Overview

One of the luxury industry’s foremost authorities, Marty Wikstrom, has over 35 years’ experience in global brands. She extends her time and expertise advising companies and non-profits, spanning a breadth of disciplines, including lifestyle branding, technology evolution, e-commerce development, women’s advancement and responsible technology advocacy.  At the ExCo Group, Wikstrom excels at developing C-suite executives and is dedicated to mentoring the next generation of female leaders.

Career History

Wikstrom currently sits as a Board Director of Fortnum & Mason and Johnstons of Elgin. She is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School Wo+Men’s Leadership Centre and has been inducted in the World Retail Congress Hall of Fame. She is a former Board Director of the World Wide Web Foundation, Farrow & Ball, Cath Kidston, Woolrich, Catch Fashion, and the International Women’s Forum Foundation.

She is a founding partner of Atelier Fund, specializing in the acquisition and development of luxury brands. She was formerly the Chair of Harry’s of London, and a Non-Executive Director of Bally International, Ltd. and Space.NK, Ltd.

Previously, Wikstrom joined Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, the world’s second-largest luxury conglomerate, in 2005 and was the first woman in the company’s history to serve as a Non-Executive Director. In 2009, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Fashion and Accessories businesses.  She became an Executive Director and sat on the Group’s Management Committee, the Chairman’s Committee, and the Strategic Product and Communications Committee.

Prior to serving as CEO of the Fashion and Accessories Brands of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Wikstrom served as the Deputy Managing Director and then Managing Director of Harrods, Ltd. She was also a Board Director of Harrods Holdings, Ltd, Harrods Estates, and Kurt Geiger, Ltd, where she was also the interim Chief Executive Officer.

Wikstrom was also the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Liberty, plc and on the Advisory Board of the World Retail Congress, the first annual international forum designed to meet the challenges of retail globalization.

Before joining Harrods, Wikstrom began her career at Nordstrom, Inc., where she rose from part-time sales assistant to President of the Full Line Stores Group, Nordstrom’s primary business unit.

Personal

Wikstrom currently lives in the United Kingdom.