ASOS appoints Natasja Laheij as chair, William Barker as deputy chair

LONDON - Fashion e-commerce retailer ASOS (LON:ASOS) plc announced Thursday that Natasja Laheij will become Chair effective from the company’s FY25 year-end results, while William Barker has been appointed Deputy Chair with immediate effect.

Current Chair Jørgen Lindemann, who has served in the role since August 2022 after joining the board in November 2021, will step down following a handover period at the end of his current term.

Laheij joined ASOS as an Independent (LON:IOG) Non-Executive Director in April 2023 and currently serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director. She brings 30 years of experience in international commercial and financial management across various sectors, including previous roles at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Fashion Europe and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) EMEA.

Barker, who joined the board in September 2023, is the Founder and CEO of Camelot Capital Partners (WA:CPAP) LLC. The newly created Deputy Chair position will support the Chair and Management Committee on strategy, culture, and operational initiatives. Barker will continue to waive his board fees for this appointment.

Following these changes, Jose Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez will succeed Laheij as Senior Independent Director, while a process to appoint a new Audit Committee Chair is underway.

"I would like to extend my deepest thanks to Jørgen, whose support has been invaluable to ASOS throughout his tenure on the Board," said José Antonio Ramos Calamonte, ASOS CEO, in the press release statement.

ASOS, founded in 2000, serves 18 million active customers in over 200 markets with its own brands including ARRANGE, ASOS DESIGN, COLLUSION, Topshop, and Topman, alongside partner brand products.

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