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JE A N- L UC BÉLIN GA RD


ANDRE A S R ON K EN


PABLO ISLA ROL E


COMPANY INDITEX COUNTRY SPAIN


CHIEF EXECUTIVE


DAN JAGO ROL E


COMPANY BERRY BROS & RUDD COUNTRY UNITED KINGDOM


Isla has served as chief executive of Inditex, the world’s largest clothes retailer by sales, since 2005. The prolific lawyer was made deputy chairman and chief executive of Inditex in 2005. Also the chairman from 2011, he is credited with more than tripling revenues and quadrupling products in that time. Isla introduced product data gathering to inform its supply chain and meet changing customer demands in three weeks. In March 2018, Inditex announced its revenue from online sales grew 41% in 2017, with 10% of total sales now online, overall revenue rose 9% in 2017 to €25.34 billion ($31.2 billion).


In 2015, Jago was the first external chief executive of the 320-year-old wine merchant and his leadership has been pivotal to its rejuvenation. He streamlined the company’s organisational structure and its autonomous units, bringing the company closer together culturally and physically. In the fiscal year 2017, Berry Bros & Rudd reported a six-year sales high of £171 million ($231 million), up 17% on the previous year. In 2017, the company hosted more paid events alone than all the previous years since it started private events in 2000. Jago oversaw the opening of new retail premises on Pall Mall with the aim of turning it into a destination for its customers.


PHOTOGRAPHY: TAG HEUER, CARLOS VENTURA, RITTER, GETTY IMAGES CHIEF EXECUTIVE


ANDREAS RONKEN ROL E


COMPANY RITTER SPORT COUNTRY GERMANY


CHIEF EXECUTIVE, PRODUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY


Under Ronken’s leadership, Ritter Sport declared in March 2018 it is the first bar manufacturer among major chocolate brands to use 100% certified cocoa and has achieved its goal ahead of previous target years of 2025 then 2020. Revenue grew by 2.6% to €482 million ($594 million) in 2017. Ritter harvested in 2017 its first cocoa crop at Finca El Cacao, the 2,500ha cocoa plantation it owns and operates in southeast Nicaragua, after six years of development and investment. Beyond Germany, Russia is Ritter’s largest international market and it has operated in the US for 25 years.


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