The parent company of Gucci, Balenciaga and more luxury brands has welcomed EmmaWatson to sit on its board of directors.
Emma Watson photographed by Michael Thompson for W Magazine.
In recent years, the fashion industry has come under increased scrutiny when it comes to sustainability and diversity, two issues that the luxury conglomerate Kering may have sought to address with the three new board appointments announced today. The company that owns Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen, among other brands, welcomed the actress Emma Watson and the executives Jean Liu and Tidjane Thiam to sit on its board of directors.
Thiam, who is Black and was born in Ivory Coast, and Liu, who is Chinese, are the only people of color on the board, which is otherwise entirely white and European. Watson, who has been outspoken about the need for increased sustainability in fashion both as the face of the Good On You rating app has been appointed Chair of the Sustainability Committee.
Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault emphasized the value of this increased diversity in an official statement. “Their respective knowledge and competences, and the multiplicity of their backgrounds and perspectives will be invaluable additions to Kering’s Board of Directors,” he wrote. “The collective intelligence that comes from diverse points of view and the richness of different experiences are crucial to the future of our organization.
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