Burberry poaches new chief financial officer from McLaren Group

Burberry  Headshot - Kate Ferry

Burberry has announced that Kate Ferry will join the luxury fashion retailer as its new chief financial officer and executive director.

Ferry will begin her role at Burberry in September this year, taking responsibility for finance and business services functions as well as reporting to chief executive Jonathan Akeroyd as a member of the board and executive committee.

Ferry joins the luxury retailer from McLaren Group, where she worked as chief financial officer for two years. She also previously held roles at TalkTalk and is currently an independent non-executive director at Greggs.

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