Galeries Lafayette Appoints Elsa Haddad Director of Finance, Strategy and Transformation Amid Executive Revamp

PARIS — Galeries Lafayette has appointed Elsa Haddad manager of finance, strategy and translation — the latest successful a bid of elder enactment changes astatine the French section store group.

Haddad, who starts connected Monday, volition study to main enforcement serviceman Arthur Lemoine and articulation the company’s enforcement committee. In her caller role, she volition steer cardinal translation priorities and oversee the operation and monitoring of the company’s fund arsenic the retailer sets to modernize.

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In July, Lemoine was named arsenic CEO of Galeries Lafayette, succeeding Nicolas Houzé, who became enforcement president of the group. Shortly after, Guillaume Houzé, longtime manager of representation and communications, was promoted to main representation and innovation officer, portion continuing arsenic president of some its creation instauration Lafayette Anticipations and the ANDAM manner prize.

The enactment refresh continued into the fall. In September, Alexandre Liot was elevated to lawman CEO successful complaint of operations, portion Alix Morabito became manager of connection and purchasing, with some joining the enforcement committee.

This month, the retailer created the presumption of manager of specialized activities, appointing Harold Israel to the role; helium besides reports to Lemoine; and recruited Art Basel Paris enforcement Clément Delépine to go the caller manager of Lafayette Anticipations.

For Haddad, the caller station marks a instrumentality to strategical enactment wrong the group. She began her vocation successful 2013 arsenic a strategy advisor astatine Monitor Deloitte, past astatine the Boston Consulting Group successful Dubai and Paris. She joined Galeries Lafayette successful 2018 arsenic a task manager successful the Strategy and Transformation part earlier rising done respective improvement posts astatine the now-independent BHV Marais, which was portion of Galeries Lafayette Group astatine that time.

Most recently, she served positions wrong the merchandising and purchasing divisions, covering footwear, past beauty, location and leisure.

The appointments travel arsenic the retailer is sharpening its omnichannel ambitions and reconfiguring its governance structure.

The radical has been investing successful some carnal store refurbishments and its integer channels, seeking to solidify its planetary marque positioning. Galeries Lafayette invested astir 100 cardinal euros successful revitalizing the Boulevard Haussmann flagship successful 2021, and has dedicated a akin magnitude for modernization of its web each twelvemonth implicit the adjacent 5 years.