Fashion career profile
Lelio Gavazza
Lelio Gavazza is Chief Executive Officer of TOM FORD FASHION, a role he has held since September 2023. He is responsible for the fashion business’s end-to-end management, from collection development and merchandising to production, retail and wholesale distribution. Before joining the Zegna Group, Gavazza spent fourteen years at Bulgari in leadership roles spanning Greater China, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and group sales and retail. He also held operating roles at SharMoon / Ermenegildo Zegna Garments in China and Mantero Seta. An engineer by training, he has a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Genoa. His role must be read alongside, not confused with, Guillaume Jesel’s President-and-CEO role for the TOM FORD brand and Haider Ackermann’s creative direction. The page deliberately distinguishes brand ownership, fashion-business operation and creative authorship.
- Role
- Chief Executive Officer, TOM FORD FASHION
- Nationality
- Italian
- Career appointments
- 1
- Fashion houses
- 1
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- 2023–Present — Chief Executive Officer, TOM FORD FASHION — TOM FORDCurrent appointment · Ermenegildo Zegna Group