Francesca's Holdings Corporation announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Philip Bleser as a member of the Board effective as of April 17, 2017. Mr. Bleser will serve on the Audit and Compensation committees of the Board. Mr. Bleser brings to the Board broad strategic, corporate governance, managerial, financial and operational experience as well as business leadership expertise gained over the course of a distinguished career. Prior to his retirement from J.P. Morgan, Mr. Bleser served as the Chairman of Global Corporate Banking from April 2015 to July 2016. Currently, Mr. Bleser is a member of the Board of Trustees of Pace University in New York. From 2011 to 2016, he served as a member of the board of directors of Private Export Funding Corporation where he also served on the Audit and Compensation and Development committees.