{"id":159491,"date":"2017-11-14T14:08:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T14:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/karen-millen-ceo-awarded-honorary-doctorate\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:48:03","slug":"karen-millen-ceo-awarded-honorary-doctorate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/karen-millen-ceo-awarded-honorary-doctorate\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Millen CEO awarded honorary doctorate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Millen CEO Beth Butterwick has been awarded <strong>an honorary doctorate from the University of Huddersfield<\/strong> in recognition of her services to retail and business.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Butterwick, who has been CEO of Karen Millen since August of last year, is <strong>credited with reviving the fortunes of Huddersfield fashion firm Bonmarch\u00e9<\/strong> where she was previously CEO. Her degree was conferred upon her in a graduation ceremony at which Dr Tracy Cassidy, reader in fashion and textiles, delivered an oration on Butterwick's career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeth has had <strong>a tremendous impact on the fashion business throughout her career,<\/strong> which has included senior corporate positions with some of the world\u2019s highest-profile fashion retailers\" Dr Cassidy said.<\/p>\n<p>After <strong>starting her career with Marks &amp; Spencer,<\/strong> Butterwick then went on to occupy key roles with Gap and Amsterdam-based MS Mode.\u00a0In 2011, she returned to the UK to take up the role of brand director at Bonmarch\u00e9, but eight weeks later the business was put into administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, Beth, now as CEO, led the successful sale of the business to Sun Europe LLP private equity and over the next five years at Bonmarch\u00e9, <strong>she led the company through a massive turnaround<\/strong>, returning the business to profitability, rationalising its operations and finally successfully steering a stock market flotation in November 2013,\u201d added Dr Cassidy.<\/p>\n<p>After her honorary doctorate was conferred by University of Huddersfield Vice-Chancellor Professor Bob Cryan, Butterwick told the audience of graduates and their families that she felt <strong>\u201chonoured, privileged and humbled all at the same time\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0She added that she regarded her five years at Bonmarch\u00e9 as the pinnacle of her career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I found in the <strong>people and county of Yorkshire is a determination to get things done<\/strong> when things are really tough, an incredible entrepreneurial spirit and warm welcoming people who help you get through your darkest days as well as celebrating your achievements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her advice to graduates was to <strong>find their passion and their purpose<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cHappiness, success, prosperity and a great sense of achievement will follow.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":148023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10585,9762,6,10494],"tags":[12452,12454,10551,35,12453],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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