UK: Ex-BBC man takes Burberry COO post
By Richard Woodard | 7 February 2013
Luxury goods business Burberry has appointed former BBC Worldwide chief executive John Smith to the newly created post of company COO - while CFO and EVP Stacy Cartwright is set to step down from the business.
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