Ex-New Look CEO Anders Kristiansen to take charge at Esprit

The board of directors of Esprit Holdings Limited has announced that Anders Kristiansen has been appointed to succeed Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer effective 1 June 2018. The company also said that Dr Raymond Or Ching Fai will be re-designated from independent non-executive chairman of the board and independent non-executive director to Executive Chairman and Executive Director of the company effective April 1, 2018.