Elise Sharp

Strategic commercial leader with 20+ years of experience in fashion and investment banking (ex-Chanel, Gucci, Saint Laurent, M.M.LaFleur, and Goldman Sachs). Deep functional experience in Merchandising, Buying, Planning, and Product Development, coupled with direct revenue ownership across E-commerce, Retail, Wholesale, DTC, B2B, and Marketplace channels. Exceptional eye for detail and passionate about product, brand integrity, design and achieving true market fit. Elevated taste level honed through years of working with best-in-class brands and creative teams. Expertly bridges gaps between Design, Tech, Supply Chain, and Finance to drive seamless go-to-market execution, ensuring cross-functional alignment from concept through delivery. Proven track record of delivering P&L growth, brand elevation, market expansion and business transformation across luxury and contemporary segments. Skilled at translating customer insights and market data into strategic action plans that drive revenue, margin expansion, bottom line impact and long-term brand value. Adept at balancing creative vision with operational rigor, combining industry best practices from heritage institutions with the innovation, speed, and entrepreneurial spirit of founder-led and VC-funded environments. Passionate about mentorship and building high-performing teams. Core strengths include whitespace identification, trend analysis, assortment rationalisation, process optimisation, data-driven decision making, financial management, negotiation, and strategic execution. Digitally native, tech-savvy, and highly proficient in leveraging AI tools to support business functions across merchandising and commercialisation workflows.