The announcement of Chanel’s new chief executive this week marks a departure for the French luxury brand, one that is being praised as a landmark for diversity within the industry.
Leena Nair makes moves from being the global head of human resources at the Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever, where she had worked for 30 years, to taking the reins at the 112-year-old fashion house founded by Coco Chanel.
When Nair joins Chanel at the start of January she will replace Alain Wertheimer who will become global chair of the French fashion house.
Nair and Wertheimer “will further ensure Chanel’s long-term success as a private company”, the brand said. Nair said she was “humbled and honoured” to be appointed chief executive of the “iconic and
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