Burberry appoints chief supply chain officer

Burberry has appointed Jerome Le Bleis as its chief supply chain officer.

Le Bleis will join the business on January 1^st, and is currently working in Paris as executive vice president of group operations at Lacoste.  He has previously worked at Carrefour and Nestle in senior positions and has also worked at Michelin and Hewlett Packard.  

At Burberry, Le Bleis will lead the supply chain team from London, and will report directly into the chief executive, Marco Gobbetti.

Gobbetti said: “Jerome has excellent experience leading high performing teams and shares our values making him a great fit culturally. I am looking forward to working with him as we continue to strengthen the Burberry brand and position the business for growth.”