Lacoste looks within for new deputy chief executive
French sports brand Lacoste has named Catherine Spindler (pictured) deputy chief executive, effective this month.
A graduate of EDHEC Business School, Ms Spindler was previously the company’s chief brand officer, prior to first joining as executive vice-president of branding and marketing in 2019. Although she has been based in France for much of her career, the executive also spent almost four years in Shanghai, where she was responsible for marketing French beauty, skincare and perfume brand Yves Rocher in China.
“Catherine Spindler’s appointment comes after three years spent at the service of the brand, which have enabled us to breathe new life into the collections, increase its desirability and global influence and raise our corporate social responsibility requirements and commitments even higher,” commented Lacoste chief executive, Thierry Guibert. “I am happy to be able to count on Catherine at my side to continue Lacoste’s development and support its ambition to become the most inspiring brand in fashion-sport.”
Posting to professional networking platform LinkedIn, Ms Spindler extended “the warmest thank you” to the firm for her promotion, adding that she knew she could count on colleagues’ support as Lacoste navigates “new global challenges” and continues to pursue “sustainable growth with meaning”.
Image: Lacoste.
