Secret Sales, the premium non-full-price marketplace for fashion and beauty brands, today promoted Fiona Lay to Chief Trading Officer. Lay’s promotion comes only a year after joining the Secret Sales team and will have her overseeing the entirety of global trading, live seller business development, onsite merchandising and design as well as managing an internal team of 35.
Now sitting on the Executive board, Lay leads the charge for the other female employees at Secret Sales who make up 59% of employees, with 40% of head of management teams being women.
Lay will be instrumental in driving Secret Sale’s 100% growth target, particularly when it comes to enabling the team in maximising the use of data to truly deliver on what the customer wants and ensure brands and retailers on the platform are getting good sell through with strong margins. This will play a crucial part in accelerating Secret Sales’ mission of making non full price a significant profit center for brands and giving savvy shoppers access to afford premium products that can be worn for years at great prices.
Formerly Digital Director at Secret Sales, as well as Digital and Trading Director at Debenhams, Lay has over 25 years’ retail experience spanning beauty, womenswear, sports and menswear.
Fiona Lay, Chief Trading Officer at Secret Sales, said: “I am extremely energised to be stepping into this new role at Secret Sales. Having the opportunity to really get into the weeds of our data to further understand what is driving our business, how we’re going to amplify it is something I’m very excited about.”
Chris Griffin, CEO, Secret Sales: “We’re incredibly pleased to be promoting Fiona to Chief Trading Officer. She is without a doubt the perfect fit for the role with her invaluable and varied digital experience. As we look set to achieve aggressive growth this financial year despite a challenging retail environment, Fiona will play a central role in fuelling this.”
