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The Talent Studios Successfully Closes Two Executive Searches for Design Leaders, Roots and Mizzen+Main

The Talent Studios was recently engaged and has successfully closed two executive searches for Design leaders at apparel brands, Roots and Mizzen+Main. Roots is an iconic 50-year old Canadian brand and a Searchlight Capital portfolio company. Mizzen+Main, founded in 2012 is a native digital direct-to-consumer performance fabric menswear brand, and a portfolio company of L Catterton. Heather Porter and Jeremy Cohen led both searches for The Talent Studios.

Denis Lates as Director and Head of Design at Mizzen + Main. Denis holds twenty years of experience in contemporary fashion design leadership. After early formative experience at Urban Outfitters and Abercrombie & Fitch, Denis led Men’s private label design at Nordstrom prior to growing the Men’s franchise at Old Navy. Lates will work closely with Mizzen+Main’s President and its SVP-Merchandising to continue to grow the brand as a leader in classically styled modern performance wear across active, dress and formal categories.

Bea Nam as Head of Design at Roots. Nam brings two decades of fashion design, product development and brand strategy experience. She formerly led Design at women’s activewear brand, Athleta, and has over two decades of experience from Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss and Alexander Wang. She will work closely with the Roots senior leadership and product teams to ensure product design that maintains the brand’s integrity by preserving its rich heritage, and focused commitment on quality and craftsmanship and product innovation

Heather Porter, Associate Partner at The Talent Studios, is a seasoned executive search consultant, having conducted over 200 searches encompassing critical roles in finance, operations, sales, marketing, and senior leadership. Her career spanning over a decade, Heather began her search career at top-tier boutique firm Charles Aris focused on searches in private equity, strategy, corporate development. She holds a BA from Greensboro College.

Jeremy Cohen, CEO of The Talent Studios, co-founded the firm in 2011. His early career included experience at global executive search firm, DHR International, where he served as a Principal in the firm’s Retail/Consumer and Private Equity practices. He holds a B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh and an M.A. in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University in the City of New York.

The Talent Studios is the leading executive search firm at the epicenter of business-to-consumer, working across brands, commerce, technology and services. Verticals include: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, health/wellness, creator economy, media & content, physical & digital consumer services (Health, FinTech, EduTech, Two-Sided Marketplaces) and omni-channel retail. Representative direct clients include Red Bull, Homes.com, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, The Princeton Review, Restoration Hardware (RH), Pure Barre, TOMS Shoes, Aston Martin, Fanatics, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus, Edmunds.com, Honor, Philz Coffee, Barry’s Bootcamp and Doctor-on-Demand. Representative investor partners include Apollo Global Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Institutional Venture Partners, Summit Partners, HIG Growth, Searchlight Capital, Norwest Equity Partners and North Castle Partners.

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