LEADING by EXAMPLE WWD’S 2017 Women Leaders in Business
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PRESENTED BY: LEADING BY EXAMPLE WWD’s 2017 Women Leaders in Business etail’s transformation is peaking at an unusual time. Amid a tumultuous socio-political climate, WWD recognizes 20 women leaders in retail, finance, real estate and technology who are leveraging various skill sets – from empathy and risk taking to change management and data science – to help their brands and companies succeed. These business leaders are true innovators and original thinkers who inspire other women because they have faith in themselves and, most of all, because they lead by example. “All too often women fall into the trap of not believing in themselves,” said Karen Larrimer, executive vice president, head Rof retail banking, at PNC Financial Services. “They feel that they would have to compromise their life too much, or that they are somehow inadequate and don’t have the required skills to meet the expectations. This can be even more challenging in industries like financial services, which tend to be dominated by men in senior leadership roles. I completely believe in myself, and because of that, I truly believe I can do anything that I set my mind to,” Larrimer said. Anton joined Taubman in 1988 as the director of advertising, serving as Denise A. Anton vice president, Whitney Casey Janet Comenos Executive Vice President, and then Founder and CEO CEO Center Operations, FINERY.COM SPOTTED INC. TAUBMAN as senior vice hitney Casey is the founder and anet Comenos is the chief executive enise Anton oversees operations chief executive officer of FIN- officer and co-founder of Spotted for Taubman retail properties, president WERY.com, a start-up in the fash- JInc., a leading celebrity data com- Dwhere she leads the functions of ion/technology space. She currently works pany which helps brands to make smart center and central operations, market- of center with a stellar team of self-proclaimed and authentic celebrity decisions. ing, sponsorship, tenant coordination “brainiacs” in New York City, who make Spotted turns photos of celebrities and information technology. She is a technology that is revolutionizing the way seen wearing or using a company’s brand member of the company’s Operating operations, shoppers interact with their wardrobes. into “eye-catching digital billboards that Committee. Anton joined Taubman in FINERY.com offers shoppers “The are targeted to consumer social feeds,” 1988 as the director of advertising, before taking Wardrobe Operating System”, which the company said. serving as vice president, and then as “powers functions like organizing, styling Spotted says it has “amplified the senior vice president of center opera- up her present and shopping” for an entire wardrobe. phenomenon of celebrity photography, tions, before taking up her present FINERY’s patent-pending technology packaging it in a way that allows position in 2015. “instantly finds and uploads” all of the you to quickly and easily activate Prior to joining Taubman, Anton was position in purchases a user has made – “past, pres- true celebrity moments through executive vice president of Anton’s Men’s ent and future” – and thereby creates a targeted advertising.” Apparel, before Hartmarx purchased the 2015. fully-automated solution for styling and Spotted represents over 8,000 company in 1988. organization, as well as access. celebrities, and this “allows for Anton is a trustee of the Cranbrook School Year Abroad in Barcelona. She During Casey’s tenured career in the a fast pre-approved contract process Educational Community and serves as also completed a teaching internship in media, she has worked as an anchor and that provides celebrity permission a member of the board of governors for Santa Ana, El Salvador. correspondent for CNN, ABC News and and payment for celebrity usage the Cranbrook Art Academy and Muse- Taubman Centers Inc. is engaged in CBS in New York. She’s earned two rights, as well as photographers’ um. She is also a member of the board the ownership, management and/or leas- Emmys as a talk show host and authored licensing rights.” of directors for the Detroit Institute ing of 27 regional, super-regional and a bestselling book. Casey has also worked Prior to founding Spotted Inc., of Arts. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of outlet shopping centers in the U.S. and directly with former president Bill Clinton Comenos worked as senior vice presi- Kalamazoo College, she studied abroad Asia. Taubman’s U.S.-owned properties as a media specialist for the Clinton Glob- dent of sales for technology company at Université de Clermont-Ferrand in are the most productive in the publicly al Initiative. She joined the tech world Promoboxx, and was named one of th France, La Universidad de Salamanca held U.S. regional mall industry. The after working for Match.com for five years top "20 Women in Technology" by in Spain and Phillips Exeter Academy’s company was founded in 1950. as the company’s spokesperson. Accomplice Ventures. PRESENTED BY: eight years at Morgan Stanley and, prior Engel is creator and chief analyst for to that, four years in Salomon Brothers’ the DynamicAction Retail Index, a multi- retail group. Clyde has worked in in- year study of more than $4 billion in con- vestment banking for 25 years, and has sumer transactions. It offers consumer covered clients globally in the retail and insights and retail guidance on metrics consumer sectors. ranging from profit protection and inven- Selected initial public offering tory optimization to customer experience transactions have included J. Jill, Aritzia, and promotional expectations. At Home, Planet Fitness, Restoration Engel works directly with journalists, Hardware, Bloomin’ Brands, Ollie’s Bar- analysts, VC firms and commerce ex- gain Outlet, Tilly’s, Teavana, Skylark, ecutives to provide insights on evolving Arezzo, and Lululemon Athletica. consumer behavior, the shifting eco- Selected merger and acquisition nomics of omni-channel retail, technol- transactions have included the sale of ogy implications, and the specific ways Jimmy Choo to Michael Kors, the sale of in which customer-centric retail brands Leslie’s Poolmart to L Catterton, the sale are thriving in the Amazon era. of Yankee Candle to Jarden, the sale of Engel’s commentaries have been Converse to Nike, Michael Kors’ acqui- featured in top-tier publications which Lisa Clyde Sarah Engel sition of Michael Kors Far East Hold- include WWD, The Wall Street Jour- ings, 7-Eleven’s acquisition of Sunoco’s nal, Washington Post, CNBC, the Asso- Head of Americas Retail Retail Assets, Nike’s acquisitions of Hur- CMO ciated Press, and many other news and Investment Banking, ley and Umbro, and TJX’s acquisition of DYNAMICACTION analyst organizations. Sierra Trading Post, among others. Prior to joining DynamicAction, Managing Director, Clyde worked on the financing for arah Engel is the chief marketing Engel helped some of the world’s most BANK OF AMERICA Coach’s acquisition of Kate Spade. officer of retail analytics company notable consumer and B2B brands with MERRILL LYNCH Clyde has also completed debt financing SDynamicAction, recognized by the strategic marketing and business lead- transactions for Walmart, TJX, J. Crew, National Retail Federation as the 2017 ership, M&A guidance, public relations isa Clyde has been in her current Nike, Avon, Estee Lauder, Quiksilver Digital Commerce Start-up of the Year. and customer acquisition strategies. position since July 2013. She was and Perry Ellis, among others. Engel is a key member of the executive Notable brands included Travelocity, L previously the head of the Retail In 2017, Clyde was named by the team for the venture-backed software iProspect (Dentsu Aegis), Chevrolet, Investment Banking Group. National Retail Federation as one of the company, and has responsibility for ClearSaleing (eBay), Match.com, men’s Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in “top 25 people shaping retail’s future.” marketing strategy, brand and content lifestyle brand 2(X)IST and digital 2005, Clyde was a managing director in In 2007, she was named by Dealmaker marketing, digital, social, lead genera- agency PMG, among others. Engel also Morgan Stanley’s Consumer and Retail magazine as one of the top “40 under tion and communications, and the com- founded Elegant Disruption, a strategic Investment Banking Group. Clyde spent 40” dealmakers on Wall Street. pany’s human resources and culture. consulting firm. ice+Olivia By Stacey Bendet, Buccellati, Cartier, Caruso, Bruno Magli, Christian Louboutin, Fendi, Ferragamo Fogal, Giorgio Armani, Ivanka Trump, Jimmy Choo, Manolo Blahnik, Oro Gold, Paul Gonzalez’s Morelli, Peter Millar/Richemont Group, Versace, Saint Laurent, as well as global mass merchandisers Who.A.U. and Zara. clients Consolo recently took on some of the largest retail portfolios in upcoming New include major York neighborhoods like Harlem. Her leases have added value to the properties, brands such while having a positive impact on the lives of residents in the neighborhood. as COTY/ The deals included community-based organizations, including the Children’s Aid Society, the Ralph Lauren Center Marc Jacobs, for Cancer Care and Prevention, Friends Faith Hope Consolo of the Children, the U.S. Department of Melissa Gonzalez Carbon38, Veterans Affairs, the Internal Revenue Chairman, Service, Food Banks For New York, and Founder and CEO Leesa, Raden, The Retail Group the AIDS Service Center NYC. THE LION’ESQUE GROUP M.Gemi, Puma DOUGLAS ELLIMAN elissa Gonzalez is a former aith Hope Consolo is renowned Wall Street executive and and Penguin in the industry for her expertise M founder of The Lion’esque F as a consultant and retail broker Group, which is a firm of pop-up shop who has been instrumental in revitalizing Consolo experts who have produced over 100 Random and sculpting retail corridors across the retail experiences in New York City, nation – and beyond. As chairman of has been Los Angeles and the Hamptons.