LONDON — In the world of luxury, Hannah Colman , chief executive officer of Jimmy Choo , is a rarity. She spent her entire career at the company before taking up the top job in 2020, starting in 1997 as a “Saturday girl,” working on the shop floor of the brand’s first and only store on Motcomb Street in Belgravia.

After doing the weekend shifts, she became manager of that store and in the ensuing years worked her way up the management ranks. She served as president EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Africa] and global e-commerce, and later interim CEO after her predecessor, Pierre Denis , left the job.

Unusually for a luxury CEO, she has a long-standing, collaborative and warm relationship with the brand’s creative chief, Sandra Choi, a niece of the namesake cofounder. Colman and Cho

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