Aeropostale Inc., a multichannel retailer of apparel for children and young adults, has appointed Mindy Meads, a former executive of Victoria’s Secret and Sears, and former Brooks Brothers executive Thomas Johnson as co-CEOs to succeed Julian Geiger when Geiger leaves the top executive spot at the end of January 2010.
Aeropostale, No. 156 in the Internet Retailer Top 500 Guide, also promoted executive vice president and chief financial officer Michael Cunningham to president and chief financial officer, also effective at the end of January, which marks the end of the company’s current fiscal year.
Geiger, who has been Aeropostale’s CEO since 1996, will keep his position as chairman of the board.
Meads joined Aeropostale in March 2007 as president and chief merchandising officer. Before Aeropostale, she was president and CEO of Victoria’s Secret Direct, the Victoria’s Secret online and catalog division of Limited Brands Inc. Earlier, Meads held senior executive positions at Lands’ End and parent Sears Holdings Corp., including president and CEO of Lands’ End and executive vice president of Sears Apparel. Meads is also a former senior vice president, merchandising, design, planning and allocation, for children’s apparel retailer Gymboree Corp. and a former senior vice president of apparel for R.H. Macy & Co., now a part of Macy’s Inc.
Johnson has been executive vice president and chief operating officer of Aeropostale since March 2004, and for three years before that was senior vice president and director of stores. Prior to joining Aeropostale, Johnson was director of stores for David’s Bridal Inc. and, earlier, senior vice president and director of stores for Brooks Brothers Inc. He had also held several executive positions at Aeropostale before joining Brooks Brothers in 1997.
Cunningham, who is a certified public accountant, joined Aeropostale in 2000 as senior vice president and chief financial officer. Earlier, he was chairman of Compass International Services Corp., a business services company he co-founded, and held several executive positions at financial services provider American Express Co.
Aeropostale operates the retail web sites Aeropostale.com and ps4u.com, plus 940 Aeropostale stores in the U.S. and Canada and nine P.S. from Aeropostale stores in the U.S.
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