zooplus announced the appointment of Geoffroy Lefebvre as member of the Management Board. Geoffroy joins from Richemont, where he previously served as CEO of the leading online luxury fashion retailer YOOX NET-A-PORTER. Effective October 31, 2022, he is going to take over from Dr. Cornelius Patt, who has been serving as the CEO of zooplus since 2006.

Geoffroy held various leadership positions during 11 years at Richemont in Switzerland, including Deputy CEO of Jaeger-LeCoultre, CEO of Baume & Mercier and Chief Digital Officer of Richemont before becoming CEO of YOOX NET-A-PORTER based in Milan, Italy. Prior to Richemont, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company in France and the UK. A French national, he is a graduate of École polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (Paris) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.