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Burberry Group Plc appointed former Bottega Veneta creative head Daniel Lee to succeed chief designer Riccardo Tisci, who is leaving the British fashion brand after five years.
Tisci’s departure completes a changing of the guard atop the luxury retailer and comes less than a week after Chief Financial Officer Julie Brown announced she was leaving to join drugmaker GSK Plc in a similar role. Lee will join as chief creative officer at the start of October, the company said on Wednesday. He will present his debut runway collection at London Fashion Week in February.
and report to Versace veteran Jonathan Akeroyd, who became Burberry’s chief executive officer in March.
Burberry shares rose as much as 4.5% early Wednesday in London.