boasts 120 outlets across Ireland, the UK and the USA, with their second US clinic just opened in November 2024 in Manhattan. They employ over 1,500 people with 300 doctors in the organisation.
“Currently we have 28 sites in London, and 50 across the UK,” opens Philip McGlade. “Thérapie is the biggest aesthetic chain in the UK, as an Irish store we are particularly proud of that. Our plan, over the next three years, is to have 65 clinics in the UK.
“Ever since I got involved in Thérapie, I wanted to internationalise the business. Ireland’s a great country, but with a population of only five million people, there’s only so far you can go. 65 million people live in the UK, and it’s only an hour’s flight away, so it was an obvious plan for us to take the Thérapie brand to the UK. And now we’re expanding in The States, with 300 million people, we are very excited.”
“America is like 30 countries in one country,” adds Katie McGalde. “We knew we wanted to penetrate the New York/ Manhattan market first, which we’re doing – with our second Manhattan store just open. Then we plan to move around the east coast with Boston next. We’ll focus on the East Coast initially, and then work our way inwards.”
“Mary Kiely from Eversheds Sutherland handles everything for Thérapie,” continues Philip. “Mary was instrumental in the negotiations when we raised 30 million (of bank debt) two years ago, she managed all the legals for us. We have over 100 commercial leases, which we simply couldn’t take on without the professional support and advice from Mary and Eversheds Sutherland. It’s such a relief to us; when we know these aspects of the business are in the right hands, we can focus on what we do best.”
“We also would not be where we are today without our people,” adds Katie McGlade. “There are two types of people in our business – our customers, and the people who work with us who live and breathe the values and the culture that we believe in. The Thérapie Clinic group simply would not exist without them; we are so grateful and proud of our team.”
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