SUDDEN EXIT — Tanja Ruhnke has unexpectedly left Valentino after becoming a member of the couture home on April 7 as chief communication officer. Sources attribute this choice to private causes.
She reported to chief advertising and marketing officer Yigit Turhan, who joined the corporate in 2018.
Ruhnke was beforehand chief advertising and marketing officer of Maison Margiela.
This was a return to Valentino for Ruhnke, as earlier than becoming a member of Margiela in 2020, she was vice chairman of communication and advertising and marketing North America for the model.
She dropped at Valentino her experience within the luxurious trade developed over time as vice chairman of world branding and communications at Alexander Wang, and earlier than that, as a vice chairman of public relations at KCD in Paris.
Ruhnke has additionally labored in-house at Helmut Lang and manufacturing company North6 in New York, and offered communication consulting companies for the likes of Gucci, Bottega Veneta and Birkenstock.
Valentino is led by chief govt officer Jacopo Venturini. Alessandro Michele was named artistic director in March final yr.
In July 2023, Kering purchased a 30 p.c stake in Valentino from Mayhoola for 1.7 billion euros and has an possibility to purchase the enterprise outright by 2028. Kering and Mayhoola are anticipated to discover additional methods they’ll work work collectively, together with the potential for investments past vogue.
