Asos appoints two non-executive directors

Asos has announced the appointments of Natasja Laheij and Jose Manuel Martinéz Gutiérrez as independent non-executive directors.

Laheij is currently Google’s senior finance director for Google EMEA, chair of the board of Google Payments Ltd. and audit chair of Vandemoortele.

She has more than 25 years of experience in international commercial and financial management, E-commerce, tech, consumer electronics, telco and retail in B2C and B2B environments.

She previously held roles at Deloitte Australia, Sony Ericsson, Apple and as CFO Amazon Fashion Europe.

Gutiérrez is currently CEO and executive director of Spanish fashion brand Bimba y Lola. He also served for six years as CEO and executive director of Hong Kong listed company Esprit.

He has more than 30 years of experience in the retail and fashion industry initially as a strategy consultant at McKinsey before moving into leadership roles at international fashion businesses.

Jørgen Lindemann, chairman, said: “On behalf of the board, I am delighted to welcome Natasja and Jose Manuel to ASOS whose addition will further broaden and deepen the expertise on the board. Natasja brings a wealth of highly relevant commercial and financial experience gained across several leading tech and growth businesses, including as CFO of Amazon Fashion Europe.

“Jose Manuel joins with extensive fashion and supply chain expertise. The Board will greatly benefit from Natasja and Jose’s insight and oversight, and we look forward to working closely with them.”

He added: “I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Patrick for the important contribution he has made to ASOS, in particular his contribution to ASOS’ move to the Main Market and his support during a period of management and Board transition. We wish him well for the future.”