The BoF 500

The retail innovator has grown Comme des Garçons into global multi-brand fashion business with revenues of over $320 million.

She was promoted by her father Galen Weston to provide strategic and creative counsel across the department store group.

The discerning VP of Russia’s biggest luxury goods group TsUM (Mercury) was responsible for introducing high-end brands to her native country.

The cutting-edge retailer reinvented luxury merchandising and precise editing, drawing four million hits a month to the website.

After bolstering Lane Crawford’s menswear offering and mainland expansion, Keith joined Selfridges to manage its retail stores and online marketplaces.

The Harvey Nichols veteran and former commercial director of Galeries Lafayette is commercially minded and pragmatic about the demands of her roles.

The former chief executive of luxury distribution group ImagineX was pivotal in introducing brands like Marc Jacobs, Gucci and Prada to the Chinese market.

The former fashion editor and art enthusiast launched noted boutique 10 Corso Como, which has now expanded to Seoul, Shanghai and Beijing.

They brought a pared-back European aesthetic to affluent Mumbai shoppers with their multi-brand home and fashion lifestyle stores.

The Singaporean hotelier and businesswoman has been hailed ‘Queen of Bond Street’ and has a controlling stake in Mulberry.

With her father, the gallerist opened a boutique stocking up-and-comers like Peter Pilotto that has quickly become an uptown favourite.

The Saudi royal and former editor-in-chief of Vogue Arabia owns two exclusive luxury boutiques.