Former Jigsaw boss Beth Butterwick has been named the new managing director of Clarendon Fine Art.
Butterwick, who has a proven track record in leading high-quality brands through expansion plans will lead the contemporary art gallery group as it looks to grow exponentially.
Her most recent role was as CEO of Jigsaw, where she helped return the fashion retailer back to profit following several challenging years before exiting last month.
She also previously led Karen Millen through a transformational strategy that focused on their 400 stores across 65 countries as well as their digital proposition.
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Butterwick will be working very closely with chief executive Helen Swaby and the leadership team as they seek to extend the company’s footprint beyond the existing 80+ UK galleries that Swaby and her team have built up in affluent regional centres and on cruise ships over the last 25 years.
Clarendon Fine Art managing director Beth Butterwick said: ‘Fine art is a passion of mine, and I am incredibly excited to be taking up this role at Clarendon, a business which I have long admired. I look forward to working with Helen and her amazing team to continue to make high quality art accessible to a broader audience across existing stores as we look to expand across the UK. I am also extremely excited to be leading the charge on scaling Clarendon internationally, bringing what we do so well in the UK to reach new audiences in new markets.’
Clarendon fine art chief executive Helen Swaby said: ‘It is a testament to our story so far and to our exciting plans for the future that someone of Beth’s calibre and experience is joining us to lead the next part of our exciting journey of UK and international growth. We will be working closely together as we seek to continue doing what we have always done, bringing quality fine art to many more people.’
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