French sportswear brand Lacoste has appointed Philippe Gautier as Executive Vice President of Finance. He takes over the role from Denis Lamoureux, who started in 2017. Gautier has more than 30 years of experience in finance, mostly at fashion and luxury groups. Most recently, he served as Group Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at beauty and wellness website Waldencast. Prior to that, among other leading roles, he served as group CFO at Selecta, Group Chief Financial and Operations Officer at SMCP, CFO at Sergio Rossi and COO/CFO at Puma North America, where he also oversaw the acquisition of Cobra Golf.
Lacoste is part of MF Brands Group, which also owns Tecnifibre, Aigle, The Kooples and Gant.
