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British fashion brand Burberry appoints Alessandra Cozzani to board

24 Jul '23

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Alessandra Cozzani. Pic: Prada Group

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Alessandra Cozzani has been appointed as the non-executive director of Burberry Group, effective from September 1, 2023.
She currently serves as an executive director at Esselunga SpA and previously held the position of group chief financial officer at Prada SpA.
Cozzani brings extensive luxury industry experience to the board, according to Burberry's chair.

Burberry Group has announced that Alessandra Cozzani has been appointed to the board as a non-executive director and member of the audit and nomination committees, with effect from September 1, 2023.

Cozzani is currently an executive director of Italian grocer Esselunga SpA. Prior to joining Esselunga, she was the group chief financial officer of the Italian luxury company Prada SpA (listed in Hong Kong) from February 2016 to September 2022, having been appointed to the board of Prada in December 2013 and joining the company in 2000. She started her career as an auditor at Coopers & Lybrand.

"Cozzani is a highly experienced chief financial officer with deep luxury expertise. We are delighted that she has accepted our invitation to join the Burberry board,” Gerry Murphy, chair, said.

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