• cross functional, global luxury brand sr. developer • business planning & strategy • network expansion & new partnerships • hiring, team leadership & development • operational efficiencies & process improvement • financial management • strategic marketing & (re)branding WITH IMPACT • pitch decks & Negotiations • established global network in high end fashion, furniture & interior design fields
ABOUT
Prior to establishing her consultancy in 2010, Christine served as a fashion executive in the luxury apparel industry in NYC for nearly a decade. In 2000, she joined Calvin Klein where she became the EVP of the wholesale, overseeing the men’s and women’s collection apparel and accessories divisions. In late 2008, she went on to join Phi, a high-end women’s apparel brand founded by Susan Dell where she served as the global VP of sales and merchandising.
By 2010, christine established a track record of success developing new business domestically and internationally within luxury apparel. Her love of high art and design beyond fashion led her to establish her own consultancy where she successfully bridged her experience into interior and furniture design.
recent case study: company: MAY Furniture, Brooklyn, NY integral to the launch and initial success of the company, christine served as may’s chief business development strategist and COo. while there, MAY became a validated brand favorably recognized by top-tier interior design leaders as a unique line of brutalist inspired furniture. Among may’s achievements was the establishment of an independent NY showroom by 2018, distribution partnerships with premiere U.S. home decor showrooms in NY, LA and SF that included The Future Perfect and Twentieth, and secured high-profile project commissions with MoMA in NY and Chanel in Seoul. press features included Interior Design Magazine, Surface, GQ, DWELL and Architectural Digest.
A New Yorker since 2000, Christine is originally from the Midwest and a graduate of Indiana University where she received her Bachelors in Business Administration and a minor in Art.
Christine’s experience as a results-oriented business development leader along with her natural ability to form long-standing, trusted relationships provides her with a comprehensive understanding of what it takes to grow a business.
