Liberty PLC
05 September 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
5 September 2007
LIBERTY MAKES KEY HR APPOINTMENT
Liberty, the iconic luxury brand and West End-based retail emporium, today
announces the following senior appointment as part of its strategy to establish
the business as a major global luxury brand.
Sara Edwards has been appointed Human Resources and Change Director for the
Liberty Group and will be responsible for implementing a cultural change within
the business that will enable it to become a recognised leader in luxury goods'
retailing.
Sara will take up her role on the Executive Committee of the main operating
company on 1 January 2008. She joins from her position as Vice President Human
Resources at Maybourne Hotel Group (formerly The Savoy Group) where she has
spent an extremely successful eight years, achieving recognition for that
company in the top 100 Great Places to Work in Europe.
She has spent virtually her entire career in the hotel and hospitality industry
joining her current employer in 1999 as Director of HR at Claridge's before
being promoted to Group Director of HR in 2003. Previously she was Regional HR
Director (Benelux and London) with InterContinental Hotels and Resorts.
During her career in the hotel industry Sara has become recognised as one of the
country's leading HR professionals, appearing in HR Magazine's top 100 Most
Influential List for the past two years and is highly regarded within the
leisure and tourism industry.
Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Liberty's Chief Executive, said: 'I am delighted we
have been able to attract such a talented and dynamic executive to the Liberty
team. Sara will bring her extensive experience in the hospitality industry to a
business that is taking major steps to become an established luxury global
brand. Her appointment forms part of a strategy to make the Liberty brand
synonymous with excellent service and luxury.'
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Contacts:
Geoffroy de La Bourdonnaye, Chief Executive, Liberty. Tel: 020 7573 9409
Baron Phillips, Baron Phillips Associates. Tel: 020 7920 3161
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