eShopWorld makes key appointment Stateside

eShopWorld has appointed Cynthia Hollen as President of its US business. 

The venture connects premium brands with consumers in over 200 markets and has a presence in the US, Ireland, Continental Europe, Asia and Australia. Hollen is the founder and former CEO of Knowledge Strategies Group, a strategic e-commerce advisory business which was sold to 5B Technologies in 2001. She has also served as interim CEO (in 2015) for the Luxury Trading Club, an online marketplace for luxury goods (yachts, autos, real estate) and as a Founder and Executive Director of SocialExtract (2011-2012). 

"Cynthia is a highly experienced and well-connected professional with a proven track record in the fashion, retail, apparel and e-commerce sectors,” says Tommy Kelly, eShopWorld, Founder and CEO. “She 'gets' brands, technology and market place dynamics and will act as a key segue between the market needs of premium brands and our bespoke technology driven solutions. In our trajectory to becoming a $1 billion business by 2020, we are very pleased to add someone of Cynthia's calibre to our senior management team." 

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