Board Appointment

RNS Number : 1995J

Mulberry Group PLC

10 June 2014

 

MULBERRY GROUP PLC

Board Appointment

Mulberry Group plc ("Mulberry" or the "Company"), the English luxury brand, is pleased to announce that Thierry Andretta has joined the Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director with immediate effect.

Thierry Andretta, 57, is currently Chief Executive Officer of Italian luxury jewellery brand Buccellati.  Prior to joining Buccellati in July 2013, Thierry was most recently Chief Executive Officer of the French couture house, Lanvin.  Before Lanvin, Thierry held various senior executive positions at Moschino, Fashion Box, Replay USA, Belfe, the Gucci Group, LVMH Fashion Group, Céline and Emanuel Ungaro.

Godfrey Davis, Executive Chairman said: "I would like to welcome Thierry to the Board and we look forward to working with him as we continue to build Mulberry into a global luxury brand.  Thierry brings with him a wealth of luxury brand experience and I am confident that he will make a valuable contribution to the Company."

A list of Mr Andretta's directorships over the past 5 years is contained below.  There is no other information that is required to be disclosed under paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM rules for Companies.

Enquiries:

Bell Pottinger
Dan de Belder	0207 861 3232
Mulberry Investor Relations
Allegra Perry	020 7605 6795
Altium
Ben Thorne / Katherine Hobbs	0207 484 4040
Barclays
Marcus Jackson / Nicola Tennent	0203 623 2323

Thierry Andretta's current and recent directorships:

Company	Date of appointment	Date of resignation
Buccellati Holding Italia SPA	2013	Current
Buccellati Watches SA	2013	Current
Mario Buccellati Italia SRL	2013	Current
Buccellati France	2013	Current
Buccellati London Limited	2013	Current
Clementi Fabbrica Argenteria SRL	2013	Current
Tessiloro SRL	2013	Current
Acne Studios Holding AB	2012	Current
SCI Thyap	2007	Current
Lanvin SA	2009	2013
Fashoff UK Limited	2007	2009

 

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