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Following the exit of Wolfgang Blau, Condé Nast president of International and chief operating officer, the publisher promoted the managing director of Condé Nast Spain to oversee European operations (UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain), reporting directly to chief executive Roger Lynch.
Gamero del Castillo has worked at Condé Nast Spain since 2001 and oversaw its digital expansion as digital managing director until 2012, when she was promoted to senior vice president. She became the region’s top business leader in 2019.
“As the managing director for Spain, she has been instrumental in our digital transformation, creating one of the strongest businesses for us in any market,” said Lynch in a statement.
Fast Company has named The Business of Fashion one of the ‘world’s most innovative companies’ for a second time for demonstrating ‘how a media brand can leverage AI to add reader value rather than erode trust with AI-written news articles.’
The ByteDance-owned app has big ambitions to be an e-commerce player in league with Amazon with influence in fashion on par with Instagram. Now it’s facing new threats — both from outside and within.
The production will take place on June 23rd on Place Vendôme and feature fashion content overseen by Carine Roitfeld, Ibrahim Kamara and fashion historian Alexandre Samson.
Condé Nast said it is searching for a successor to take over after Zhang, whose appointment never became less divisive.