{"id":695249,"date":"2026-01-14T11:19:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695249\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T11:19:15","slug":"andrea-rigogliosi-confirmed-as-diesels-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/695249\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrea Rigogliosi confirmed as Diesel&#8217;s new CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                                    <b>Published<\/b><br \/>\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                        January 14, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-content col-md-8 offset-md-1\">\n                                As anticipated by <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-fashionnetwork-com\" title=\"FashionNetwork.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FashionNetwork.com<\/a>, <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-diesel\" title=\"Diesel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Diesel<\/a>, part of the OTB Group, has confirmed the appointment of Andrea Rigogliosi as the brand&#8217;s new CEO.\u00a0Rigogliosi will report directly to <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-ubaldo-minelli\" title=\"Ubaldo Minelli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubaldo Minelli<\/a>, CEO of the OTB Group.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"news-image\" style=\"width:100%;max-width:787px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ef94.jpg\" alt=\"Andrea Rigogliosi\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>Andrea Rigogliosi <\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">&#8220;Diesel is a magical brand that I founded, and it has always been a unique force in the fashion landscape. Under <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-glenn-martens\" title=\"Glenn Martens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Glenn Martens<\/a>&#8216;s creative direction, it has been transformed, rediscovering its most authentic DNA and making the brand fresher, more contemporary, and increasingly loved by younger audiences. Today, Diesel can be considered the only alternative to the luxury world, able to embody values such as inclusivity and a democratic spirit, which are particularly meaningful at a complex time for the entire fashion industry. Recently, I have closely followed the brand&#8217;s development alongside a team of managers as we navigated a challenging market phase. I am very happy about Andrea&#8217;s arrival; together with the team, I am certain he will further enhance Diesel&#8217;s potential at a crucial moment in its evolution,&#8221; said <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-renzo-rosso\" title=\"Renzo Rosso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Renzo Rosso<\/a>, founder of Diesel and chairman of the OTB Group.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Rigogliosi has strong international leadership experience in the luxury, fashion, and retail sectors, having held senior strategic and commercial roles across Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-md-8 offset-md-1 article-content--texte\">Prior to joining Diesel,\u00a0Rigogliosi was global head of retail and commercial at <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-miu-miu\" title=\"Miu Miu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miu Miu<\/a>&#8211; <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-prada\" title=\"Prada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prada<\/a> Group, leading global business growth and the expansion of its distribution network. Rigogliosi has held key positions within the <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-lvmh\" title=\"LVMH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LVMH<\/a> Group, including president, Europe, at <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-fendi\" title=\"Fendi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fendi<\/a> and general manager for France &amp; Monaco and for Italy at <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-christian-dior-couture\" title=\"Christian Dior Couture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Dior Couture<\/a>. Early in his career, he held management positions at the Poltrona Frau Group and <a class=\"fnwAddLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.fashionnetwork.com\/tags-l-oreal\" title=\"L&#039;Or\u00e9al\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;Or\u00e9al<\/a> Luxury Products. The executive holds a degree in International Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan.\n                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                This article is an automatic translation.<br \/>\n                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/it.fashionnetwork.com\/news\/Andrea-rigogliosi-confermato-ceo-di-diesel,1797541.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to read the original article.\n                            <\/p>\n<p>\n                                Copyright \u00a9 2026 FashionNetwork.com All rights reserved.\n                            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published January 14, 2026 As anticipated by FashionNetwork.com, Diesel, part of the OTB Group, has confirmed the appointment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":695250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[952,748,143754,6642,393,2584,66024,19122,155545,4884,38723,15909,13279,38863,5775,1144,38945,3886,15910,169473,712,209776,16,15,1764],"class_list":["post-695249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uk","category-united-kingdom","tag-beauty","tag-britain","tag-christian-dior-couture","tag-diesel","tag-england","tag-fashion","tag-fashionnetwork-com","tag-fendi","tag-glenn-martens","tag-great-britain","tag-loreal","tag-luxury","tag-lvmh","tag-miu-miu","tag-network","tag-northern-ireland","tag-only-the-brave","tag-prada","tag-professionals","tag-renzo-rosso","tag-scotland","tag-ubaldo-minelli","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115893185004100190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/695250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}