Lacoste Appoints Philippe Gautier as EVP World Finance

PARIS — Lacoste has appointed Philippe Gautier as government vice chairman world finance, the French sports clothing corporate stated Monday.

The manager will report back to the corporate’s government officer Thierry Guibert and succeeds Denis Lamoureux, who have been within the place since 2017 and is exiting the gang.

Guibert, who additionally serves because the CEO of Lacoste’s mother or father MF Manufacturers Workforce, highlighted Gautier’s “in-depth knowledge of the fashion and lifestyle sectors, his significant international experience and his strong skills in implementing major projects, particularly in supply chain and IT.”

A graduate of elite French industry college HEC, Gautier was once maximum not too long ago finance and operations officer for Waldencast, the mother or father corporate of Milk Make-up and Obagi Skin care.

Previous to this, the manager was once crew monetary officer of meals tech conglomerate Selecta for 2 years and served for 5 years as crew monetary and operations officer of attire crew SMCP, the place he performed a big position within the internationalization of the gang’s manufacturers, in particular in China and the U.S.; oversaw the purchase of menswear label De Fursac, and controlled the preliminary nation providing of the gang on Euronext Paris.

Gautier additionally spent greater than a decade at numerous positions within the Kering crew, which he joined in 2003 as logo CFO and crew treasurer of on-line model and residential furnishing distributor Redcats. He then served as COO and CFO of Puma for 5 years and was once finally CFO of Sergio Rossi till 2015.

Lacoste, which celebrated its ninetieth per annum closing life, is back on the runway at Paris Fashion Week with the formal debut of ingenious director Pelagia Kolotouros at 4 p.m. on March 5.