The Canadian outwear label Moose Knuckles has appointed Ellen Kinney as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As the industry medium FashionNetwork reported on Tuesday, Kinney takes over the position with immediate effect. Fashionunited asked Moose Knuckles to comment.
In her new role, Kinney is responsible for brand activities, product development and international expansion in North America, Europe and Asia.
Kinney comes from the fashion brand ALC, in which she most recently worked as a President and CEO. Previously, she held management positions at Kendall + Kylie and as EPP and Chief Merchant at Derek Lam International.
In an explanation to the media company, Victor Luis, Chairman of Moose Knuckles, said Kinney’s “ability to combine creativity with commercial strategy, makes them ideal CEO to lead Moose Knuckles through this continued growth phase”.
Jean-Marc Prunet, partner at the private equity company Cathay Capital, who acquired a participation in Moose Knuckles in 2019, said: “Ellen combines extraordinary creative talent with a sharp understanding of today’s consumers: Inside, which enables it to make the brand even more desirable and culturally relevant.
“Your proven ability to enlarge premium fashion houses and at the same time maintain your DNA makes you the ideal leadership in order to speed up our geographical and consumer: interior expansion.”
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