Leena Nair

Leena Nair

Global CEO, Chanel
Most Powerful Women 2025
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About

Leena Nair aims to strengthen the brand’s position as the leader in the luxury segment in addition to enhancing client experience, and leading the brand’s sustainability commitments. She has also set net-zero targets for 2040, one of the first in the luxury sector. Prioritising the importance of gender equality, she has increased funding to Fondation Chanel, which impacts over 9 million women and children worldwide. “One of our fundamental beliefs is that when women thrive, the world thrives. We are deeply inspired by our founder, Gabrielle Chanel, who created a new freedom of movement for women and embraced the avant-garde. She supported women to be whoever they wanted to become, at a time when women didn’t even have the right to vote,” says Nair. She continues to focus on innovation through Chanel’s Open Innovation function. Her mission is to use its voice and influence to promote human creation and have a positive impact in the world.

Organization: Chanel

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