NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesco Inc. (NYSE:
GCO) announced today that Mimi Eckel
Vaughn, currently the Company's senior vice president and
chief financial officer, is to be named chief operating officer of
the Company once her successor as chief financial officer is
appointed. The Company has launched a search for a new chief
financial officer.
Vaughn, a 14-year veteran of the Company, joined Genesco as vice
president – strategy and business development in 2003, was promoted
to senior vice president – strategy and business development in
2006, and was named senior vice president – strategy and shared
services in 2009. In this role, she was responsible for
strategy development for the Company and for growth initiatives and
acquisitions. She was also responsible for shared services,
including information technology, corporate logistics and human
resources. She assumed her current position in February
2015.
Prior to joining the Company, Vaughn was executive vice
president of business development and marketing and acting chief
financial officer for Link2Gov Corporation in Nashville. From
1993 to 1999, she was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, based
in Atlanta. During her tenure at McKinsey, Vaughn advised
senior executives and board members, specializing in the consumer
and retail sectors. Before joining McKinsey, Vaughn held
corporate finance positions at Goldman Sachs & Co., Wasserstein
Perella & Co., and Drexel Burnham
Lambert.
Genesco Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. Dennis said, "Mimi Vaughn has brought a compelling mix of
intelligence, vision, and tenacity to successive roles at
Genesco. First as head of corporate strategy and shared
services and more recently as CFO, she has gained a deep
understanding of all Genesco's businesses and of the markets in
which we operate. Mimi has been a key contributor in the
growth and expansion of our Company during her tenure with
Genesco. Her strategic insight and financial acumen in
combination with her enthusiasm for Genesco's position and
prospects make her ideally suited for a broader role in the
Company's leadership. I look forward to working with her in
her new role as soon as her successor as CFO is in place."
About Genesco Inc.
Genesco Inc., a Nashville-based specialty retailer, sells
footwear, headwear, sports apparel and accessories in more than
2,725 retail stores and leased departments throughout the U.S.,
Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Germany, principally under the names Journeys,
Journeys Kidz, Shi by Journeys, Schuh, Schuh Kids, Little Burgundy,
Lids, Locker Room by Lids, Lids Clubhouse, Johnston & Murphy,
and on internet websites www.journeys.com, www.journeyskidz.com,
www.journeys.ca, www.shibyjourneys.com, www.schuh.co.uk,
www.littleburgundyshoes.com, www.johnstonmurphy.com, www.lids.com,
www.lids.ca, www.lidslockerroom.com, www.lidsclubhouse.com,
www.trask.com, and www.dockersshoes.com. The Company's Lids
Sports Group division operates the Lids headwear stores, the Locker
Room by Lids and other team sports fan shops and single team
clubhouse stores. In addition, Genesco sells wholesale
footwear under its Johnston & Murphy brand, the Trask brand,
the licensed Dockers brand, G.H. Bass & Co., and other brands.
For more information on Genesco and its operating divisions, please
visit www.genesco.com.
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