No.1 | Fashion house Chanel makes new Global CPO appointment

Elisabetta Caldera has been named as new Global Chief People and Organization Officer for luxury fashion house Chanel, succeeding Claire Isnard who is retiring.

Isnard retires after more than 17 years at the group, which had a workforce of around 38,400 employees last year. Caldera will join Chanel’s leadership team, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Leena Nair, and be based in London.

Caldera spent more than four years as Global Chief Human Resources officer at Aegon, where she was also part of the insurer’s executive committee. The Italian executive previously spent 17 years at Vodafone in various HR roles until 2021 when she joined Aegon.

Under CEO Nair, the former Head of HR at Unilever, Chanel has been rebuilding the roster of top managers at the company as older employees retire.