Rihanna to step down as Savage X Fenty CEO

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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Vernā Myers will be stepping down from her role as Netflix’s head of inclusion strategy at the end of September. Myers, who was the first to ever serve in the position for the streamer when she joined in 2018, will remain as an advisor to Netflix while returning to her self-titled consulting company, The Vernā Myers Company. Upon Myers’ departure, Netflix’s vice president of inclusion strategy Wade Davis, who has worked under Myers for the past four years, will be promoted to oversee the team. Former NFL player Davis has previously consulted on inclusive corporate culture for companies including Google, Procter & Gamble and Viacom (now part of Paramount Global).

Selome Hailu Kevin Levy is leaving his post as the CW’s executive vice president of program planning, scheduling and acquisitions. The news was announced to CW staffers in a memo sent by Brad Schwartz, president of entertainment, on Tuesday, which also noted that Levy’s last day at the network will be on Aug. 1. Levy began his career at UPN, and was part of the team that transitioned into and launched the CW after UPN shut down. He remained at the CW for the entirety of his television career, starting as director of program planning and scheduling before rising the ranks and landing as executive vice president in 2018.

Nearly five years after Rihanna launched her Savage x Fenty lingerie brand, she is stepping down as its chief executive officer.

Rihanna has released a statement, announcing she will be stepping down from her role of chief executive at Savage X Fenty, the lucrative lingerie brand she founded five years ago. 

Rihanna is hanging up her Savage X Fenty CEO jacket.

Rihanna has announced plans to step down at the CEO of Savage x Fenty and she has already appointed someone else to take over the position.

Rihanna has stepped down as the CEO of Savage X Fenty.The 35 year old Umbrella singer has announced that she will be stepping down four months after revealing she was expecting her second child with A$AP Rocky. Rihanna founded the lingerie brand back in 2018 and has been the CEO up until her announcement in a statement which was released by Vogue Business today. "It's been beautiful to see our vision for Savage X Fenty impact the industry at such an incredible magnitude over the last five years," the global icon said.

Rihanna is stepping down as the CEO of the lingerie brand she co-owns with LVMH, effective June 26, reports.«It's been beautiful to see our vision for Savage X Fenty impact the industry at such an incredible magnitude over the last five years,» Rihanna, who founded the line in 2018, tells the outlet. «This is just the beginning for us, and we're going to continue to expand in ways that always connect with the consumer.»While Rihanna will still serve as an executive chair for the company, Hillary Super, former CEO of Anthropologie Group, is taking over as CEO, the outlet reports.«I'm so grateful and excited to welcome Hillary Super as our new CEO,» Rihanna adds.

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Naman Ramachandran Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris has unveiled 12 new productions and has also confirmed that he will step down after 10 years as director in mid-2025 when his current term comes to an end.  Under Norris’ leadership the National Theatre broadened both its program and audience and expanded its reach far beyond London. He had a key focus on widening the representation of voices and stories told on the National Theatre’s stages. Since 2015, the National Theatre stages have been on average 88% full – despite the disruption of COVID-19. Digital innovation under his stewardship has seen National Theater reach new audiences in over 180 countries, and the National Theatre at Home platform – born during the pandemic – has ensured that its work is shared with a wide audience. National Theatre Live, now in its 14th year, has reached over 11.8 million people in cinemas worldwide and broken the event cinema box office record for the U.K. and Ireland twice.

Christine McCarthy, a significant figure in Disney’s senior management team in recent years, is stepping down and taking a medical leave of absence from the company.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor In another shocker for the Walt Disney Co., Christine McCarthy is stepping down from her role as executive VP and chief financial officer and will take a family medical leave, Disney said Thursday. Kevin Lansberry has been named interim CFO for the media giant as of July 1. “Christine McCarthy is one of the most admired financial executives in America, and her impact on The Walt Disney Company during 23 years of dedicated service cannot be overstated,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said. “Christine has served as a key strategic anchor during a period of great transformation, and she and I have discussed her desire to ensure an orderly and successful CFO succession in advance of the company’s transition to its next chief executive officer. She is stepping down from her CFO role as she takes family medical leave, but has graciously offered to move into an advisory position to assist her successor in assuming the duties she has so expertly handled these many years.”

It’s succession season at the UK’s  National Theatre with Rufus Norris, the institution’s Artistic Director, announcing that he will step down in 2025 after a decade in the post.