Chanel names London-based Ruth Warder its new global comms chief
Chanel has recruited a communications expert as a new chapter opens with 's creative direction. The French luxury house has entrusted the role to Ruth Warder, whom it poached from American communications giant Edelman, handing her the newly-created position of global chief communications officer.
The manager will join Chanel in September. She will be based in London and report to the group's global CEO, Leena Nair. Her mission will be to drive the house's reputation strategy and amplify its voice worldwide.
A graduate of Manchester University, Ruth Warder has spent her entire career in the communications sector, first with the English group Freuds and its PR agency Freud Communications, then with events agency GSP Events and from 2003 with PR and marketing agency Jackie Cooper, where she spent 10 years as managing director.
In 2013, she joined leading American communications agency Edelman, where she held a series of senior positions, culminating in her appointment as CEO for the UK and Ireland and president for the EMEA region.
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