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Burberry Appoints New President

Heppe to oversee North and Latin America

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11 years ago

January 11, 2013

VMSD Staff

Burberry (London) has announced Jan Heppe as president of the Americas, Women’s Wear Daily reports. She will replace Eugina Ulasewicz, who has served for 15 years. Ulasewicz will now become a non-executive director of the Burberry Foundation. Heppe will oversee all sale channels for all products in the Americas, which includes the U.S., Latin America and Canada.

“[Heppe] is an outstanding leader with deep operational expertise, and has played a key role in the successful transformation of the Burberry business in the region over the past decade,” Angela Ahrendts, chief executive officer of Burberry, said.

Heppe joined Burberry as vp of stores for Burberry USA in 2001. Since 2010, she has served as chief operating officer for the Americas, according to WWD.

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