Glimpses
Andrea Guerra
Joins Coach Board
of Directors
Coach, Inc., a leading New York
design house of modern luxury
accessories and lifestyle collections,
today announced that Andrea Guerra
has been appointed to Coach’s Board
of Directors. The appointment of
Mr. Guerra to the Board brings
the membership to nine.
Board of Directors of one of the
most respected brands in the world.
I look forward to supporting Coach
and its strategies to transform into
a leading luxury lifestyle brand.”
Victor Luis, Chief Executive
Officer of Coach, Inc., said, “We
are extremely pleased that Andrea
Guerra has agreed to join our Board.
As Coach continues its transformation into a modern luxury lifestyle
brand, Andrea’s extensive exposure
to a wide variety of best-in-class
brands and his broad retail and
international experience will prove
valuable to our team.”
Andrea Guerra served as Chief
Executive Officer of Luxottica
Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX; NYSE:
LUX) from 2004 to 2014. Formerly,
Mr. Guerra spent 10 years at Merloni
Elettrodomestici, where he was
appointed Chief Executive Officer
in 2000. In December 2014 he
was appointed the Senior Strategic
Advisor for Business, Finance and
Industry to Italian Prime Minister
Matteo Renzi. Mr. Guerra is a member of the Steering Committee of
Fondo Strategico Italiano S.p.A. and
serveson the Board of Directors of
both Amplifon S.p.A. and Ariston
Thermo S.p.A.
Upon his appointment, Mr. Guerra
said, “I am excited to be joining the
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