Prada
Italian luxury brand Prada has announced that, “by mutual agreement,” Chief Executive Officer Gianfranco D’Attis will step down at the end of this month.
Following his departure, Andrea Guerra, CEO of the Prada Group, will assume the role of interim CEO of the Prada brand until a new appointment is made.
Gianfranco D’Attis took on this newly created role on January 2, 2023, overseeing Prada’s global brand strategy. Prior to his appointment, the Prada brand had been jointly led by Miuccia Prada and her husband Patrizio Bertelli.
D’Attis is a graduate of the Graduate School of Business Administration Zurich (GSBA) and Columbia Business School in New York. He spent the majority of his career at Swiss luxury conglomerate Richemont, where he held various management positions for brands such as IWC Schaffhausen, Chloé, and Jaeger-LeCoultre across multiple countries. After Richemont, he joined Christian Dior Couture, the high-fashion division of French luxury brand Dior.
Dior
French luxury brand Dior, under the LVMH Group, has appointed Nina Christen as Footwear Design Director.
Christen previously worked at Loewe, another LVMH brand, where she designed a range of eye-catching footwear, including the Comic Foam and The Balloon Shoes.
Of Chilean-Swiss heritage, Nina Christen graduated from the Institut Français de la Mode. She interned at Balenciaga under Nicolas Ghesquière and later became a footwear designer at Saint Laurent, working alongside noted designers such as Stefano Pilati and Hedi Slimane.
In 2017, she joined Celine under Phoebe Philo, where she worked alongside Daniel Lee. When Lee became Creative Director of Bottega Veneta, Christen followed, designing several hit shoes, including the Puddle boot and Lido sandal from the Fall 2020 collection.
In June 2022, Christen joined Loewe as Footwear Design Director, working closely with Creative Director Jonathan Anderson. She later held the same role at American designer brand The Row. In 2024, Nina Christen launched her eponymous brand, with the first collection of seasonless items set to release in September.
Ralph Lauren Corporation
U.S.-based fashion and luxury group Ralph Lauren Corporation has promoted Angela Ahrendts to Lead Independent Director, effective August.
Angela Ahrendts joined the board of Ralph Lauren Corporation in 2018. Most recently, she served as Chair of the Finance Committee and was a member of the Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee.
Ahrendts previously served as CEO of British luxury brand Burberry for eight years, playing a pivotal role in its revival. She later joined Apple as Senior Vice President of Retail and Online Sales. Before her tenure at Burberry, she was Executive Vice President at Liz Claiborne Inc.
In her new role, Ahrendts will succeed Hubert Joly, who has served the group for 16 years. Joly joined the board in June 2009 and became Lead Independent Director in 2021. He currently serves on the Talent & Compensation and Finance Committees. Joly has played a vital role in the board’s transformation, championing diversity in background, skills, and experience.
｜Source: Official press releases, personal social media accounts
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