Tailored Brands, Inc. hired Yen D. Chu as EVP, chief legal officer and corporate secretary, effective December 26. Chu joins Tailored Brands with more than 25 years of brand and consumer-facing experience for both private and publicly-traded companies.
Most recently, Chu was the EVP and chief legal officer of Equinox Group, LLC and a member of its executive team overseeing legal, ESG, government affairs, and community relations.
“Yen joins us at a time when we are seeing strong customer response to the changes we have made in the business and have exceeded our plan for two consecutive years,” said Bob Hull, co-CEO. “Her deep legal expertise and robust background in the retail industry, combined with a proven track record advising Boards, individual directors and executive teams, makes her the ideal leader for this role. We are thrilled to have her join our team and Executive Committee.”
Before Equinox, Chu held leadership roles at Ralph Lauren Corp., including SVP and associate general counsel. There, she led a global team of attorneys and compliance officers in various sectors of the business and was the primary advisor to the Board of Directors on public company governance and global regulatory compliance for more than ten years. Prior to that, Chu spent almost a decade as an attorney working for the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where she executed complex corporate transactions for private equity firms, investment banks, public and private companies, and non-profit organizations. Most recently, she received the Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award, the Asian American Bar Association of New York’s Women’s Leadership Award and the Women Influence & Power in Law Thought Leadership Award.
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