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A Guide to Fashion’s New C-Suite

The executive ranks at big brands increasingly include once-unknown job titles, reflecting an industry-wide shift in focus to improve its record in areas such as diversity, sustainability and logistics.
From climate change to heightened  focus on racial and gender equality, a confluence of factors are frantically reshaping fashion’s C-suite.
From climate change to heightened focus on racial and gender equality, a confluence of factors are frantically reshaping fashion’s C-suite. (Getty Images)

When Deloitte appointed its first “well-being officer” in 2019, fascination with the unconventional title was so intense that publications from

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How to Be a Post-Pandemic CEO

Top fashion executives are sharpening the skills they will need most to strengthen morale and boost business after a year of crises.

How to Hire a Chief Diversity Officer

With equity and inclusion at the forefront of national conversation and public policy, the fashion industry is scrambling to hire diversity leaders. But in their haste to address years of falling short, companies must be careful not to do more harm than good.

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Sheena Butler-Young
Sheena Butler-Young

Sheena Butler-Young is Senior Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers workplace, talent and issues surrounding diversity and inclusion.

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