New York fashion company Altuzarra is reshuffling its leadership team. Spanish manager Marta Lastra will be the new CEO with immediate effect. In this role, she succeeds founder Joseph Altuzarra, who remains creative director and wants to concentrate fully on this role in the future.
Before her promotion, Lastra had been president of the fashion house since September 2024. With her appointment as the new CEO, the company returns to the leadership structure it had in place until December of that year. At that time, Shira Sue Carmi, who had held the position of CEO for five years, said goodbye.
Founder Joseph Altuzarra is once again concentrating fully on his role as creative director
Founder Joseph Altuzarra then took on the position of CEO in addition to his role as creative director. He is now handing over these additional tasks to Lastra.
Altuzarra explained the personnel decision to the trade magazine Women’s wear Daily (WWD). “Marta is an exceptional leader and partner. Her deep business understanding, strategic vision and operational expertise are invaluable to the company,” he explained. “I look forward to focusing more on the brand’s creative vision and working closely with Marta as she leads the company into its next chapter.”
From management assistant at Tommy Hilfiger in Madrid to CEO of Altuzarra in New York
Marta Lastra is a telecommunications engineering graduate and has an MBA from ISEM Fashion Business School. She has been working in the fashion industry since 2009. She moved from the consulting firm Accenture in Madrid to the US clothing company Tommy Hilfiger and became a management assistant in Spain. This was followed by a short stint at the Spanish brand Loewe in Madrid, from where she eventually moved to the USA.
In 2010, she started at Ralph Lauren as senior manager for product development and accessories production. She worked for the group for just over three years before moving to The Row, the fashion brand founded in 2006 by sisters Ashley and Mary-Kate Olson. There she took on the position of senior director for the production of handbags and shoes.
She stayed with the brand from September 2014 to January 2020. She eventually moved to Altuzarra as vice president of studio operations. She was then promoted to Chief Operating Officer and then President before taking on the position of CEO.
In her new role, Lastra will be responsible for the brand’s overall global strategy and operations and will lead the company in its new phase of growth and expansion, according to the fashion house.
“I am honored to take on the role of CEO at such a pivotal time for the brand,” said Lastra. “Altuzarra has built a strong foundation based on creativity, craftsmanship and a loyal, global clientele. I look forward to working with Joseph to grow the business, strengthen our market position and promote long-term, sustainable growth.”
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