Movers and shakers–October


Movers and shakers–October

Appointments

Preowned luxury-fashion website Vestiaire Collective has made
former ShopStyle Europe vice president and managing director
Shannon Edwards managing director of its UK
business.

Didier Drouet, previously chief executive at
LVMH-owned Emilio Pucci, joined women’s apparel retailer LK
Bennett as chief executive officer. He succeeds Robert
Bensoussan, who will continue in his role as executive
chairman.

Luxury online retailer Net-a-Porter has named Lisa
Bridgett, Ralph Lauren’s senior director of eCommerce
and digital marketing for Europe, as its new director of sales
and marketing.

Wendy Becker, a former chief marketing officer
at Vodafone, has joined preppy fashion retailer Jack Wills and
its sister brand Aubin & Wills as chief operating officer.

Following the appointment of
John Dixon as executive director of general merchandise,
Marks & Spencer has made further changes to its management team.
Stephanie Chen, House of Fraser’s executive
director for womenswear, fashion accessories and lingerie joins
as director of kidswear and home; Scott Fyfe
moves from trading director of womenswear merchandising and
planning to take up the post of director of menswear;
Karl Doyle, currently trading director of
kidswear, steps down in March to pursue opportunities outside the
company; Damian Guha, currently trading director
of home, will continue to run the home department until March
2013 when he moves to a new role at M&S.

Furniture retailer Dwell appointed Peter McKenna
as its first multichannel director. McKenna previously held a
senior commerce role at TV-shopping specialist Sit-up Channels,
and prior to that was trading director at womenswear
cataloguer/retailer Artigiano.

Supplier people

Payment processor SecureTrading has appointed Justin
Fraser as sales and marketing director for Europe. His
remit includes spearheading the company’s expansion.

Performance marketing firm 7thingsmedia appointed
Samantha Hart, formerly of Easyjet, as search
and business director. It also hired Reena Rai,
previously online marketing manager at Phase Eight, as its new
client services director.

Christian Howes has joined eCommerce consultancy
Sceneric as customer success director. His remit covers project
management of existing contracts as well as identifying
additional ways that Sceneric can help clients get the most from
their eCommerce websites.

Response and fulfilment company Granby Marketing Services has
made a triple hire appointing Steve Green as
financial director; Denise Wilcox as head of
business development and Craig Parsons as IT
director.

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