Europe’s designer outlet group, McArthurGlen announced on Wednesday that its long-serving CEO, Julia Calabrese, will assume the new role of Vice Chairman, with Susie McCabe and Joan Jove succeeding her as co-CEOs.
The appointments take immediate effect and all three executives will report to McArthurGlen Group Chairman, J. W. (Joey) Kaempfer.
Kaempfer said: ‘After serving as our trusted and much-loved CEO for the past 18 years, Julia Calabrese has expressed her wish to step back from her full-time executive duties. I would like to thank Julia for her long service and dedication to our company over many successful years, and I am delighted that we will continue to benefit from her wise counsel as she takes on her new role.’
McCabe is currently McArthurGlen’s deputy CEO, a position she has held for the past two years following an extensive career in retail with major fashion brands. She spent four years at Under Armour as senior vice president of Global Retail. Prior to that she spent 16 years at Ralph Lauren Corporation holding a number of senior roles in both its full price and outlet businesses.
Jove, who is currently the group’s managing director, Southern Europe and Canada, has worked for McArthurGlen for 12 years on both the real estate development and operational sides of the business. He led the development of the company’s two new centres in Vancouver and Malaga and, for the past five years, he has overseen the operations of eight centres in Italy, Spain, Greece and Canada.
