Coldwater Creek adds Senior HR Executive to management team
08 Nov '06
2 min read
Coldwater Creek announced it has named Brett Avner, Ph.D., to the post of Senior Vice President of Human Resources. He brings more than 25 years of experience in leading large-scale organizational talent management, Executive team development and long-term succession planning to the position.
Avner's career spanned several years as a human resources executive in the banking and insurance industries before he joined Victoria's Secret as Vice President of Human Resources, where he was responsible for attracting and developing key talent for a chain of nearly 1,000 retail locations that employed more than 20,000 sales associates.
More recently, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Chico's FAS Inc, where he led the process of developing leadership succession planning and implementing new processes for performance management, compensation and associate retention. In his new position with Coldwater Creek, Avner will report directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Pence.
"Brett's expertise in organizational development and building a human resources infrastructure to support continued growth will play a key role in our ongoing efforts to establish Coldwater Creek as a premier national women's apparel brand,"
Pence said. "He brings considerable knowledge of the specialty retail industry, as well as strategic vision to this position. Both of those skills will prove critically important as we move toward our goal of operating a total of 450-500 retail stores across the country."
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