An Italian at the top of Pandora. The Danish group has announced that Allan Leighton, current chairman of the board of directors, will succeed Bjørn Gulden (who will remain on the board of directors) as CEO (chief executive officer) from next July. At the same time Marcello Bottoli, who currently occupies the position of vice president, will succeed Leighton as president of the board of directors. Bottoli has a long managerial history behind him: a Bocconi graduate, he was CEO of Samsonite, vice president at Reckitt Benckiser, senior consultant at Boston Consulting Group and, at the beginning of his career, brand manager at Procter & Gamble. Meanwhile, the accessible jewelery group has made it known that the consumer crisis doesn’t bother it at all. 2013 opened with growth, with a record-breaking first quarter: the group’s turnover rose to 269 million euros (+40.6% compared to 2012), with an ebitda (gross profit) margin of 32.1%. and a net profit of 59 million euros. Compliments.
