Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has joined the Tech Titans group of investors who now own 49 per cent of London Spirit.

Chanel chief executive Leena Nair has joined the Tech Titans group of investors who now own 49 per cent of London Spirit.

The British-Indian executive was at Lord’s last week for the first game of this year’s Hundred competition between Spirit and Oval Invincibles after reaching out to Nikesh Arora, the chief executive of Palo Alto Networks who is leading the consortium.

Mair is the first British woman to take a stake in one of the Hundred franchises after being appointed the first female chief executive at Chanel three years ago.

The 56-year-old, who was born in Kolhapur, had no previous experience of fashion before joining Chanel having spent 20 years at Unilever,

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