- Kim Winser
Kim Winser OBE is a
businesswoman born in1959 inHelensburgh ,Scotland and educated at Purbrook Grammar School,Hampshire ,England .She joined
Marks & Spencer (M&S) in1977 as a management trainee and during her time there was an executive in menswear buying and divisional director in the marketing area of M&S.Under Alan McWalter she helped set up the first marketing group for the company and held senior positions within Ladieswear and M&S's loss making Canadian business.She became
Pringle of Scotland 'schief executive officer following its takeover by Hong Kong-based S.C. Fang & Sons Company in2000 . She launched a retail division with shops inBond Street andSloane Street ,London and elsewhere internationally and employed Bill Christie as her first head of retail.Winser was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the British
Aquascutum company in April2006 .Kim Winser is listed number three of the
Wall Street Journal Europe’s most successful business women; she is one ofBusiness Week ’s "most innovative businesswomen in Britain"; andFortune Magazine andManagement Today have both called her "one of the most powerful women in business".She works withThe Princes Trust and CHAS (the only children’s hospice in Scotland) alongsideEwan McGregor . Winser was awarded a Doctorate byHeriot-Watt University in2003 and anOBE for services to the fashion industry in the2006 New Year’s honours list.ee also
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