Ilaria Tag

PARIS — Audemars Piguet has appointed a veteran beauty executive its latest chief executive officer. Ilaria Resta will probably be joining the Swiss watchmaker from Swiss fragrance and flavors supplier DSM-Firmenich, succeeding longtime CEO François-Henry Bennahmias, who said last yr that he planned to depart the corporate by the top of 2023 after almost 30 years. Resta is about to affix Audemars Piguet in August and can officially tackle the role of CEO on Jan. 1, following a transition period, the watchmaker said in a press release Monday. Bennahmias will remain on board until the top of the yr to make sure a “seamless and orderly” handover, it added. The corporate said Resta, a Swiss-Italian national who lives near Geneva, was recruited after...