Appointments
Monique Louis, formerly product director at
Lands’ End UK and Northern Europe, has joined Cornwall-based
apparel cataloguer Celtic Sheepskin as managing director.
Casual apparel cataloguer Lands’ End, has hired Sara
Prowse as managing director for its UK business. Prowse
most recently held the position of brand director at Shop Direct
Group, where she was responsible for the launch and running of
isme.com.
Karen Millen has appointed former Long Tall Sally chief executive
Sian Hession to the new role of global retail
operations director. Her remit includes spearheading a new
strategic initiative to extend the Karen Millen brand globally,
including opening stores in London, New York, Los Angeles and
Moscow as well as developing the brand’s website.
Raj Ramoutar, who previously held the roles of
head of operations at Fortnum & Mason and head of mail order and
web operations at Cath Kidston, has joined pottery firm Emma
Bridgewater as head of logistics and customer service.
Former head of marketing at Secretsales.com Simon
Hall has joined lingerie retailer Agent Provocateur as
head of eCommerce.
Carolyn Massey (above), a designer who set up
her own label and previously worked with Topshop and ASOS, joins
apparel brand Lyle & Scott as head of design for the vintage and
heritage collections. She will head up a team of eight and her
first collection will be launched for autumn 2013.
Jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks promoted operations
director Daniel Brown to chief executive. In a
further restructure, Beaverbrooks promoted third-generation
family member and managing director Mark
Adlestone to chairman, while incumbent chairman
Andrew Brown remains as a director alongside
Adlestone’s father Gerald.
Former TK Maxx managing director Susanne Givern
has joined SuperGroup as chief operating officer. The owner of
the Superdry brand has also named former Fat Face finance
director Shaun Wills as chief financial officer.
Further strengthening its team, Claire Arksey,
most recently retail director at apparel retailer Reiss, joins as
head of retail.
Luxury apparel etailer Net-a-Porter group named former Harper’s
Bazaar UK editor-in-chief Lucy Yeomans as editor
of Net-a-Porter.com.
Corporate clothing supplier Skopes appointed Rob
Wells to the newly created role of divisional head of
wholesale.
Declan Delanty, formerly group finance director
at Grafton Recruitment, has joined Folli Follie Group as chief
financial officer for jewellery retailer Links of London.
Supplier people
Rakuten LinkShare, the affiliate network, promoted Liane
Dietrich from UK managing director to chief operating
officer. Rakuten LinkShare’s chief commercial officer
Mark Haviland takes on the role of UK managing
director.
Derek Wright was promoted to solutions manager
at SSI Schaefer, the supplier of logistics and material flow
systems.
Multichannel digital marketing specialist DC Storm appointed
Anna Sjostrom Walton as
marketing director to lead the company’s marketing and PR
strategy.
Upstream, the marketing technology provider, appointed
Andrew Littlefield as vice president of online
services, responsible for identifying and driving forward new
investment prospects.
Rapid international expansion at delivery systems firm MetaPack
saw the appointment of Shiran Liyanage to
oversee the company’s domestic marketing activity.
eCommerce services provider Netalogue appointed Geoff
Henderson, formerly director of the financial services
sector at IBM, to the role of chairman.
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