The eponymous brand of Kris Van Assche, the Belgium designer and creative director of Dior Homme, has named Emmanuel Heimann as its new managing director. The latter had actually began serving in his new position on January 1st, but his appointment was only just made official. Heimann thus replaced Yves-Alain Petitjean, who is now managing D. Porthault, a French luxury linen company.

Kris Van Assche (photo by Pixelformula)

Prior to joining Kris Van Assche (launched in 2004), Emmanuel Heimann gained a wide variety of experience from working for companies such as Harvey Nichols and even L'Oréal, where he was in charge of developing the Biotherm brand in the German and French markets.