Fashion icon Chanel chooses Indian-born Leena Nair as CEO
By KRUTIKA PATHI and ELAINE KURTENBACH
Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — The luxury fashion house Chanel has chosen Leena Nair, an industry outsider from India and longtime executive at Unilever, to be its new CEO. Nair said in a Twitter post that she was “humbled and honored” to be appointed to the role at the “iconic and admired company.” The news made a huge splash Wednesday in India, Nair’s birthplace, where she received scores of congratulations and compliments, one calling her a “serial glass-ceiling breaker.” While Nair is not a part of the Paris fashion scene, Chanel has a wide range of products in addition to its fashion designs. Nair is due to step into her new role in January.
