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31 Jul

LuisaViaRoma Appoints Recent CEO

LuisaViaRoma Appoints Recent CEO
MILAN — LuisaViaRoma has appointed Tommaso Maria Andorlini its latest chief executive officer because the Italian luxury retailer eyes further development and international growth. He succeeds Alessandra Rossi, who joined the corporate in October 2021, following the closing of the cope with Milan-based private equity firm Style Capital, which acquired a 40 percent stake in the corporate. Before the acquisition the CEO role was held by Andrea Panconesi, whose grandmother Luisa Jaquin opened a small boutique on Florence’s Via Roma in 1929. Panconesi, who following the cope with Style Capital retains a 60 percent stake in the corporate, stays chairman of the board and said Monday that Andorlini’s arrival “represents a strategic opportunity to join together our strengths and create a latest...
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29 May

Pronovias Names Marc Calabia Gibert Latest CEO

Pronovias Names Marc Calabia Gibert Latest CEO
MILAN — Barcelona-based bridalwear group Pronovias has named a latest chief executive officer. Marc Calabia Gibert will officially take the role on Sept. 1, succeeding Amandine Ohayon, who's leaving to pursue other profession opportunities. She joined in 2018. Within the interim period Clement Kwan, currently a consultant for the bridal brand, is taking up the CEO role.  Calabia Gibert will join Pronovias from premium mass market fashion brand Springfield, a part of Tendam group, where he served as general manager. Before that he was chief product and merchandising officer at Desigual and leverages 25 years of experience in the style and retail sector, having worked at Levi’s and L’Oréal-owned The Body Shop.  “Pronovias has a number one position within the bridalwear sector with 101...
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22 May

Audemars Piguet Names Beauty Executive Ilaria Resta as Latest CEO

Audemars Piguet Names Beauty Executive Ilaria Resta as Latest CEO
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...
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30 Apr

Veteran Fashion Executive Moves From Victoria’s Secret to NakedCashmere

Veteran Fashion Executive Moves From Victoria’s Secret to NakedCashmere
Patti Cazzato has come a good distance from being worker No. 8 at Sam & Libby when the shoe company was in its early stages some 30 years ago. But she is tapping into that have and more as the brand new chief executive of NakedCashmere, a Southern California direct-to-consumer women’s and men’s cashmere line launched seven years ago by husband-and-wife team Bruce and Leslie Gifford. Last 12 months, Luxembourg-based buyout fund Legatus I acquired the cashmere brand’s parent company and began scouting for a CEO. Soon, they heard about Cazzato, who most recently was the top of emerging businesses at Victoria’s Secret. In that job, she negotiated the lingerie company’s $18 million strategic investment last 12 months in Frankies Bikinis, a swimwear...
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