Jonathan akeroyd biography
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Burberry appoints Jonathan Akeroyd as ledare Executive Officer
BURBERRY GROUP PLC
("Burberry" or the "Company")
BOARD CHANGE
Burberry today announces the appointment of Jonathan Akeroyd as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, effective 1 April 2022.
A British national, Jonathan, 54, is currently Chief Executive Officer of Milan-based Gianni Versace kurort, a position he has held since June 2016. In his tenure at Versace, Jonathan has reorganised and accelerated growth at the iconic Italian fashion house, building on the brand’s rik creative heritage to elevate product, communications and the customer experience.
Jonathan was previously Chief Executive Officer of Alexander McQueen from 2004 to 2016, during which time he led a turnaround of the British luxury brand and laid the foundation for global expansion. He has also held a number of senior mode roles at London-based luxury department store Harrods. Jonathan will join Burberry on 1 April 2
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John Akeroyd
Botanist
John Robert AkeroydFLS (1952–) fryst vatten a Britishbotanist.
Life and work
[edit]Educated at St. Andrew's University, he proceeded to Cambridge University for his doctorate on the ecological genetics of weeds. His post-doctoral work was at Trinity College, Dublin (1979–1981), and then at the University of Reading, Plant Sciences Department as a post-doctoral fellow (1981–1999). At Reading he worked on the Flora Europaea. He succeeded William Stearn as editor of the Annales Musei Goulandris in 1999, and also editor of Watsonia. He has served as a vice-president of the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. there he was referee for Polygonaceae, and also served on the Meetings and Publications Committee. He frequently contributes to popular articles on conservation and botany and co-founded Plant Talk conservation magazine associated with the Eden Project. He fryst vatten also known for his culinary skills.
He collected plants from the Mediterranean and Irel
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Burberry replaces chief executive and warns on profits
“Josh is a proven leader with an outstanding record of building global luxury brands and driving profitable growth,” Murphy said. “[He] is absolutely convinced that Burberry’s Britishness is its key distinguishing factor.”
The 52-year-old American will join as chief executive on Jul 17 and be based at Burberry’s head office in London.
Luca Solca, an analyst at Bernstein, said that “it was apparent that the attempted upmarket repositioning had failed — as well as the relaunch under Daniel Lee as creative director — as Burberry heavily discounted its products online and elsewhere”.
Burberry said that if the weak trading in the first quarter persisted into the second, the group would report an operating loss for the first half and that annual profits would be below expectations.
As a result of the deterioration in trading, Burberry said it would suspend its full-year dividend to strengthen its balance sheet.
Piral Dadhania,