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Chanel CEO Leena Nair discussed ChatGPT's awkward response to a prompt during a team visit to Microsoft. She spoke in an interview with Stanford GSB.
Chanel CEO Leena Nair told The Wall Street Journal she's been a trailblazer in every job she's had. Nair said she got 7,000 emails and letters from women applauding her when she was appointed in 2022.
Leena Nair was a surprising pick for CEO of Chanel in 2021. She’d long run the human resources department at Unilever but had never actually helmed a company. Her qualifications were clear ...
There are many things luxury brand Chanel has come to be known for—its perfumes, handbags showcasing the company's iconic double-C logo and more recently, its first-ever Indian-origin CEO.
Chanel has named Annika Freyer president of Fondation Chanel, while Elizabeth Broderick will become an independent chair of the board.
One notable exception is Leena Nair, who became global CEO of Chanel in January 2022. An outsider to the fashion world, Nair is hoping to pioneer a different kind of leadership—one that ...
When Leena Nair accepted the global CEO role of luxury giant Chanel in 2022, she had worked at Unilever for three decades and had ascended to the HR chief role. But the journey to get there ...
NEW YORK, NY – TIME has named Chanel CEO Leena Nair to its list of ‘Women of the Year.’ The list recognizes 12 women who are “extraordinary leaders working toward a more equal world ...
In her 30-year stint, Leena Nair managed to make Unilever a gender-balanced company across its management globally. Now, as CEO, she's poised to bring her inclusive worldview to luxury brand Chanel ...
Leena Nair was a gold medalist at XLRI, Jamshedpur. Before Chanel, Leena Nair worked at Unilever for a period of 30 years and became the first female, Asian and youngest female CHRO.