EXCLUSIVE: Armani Group Appoints Klaus Bierbrauer Deputy Managing Director, Chief Supply Chain Officer

MILAN — The Armani Group is filling another position in its organization: WWD has learned that Klaus Bierbrauer is joining the Italian group from Burberry.

Armani confirmed that Bierbrauer is taking on the role of deputy managing director and chief supply chain and industrial officer. He succeeds Mauro Beretta and will report to chief executive officer Giuseppe Marsocci.

“With Klaus’ arrival, our leadership team is now complete, further strengthening our solid and cohesive management structure,” said Marsocci.

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Bierbrauer was previously Burberry‘s chief supply chain and industrial officer, responsible for the company’s global supply chain and product development. Prior to that, he spent over 20 years at the Kering Group, where he held roles of increasing responsibility for brands such as Gucci, Saint Laurent and Alexander McQueen.

Following the death of Giorgio Armani last September, a new board was elected two months later, comprising eight members, selected by the Armani Foundation and the designer’s heirs. It includes chairman Leo Dell’Orco, who is also in charge of the menswear collections; Armani’s niece Silvana, in charge of the womenswear collections, and his nephew Andrea Camerana, the group’s sustainability managing director; Marsocci; Marco Bizzarri; former Armani top executive John Hooks; Federico Marchetti, and Angelo Moratti. The latter four do not have operational roles in the company.

The members of the Armani Foundation are Dell’Orco as chairman, Camerana; partner of Rothschild & Co. Irving Bellotti; notary Elena Terrenghi, and Andrea Silvestri.

In October, Marsocci was named to lead the fashion group, along with his simultaneous appointment to the board of directors. As CEO, he succeeded Armani, who was also chairman of the group he founded five decades ago. Marsocci has more than 35 years of international experience in the fashion and luxury sector, 23 of which have been within the Armani Group. Since 2019 he held the role of deputy managing director and global chief commercial officer.