Ferragamo main shareholder appoints former Estee Lauder CEO Freda as strategic advisor

Salvatore Ferragamo

20/04/2026 08:05

MILAN, April 20 (Reuters) - Ferragamo's SFER.MI controlling shareholder said on Monday it had appointed former Estee Lauder EL.N chief executive Fabrizio Freda as special strategic advisor, who would also help the luxury group pick its new CEO.

"We are pleased to begin this collaboration with Fabrizio Freda.. whose experience will represent an important contribution to our medium to long-term strategic reflections and to strengthening the entrepreneurial role of our family," Diego di San Giuliano, chairman of Ferragamo Finanziaria, the holding company of the Ferragamo family, said in a statement.

 (Reporting by Elisa Anzolin, editing by Giulia Segreti)

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