2022 50 Women in Power

Shannon Abloh CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF VIRGIL ABLOH SECURITIES Shannon Abloh is CEO and managing director of Virgil Abloh Securities, a company started by her late husband, Virgil Abloh, which is dedicated to "spreading his ethos and essence globally." Layla Ilchi Kristina Blahnik CEO, MANOLO BLAHNIK LTD. A former architect, Kristina Blahnik has used her creative and commercial skills to build a new, modern and more professional business framework for the brand founded by her uncle, Manolo Blahnik. Since taking up the CEO role in 2013, Kristina Blahnik has restructured the business and consolidated operations and manufacturing under one roof, expanded the number of full-time company employees from 10 to 217, and overseen an international retail rollout, with the brand currently counting 309 points of sale. Through brand strategy, collaborations, new media, experiential marketing, recruiting and pipeline programs, Daniel has established business opportunities for multicultural designers to showcase their skills and abilities to major companies including Target, Marriott International, Verizon, Prudential, CoverGirl, Pandora, Nissan and Macy's. Lisa Lockwood Marie-Claire Daveu CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY AND INSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS OFFICER, KERING Now head of sustainability at Kering - parent company of Balenciaga, Gucci and Saint Laurent, among others - MarieClaire Daveu was an early advocate of all things environmental, starting her career in government at the Ministry of Ecology and Sustainability before that was even a buzzword.