PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:
Kering (Paris:KER) announces the appointment of Grégory Boutté as Chief Client and Digital Officer, effective today. He will report directly to Jean-François Palus, Managing director of Kering, and will be a member of the Group’s Executive Committee.
His responsabilities as Kering’s Chief Client and Digital Officer will be to lead the Group’s digital transformation and to drive the development of e-commerce, CRM and data management.
About Gregory Boutte
Grégory Boutté, 45, began his
career in fast-moving consumer goods, working in brand managerment at
Procter & Gamble in Paris before moving to the tech sector, joining the
French online auction start-up iBazar in 2000, which was acquired by
eBay in 2001. He then became General Manager of eBay France, which
quickly became one of the most popular e-commerce platforms in France.
He went on to manage eBay Europe (excl. UK and Germany) in 2007 before
moving to eBay Motors and Electronics divisions in San Jose, California
in 2010. In 2013, Grégory Boutté joined Sidecar, the first
short-distance, peer-to-peer ride-sharing platform which was bought by
General Motors in 2016. In 2015, Gregory joined Udemy, a start-up which
provides 15 million students the opportunity to take online courses.
Grégory
Boutté is a graduate of ESCP Europe.
About Kering
A global Luxury group, Kering
develops an ensemble of luxury houses in fashion, leather goods, jewelry
and watches: Gucci, Bottega Veneta, Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen,
Balenciaga, Brioni, Christopher Kane, McQ, Stella McCartney, Tomas
Maier, Boucheron, Dodo, Girard-Perregaux, Pomellato, Qeelin and Ulysse
Nardin. Kering is also developing the Sport & Lifestyle brands Puma,
Volcom and Cobra. By ‘empowering imagination’, Kering encourages its
brands to reach their potential, in the most sustainable manner.
The
Group generated revenue of €12.385 billion in 2016 and had more than
40,000 employees at year end. The Kering share is listed on Euronext
Paris (FR 0000121485, KER.PA, KER.FP).
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