Rag & Bone hires Lydia Forstmann as new Chief Commercial Officer

By

Obi Anyanwu

Published
May 9, 2016

Rag & Bone on Monday announced the appointment of Lydia Forstmann to Chief Commercial Officer, a new position in the company. In this new role, Forstmann will lead the company’s wholesale, retail, merchandising and business development, and she will report directly to Rag & Bone CEOs David Neville and Marcus Wainwright.

 
Forstmann heads to Rag & Bone from Tory Burch, where she held numerous executive positions for eight years. She joined the company as VP Sales Asia Pacific in May 2008, and throughout her time with company she served as VP International and Licensing, SVP International and Licensing, EVP International and Licensing and most recently as EVP Americas Wholesale & Global Travel Retail.

In addition to Tory Burch, Forstmann served as International Director of Sales, Asia at Coach and Head of Business Planning at Swarovski.