The global beauty company Coty Inc. has hired Kristin Blazewicz as chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary, and a member of Coty’s executive Committee. She starts on the job March 15. Blazewicz will be based in Amsterdam and will report to Pierre Laubies, CEO, succeeding Greer McMullen., who has decided to leave the company. In […]
The Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry (FESI) has elected Neil Narriman to be its new president. Narriman is the general counsel for intellectual property at Puma, and was elected to a three-year term. He succeeds Frank A. Dassler, who left Adidas in 2018 to retire. As FESI’s new president, Narriman’s goals include promoting free […]
Footwear retailer Genesco Inc. has hired Scott Becker to be senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective next week. He succeeds Roger Sisson who retired from Genesco earlier this year. Becker comes to Genesco with more than 30 years of legal, financial and administrative experience. Most recently, he’s been an in-house attorney with Nissan […]
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. in New York have hired Deirdre Stanley as executive Vp and general counsel; she’ll start in late October. cStanley will report both to company chairman William Lauder, Executive Chairman, and Fabrizio Freda, the president and CEO. Stanley has quite the resume. Prior to joining ELC, she was GC for The Thomson […]
Sergio Marini (in the photo above) has left Fendi’s legal management to former Philip Morris International senior counsel Gabriella Porcelli and has taken on a new role within the LVMH group. In particular, since May 6, Marini has been in charge of the compliance of the largest luxury group in the world from the Paris […]
Wendy Hufford has seen it all. Well, almost. She may have started as a lawyer in a big New York law firm, but she soon turned to life in-house. Hufford took a job in the in-house legal department incubator at The General Electric Co., which has sent its alumni into legal departments across the globe. […]
Another way of saying “Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy,” or LVMH is ”iconic luxury.” It’s a luxury goods company that spans continents and industries, making and selling everything from Louis Vuitton handbags to Champagne. And not just any wines: The company owns the wineries that make the premium Champagne, Dom Perignon, and Chateau d’Yquem, the luscious […]
Ascena Retail Group Inc. has hired Wendy Hufford as senior VP and general counsel. Hufford joins the company from Boehringer Ingelheim USA, where she was the chief operating officer, legal department and vice president of U.S. litigation. Prior to that, she held executive leadership positions at ITT Corporation and Cardinal Health, as well as in-house roles […]
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the formerly hip clothing chain, has hired Gregory Henchel as senior vice president and general counsel. Henchel (in the photo above, courtesy of Twitter) brings 25 years of broad legal experience to the company, including more than ten years in the retail sector. Henchel’s experience spans general corporate, commercial, securities, regulatory, […]
Joana Roucayrol, group general counsel at S.T. Dupont, tells inhousecommunityus.com how a single lawyer manages a company’s legal needs. “In France we say that being a lawyer is not a job, but a state.” This is how our conversation with Joana Roucayrol, group general counsel at S.T. Dupont, the Paris-based company that designs, manufactures, and markets luxury goods such as pens, […]
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