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MatchesFashion poaches Asos tech boss

By Nagasunder in UK Business News, posted March 12, 2023

Asos' head of technology, Christopher Hart, has been hired by MatchesFashion as director of technology and customer experience.

Hart has been with Asos for seven years and previously worked in Tesco’s tech team.

It is the second time in the last month that MatchesFashion CEO Nick Beighton, a former Asos executive, has raided his former employer for new staff.

In February, he hired Asos global creative boss John Mooney as executive creative director.

Apax Partners, the private equity firm that owns MatchesFashion, invested £60 million in the company earlier this year to help fuel its turnaround.

The funding is made up of £40 million in new equity and £20 million in new debt. Apax purchased a majority stake in the online fashion retailer for $1 billion in 2017.

Meanwhile, Asos has hired Dan Elton, the former chief customer officer of Made.com, to fill the newly created position of senior customer director.

Elton, who left Made.com when it went bankrupt in November 2022, is now a board advisor at retail technology startup Slip.

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He was previously Google's senior industry head for fashion and sport, and he has previously held senior positions at Argos and Tesco.

Source: Charged