Michael Kors appoints Robin Freestone to its Board of Directors

Michael Kors has appointed Robin Freestone to the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately. The appointment of Freestone brings the company's board membership to nine, and the company will have seven independent directors.

“We are very pleased that Robin is joining our Board,” said John D. Idol, the company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, adding, “He is a very talented global business leader. His diverse background and broad international experience will add meaningful value to our organization and shareholders.”

Freestone is FTSE 100 executive with significant experience across an array of international businesses. From 2006 through August 2015, Freestone was CFO of Pearson, having previously served as deputy chief financial Officer since 2004. Prior to that, he held a number of senior financial positions at Amersham from 2000 to 2004, Henkel Chemicals UK from 1995 to 2000 and ICI/Zeneca Agrochemicals (now Syngenta) from 1985 to 1995.

He began his financial and accounting career at Touche Ross (now Deloitte). Currently, Freestone also serves as a non-executive director of Smith and Nephew plc and moneysupermarket.com.

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