The Naked Headhunter Recruits General Manager UK for luxury food retailer Laduree

The Naked Headhunter Recruits General Manager UK for luxury food retailer Laduree

Former Harrods & Pierre Herme executive , Romola Basu appointed as General Manager for Laduree based in London, UK

The Naked Headhunter who specialize in C-suite leadership roles and Board appointments within fast track scaling businesses is proud to complete the executive search for GM of the French based global luxury brand Laduree.

Laduree is a French luxury bakery and sweets maker house created in 1862. They are one of the worlds best known premier sellers of the double decker macaron, 15,000 of which are sold every day. In 1993 the Groupe Holder took over Laduree. The Holder family also owns the PAUL bakery chain. The international development of Laduree started in London in 2005.

Romola Basu has spent the last 10years of her career in Harrods and Pierre Herme in a variety of leadership roles in the UK.

“It has been a pleasure working with Mark Hamill throughout the recruitment process. He was very supportive and kept me abreast on all the developments. I appreciated his efficiency as well as his approachable manner. He spotted that I was keen to take the next step in my career by putting me forward for my dream job. Thank you Mark!”
Romola

Partnering closely with Sandrine Meunier, Head of Human Resources & Transformation and Boris Janicek, CEO, Laduree , Mark Hamill, Founder @ The Naked Headhunter led the search team in identifying and evaluating from a candidate pool of over 50 senior international retail leaders.

“We decided to retain Mark and The Naked Headhunter for our General Manager UK search based on his knowledge, understanding and cultural awareness of what type of leader we needed to drive our UK business forward. We were hugely impressed by Mark’s ability to demonstrate this through his careful shortlist presentation and management of the entire interviewing and selection process. We are delighted with our cooperation and highly recommend Mark and The Naked Headhunter”
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