Givenchy Has a New CEO
- MILES SOCHA
- 2 days ago
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Amandine Ohayon was most recently chief executive officer at Stella McCartney. She succeeds Alessandro Valenti, who is moving over to Dior.
Amandine Ohayon has been named CEO of Givenchy MIGUEL DE SAGARRA/Courtesy of LVMH
Givenchy has tapped fashion and beauty veteran Amandine Ohayon as its new chief executive officer, effective Friday, triggering a management rejiggering at sister brand Dior.
Most recently CEO at Stella McCartney when Givenchy parent LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton still held a minority stake in the London fashion house, Ohayon succeeds Alessandro Valenti, who is moving over to Christian Dior Couture as deputy managing director in charge of commercial activities, effective Monday.
Ohayon reports to Pietro Beccari, who on Jan. 1 became chairman and CEO of the LVMH Fashion Group in addition to his role as chairman and CEO of Louis Vuitton. LVMH Fashion Group also comprises Fendi, Celine, Loewe, Kenzo, Marc Jacobs, Pucci and Patou.
“With her unique ability to collaborate with the most creative talents, coupled with her inclusive leadership and retail expertise, I am convinced Amandine will play a pivotal role in further accelerating the new growth chapter of Givenchy,” Beccari said in a statement released after the close of trading on the Paris Bourse.
Sidney Toledano, who recently wrapped an eventful tenure at the helm of LVMH Fashion Group, said Valenti “demonstrated exceptional determination and efficiency in managing Givenchy’s transitional phase.”
A longtime Louis Vuitton executive, Valenti took the management helm of Givenchy in July 2024, a few months before the French fashion house recruited British designer Sarah Burton as its new creative director.
According to Toledano, “the company is now optimally positioned to leverage its reshaped organization, thereby facilitating future growth. I am very pleased to see Amandine join Givenchy and continue the development of this ambitious project, alongside Sarah Burton.”
Valenti reports to Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou, deputy CEO of Christian Dior Couture, and will join the fashion house’s executive committee.
“I am confident that Alessandro will make a significant contribution to our retail and digital performance, thanks to his vision, his experience within the group, and his ability to engage teams in addressing business challenges, at this particularly exciting and ambitious time for Christian Dior Couture,” Angeloglou commented.
Valenti succeeds Nicolas Baretzki, who was CEO of Montblanc before joining Dior in April 2024 in the newly created role. When he was hired, Dior said Baretzki would be responsible for retail performance, the Dior Academy, wholesale and hospitality, and retail development in addition to co-management of digital and omnichannel, plus client development.
In a separate statement, Dior noted that Baretzki “decided to dedicate himself to new projects starting in April.”
His next move could not immediately be learned.
Alessandro Valenti Courtesy of LVMH
Ohayon spent much of her career in the beauty industry, working with brands including YSL Beauty and Armani Beauty.
She is a graduate of France’s ESSEC business school, and holds an MBA in luxury. Her most senior job in beauty was as managing director of the L’Oréal Luxe division for the U.K. and Ireland.
She left L’Oréal in 2018 to join Pronovias as CEO. There she worked on industry partnerships such a 10-year license agreement with Vera Wang, and managed the sale of Pronovias to Bain Capital.
Ohayon exited Stella McCartney in the wake of the designer’s separation from LVMH — the designer bought back the minority stake held by the French luxury group — and was succeeded by Tom Mendenhall, formerly brand president of Polo and Double RL at Ralph Lauren, as reported.
To be sure, Givenchy has endured its share of management turbulence, with Valenti’s predecessor Renaud de Lesquen spending about four years in the role alongside creative director Matthew M. Williams, and its international director Matteo Sgarbossa poached by Balmain and named its new CEO in April 2024.
Management ranks at Christian Dior Couture have also been shifting in recent years under chairman and CEO Delphine Arnault. Angeloglou was named deputy CEO in March 2025, further fortifying ranks following the Baretzki hire; the promotion of Olivier Bialobos to deputy managing director in charge of global communication and image, and the September 2024 addition of former Miu Miu CEO Benedetta Petruzzo as managing director.
It is understood Petruzzo quietly exited Dior late last year and will reveal her next move soon.
Before joining Dior, Angeloglou was managing director of LVMH Fashion Group, and was additionally CEO of Fendi for a short period.
A longtime L’Oréal executive, Angeloglou joined Louis Vuitton in 2019 as strategic missions director for fashion and leather goods and later named executive vice president. (He had worked under Arnault at Vuitton, until a big management shuffle in early 2023 had her moved to the helm of Dior.)
Wednesday’s changes underscore how LVMH prefers to groom and promote executives from within.
Before joining Givenchy, Valenti was president of Europe, Middle East and Africa at Vuitton. He had joined the leather goods giant in 2014, initially as managing director of France and Monaco, after nearly three years as senior vice president of retail at Polo Ralph Lauren.
Prior to that, he held senior retail and operations positions at Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace. A business administration graduate from Bocconi University in Milan, Valenti started his career as a financial controller at IT company Bull and retailer Carrefour in Italy.
Before joining Dior, Baretzki spent his entire career at Swiss luxury group Compagnie Financière Richemont, parent of brands including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Chloé and Dunhill.
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