Willy Bogner GmbH (BOGNER) wins two top talents from the fashion industry for its own ranks and ensures strong leadership in the areas of marketing and commercial. Kristof Risse was recently appointed Chief Commercial Officer. Jasmin-Isabelle Köhne will take over as Chief Marketing Officer on 1 January 2024. BOGNER is thus creating the best conditions for continuing its growth trajectory and further strengthen its brands strategically.
Gerrit Schneider, CEO of BOGNER: „We are delighted to have attracted Jasmin-Isabelle Köhne and Kristof Risse to BOGNER, two highly experienced leaders with a strong track record in the industry. They will be instrumental in driving our growth internationally across multiple channels and consumer touch points, building on the strong positioning of our brands and making BOGNER even more powerful.”
Kristof Risse brings many years of experience with international fashion companies such as PVH, Hugo Boss and Superdry. Most recently, he was Global Commercial Director at Superdry, responsible for international channel and brand development. Among other things, he built up international partners, entities, strategic account management and comprehensive omni-channel structures. He is an expert optimizing retail and outlet networks and has a broad international wholesale & franchise network in Europe, the USA and Asia.
Jasmin-Isabelle Köhne is an experienced brand and marketing strategy expert. She spent many years working for international brand and fashion companies such as EssilorLuxottica, s.Oliver and Marc O’Polo. Most recently, as Director Marketing & Communications, she was responsible for s.Oliver’s global marketing and communications activities, where she was instrumental in driving the company’s new brand direction and gained extensive experience in 360° cross-channel marketing.