L Brands' has set up a board of directors for its standalone publicly traded company Victoria’s Secret after its business was separated from Bath & Body Works earlier this year. The board comprise seven directors, six of whom will be independent women directors including the Donna James, Managing Director, Lardon & Associates LLC, who will chair of the board.

The other members of the board are: Irene Chang Britt, Senior Vice President, Global Baking And Snacking, Campbell Soup Company; Sarah Davis, Former President, Loblaw Companies; Jacqueline Hernández, Former Chief Marketing Officer, Hispanic Enterprises and Content, NBC Universal; Lauren Peters, Former Chief Financial Officer, Foot Locker, Inc; Anne Sheehan, Former Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee; and Martin Waters, CEO, Victoria’s Secret.

L Brands has also launched two partnerships designed to positively impact the lives of women around the world: These include the VS Collective and the VS Global Women’s Cancer Fund. While, The VS Collective, a new partnership platform, will bring together a group of trailblazers; The VS Global Women’s Cancer Fund is an initiative to fund innovative research projects aimed at progressing treatments and cures for women’s cancers and investing in the next generation of female scientists.