{"id":162574,"date":"2019-11-21T13:45:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/office-ceo-departs-after-one-year-in-the-role\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T14:05:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T14:05:30","slug":"office-ceo-departs-after-one-year-in-the-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/office-ceo-departs-after-one-year-in-the-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Office CEO departs after one year in the role"},"content":{"rendered":"
Office CEO Lorenzo Moretti has departed from the footwear retail chain<\/strong> after just over a year in the role.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n He will be replaced by chief operating officer Kerry van der Merwe,<\/strong> who has assumed the role of interim managing director with immediate effect.<\/p>\n Van der Merwe has been with Office's South African parent for 14 years and took on her role at Office in 2016. Truworths acquired Office in a \u00a3250m deal in December 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI regret to announce the resignation of Lorenzo Moretti as chief executive officer and I would like to thank him for his invaluable contribution<\/strong> during his time at Office,\u201d said Office chairman\u00a0Michael Mark.<\/p>\n \u201cKerry has had an extraordinary track record with Office as leader of a diverse spread of business operations including finance, IT, HR and property.<\/p>\n \u201cThis broad responsibility has enabled her to actively participate in the development, implementation and successful execution of multiple business strategies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe business is in strong hands under Kerry<\/strong> and her senior team\u2019s leadership and they will continue to drive significant improvement and growth initiatives in Office in close collaboration with the many brands with whom we partner.\u201d<\/p>\n Moretti joined Office and its sports footwear sister chain Offspring as CEO Designate in October 2018 and was made CEO a month later. Prior to joining the company he was VP\/GM retail at Sonos and before that held senior roles with Nike, Gap and Tesco.<\/p>\n