Sebastian Suhl (born 1967 in

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) is an American fashion executive who was instrumental in Prada’s retail expansion and 2011

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and who later became

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. Suhl was chief executive officer of the Milanese luxury brand

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from 2020 to 2023. Previously he facilitated Valentino’s international brand expansion as the Managing Director of global markets from 2017. He was chief executive officer of the New York-based fashion company

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from September 2014. Suhl was chief executive officer of French fashion House Givenchy, also part of the

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Group, from early 2012."Sebastian Suhl,"EuropeanCEO.com
April 17, 2012. From 2001 to 2011 he held various positions in

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, the latest as

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Education

After earning a

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in world political economy from

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(USA) in 1989, Suhl completed his

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in 1992."Sebastian Suhl,"BusinessOfFashion.com
retrieved November 3, 2015.

Career

Suhl started his career in 1992 as a senior auditor with

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in Barcelona, before moving to Paris in 1996 to take up a position as engagement manager at strategy consultancy firm, Solving International.Miles Socha
"Marc Jacobs Appoints New CEO,"
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'', July 18, 2014. In 1997 Suhl was

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and managing director at Thimister, a start up couture house. Two years later, in 1999, he was appointed director of business development at Courreges. During the early 2000s Suhl carried on his career at

(which incorporates the

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, Church’s and Car Shoe brands). In 2001 he was appointed

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in France. In 2005, he became

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Asia Pacific & China for the Prada Group, in

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. In 2009 he was appointed Prada Group’s

and moved to

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. Suhl was involved in the success of the

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of the brand on the

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in 2011."Sebastian Suhl COO of PRADA Group resigns,"CPP-Luxury.com
December 1, 2011. Suhl joined Givenchy, the

-owned label, in 2012. Suhl had planned to open 24 new stores within the year 2014. In September 2014, he was appointed chief executive officer of

, coinciding with Jacobs's departure from

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and announcement that he would concentrate on his own brand. In 2018 Suhl joined Valentino as

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– Global Markets. In this role, Suhl was in charge of the global commercial function –

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and sales. In 2020 Suhl was appointed chief executive officer of Italian house

. Trussardi had recently been acquired by an Italian private equity fund and Suhl was tasked with the revival of the house. He named new creative directors and set out a new brand identity. He also reopened the historic Palazzo Trussardi in

, in a joint venture with Michelin chef Giancarlo Perbellini. In 2024 Suhl participated with a group of Italian entrepreneurs and the private equity fund Arca Space Capital in the creation of Mosaiq Group, a new entity aggregating companies that specialize in luxury and sustainable packaging. He was named chief executive officer and member of the

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of Mosaiq Group in June 2024. In September 2024, Suhl was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Board of END., a UK-based retailer specializing in

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and

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. On May 1, 2025, he became

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of the company. His appointment was confirmed following a global executive search and was unanimously approved by the board.

Public speaking

Suhl has spoken at the Financial Times Business of Luxury Summit in

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as well as the Business of Design Week Forum in Hong Kong.

References

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