Former Hublot Exec to Lead U.S. Expansion for Girard-Perregaux

Michael Margolis
 Updated, 12:04 p.m.

Luxury Swiss watch brand, Girard-Perregaux, named Michael Margolis president of America for Sowind (which owns Girard-Perregaux and watch brand JeanRichard), effective March 1.

Margolis will join Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind and Stefano Macaluso, Girard-Perregaux managing director, to oversee the U.S. expansion strategy for the watch brand.

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David Yurman Looks to Urban Outfitters for New CEO

Glen Senk
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"We have known and respected Glen for more than a decade—as much for his creative vision and inspired leadership as for

Bédos to Lead Birks & Mayors

Jean-Christophe Bédos

Jean-Christophe Bédos, the former head of the international jewelry house, Boucheron, has been named Birks & Mayors president & CEO. He will replace Thomas A. Andruskevich who announced in September 2011 that he would be leaving the company in the spring.

Bédos, who is already on the job, will spend his first three months with the company as its chief operating officer,

De Beers Names French Transport Exec as New Group CEO

Philippe Mellier

The De Beers Group has gone outside the diamond industry to appoint Philippe Mellier as its new chief executive officer.

Mellier, currently the president of Alstom Transport and executive vice president of Alstom s.a., was selected after what the diamond giant described as “a wide-ranging search.” He will formally join De Beers in July and will chair the company’s executive

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Tiffany & Co. said Wednesday it has named Frederic Cumenal as executive vice president effective March 10. He will be responsible for the company's businesses in Asia, Japan, Europe and emerging markets, and will report to Michael J. Kowalski Tiffany chairman and CEO.Cumenal, 51, joins Tiffany from the LVMH Group where most recently he was president and chief executive officer of Moët & Chandon,

Harry Winston Names New CFO

Harry Winston Diamond Corp. has appointed Cyrille Baudet to the position of group chief financial officer, reporting to Frederic de Narp, chairman and CEO. Baudet replaces Alan Mayne, who helped steer the luxury diamond jewelry retailer and diamond mining company through the turbulence of the recent global financial crisis. Mayne will remain with the company for a transition period till April 30