High end fashion label Mulberry has announced that Chris Roberts will replace Chairman Godfrey Davis who will soon step down from the group.
Roberts will assume the post at the end of September to lead abusiness whose revenues rose 23 per cent year on year to reach £152.4 million.
He was appointed to the board of Mulberry in June this year as non-executive director and is currently managing director of Como Holdings, the luxury hotel group owned by Malaysian husband and wife team and billionaire industry titans OngBengSeng and ChristinaOng, who also own Chalice a 56.2 per cent shareholder in Mulberry.
Mulberry said Davis would remain associated with the firm as life president in a non-board role to continue to allow the group to “benefit from his extensive experience”.
The Mulberry board said it intends to appoint an additional independent non-executive director and name a senior independent director in the near future.
