On Thursday, the British Vogue Council (BFC) introduced that CEO Caroline Rush will step down from her place from June 2025, ending a 16-year run.

The seek for her successor will start instantly, led by administration consultancy Egon Zehnder. Within the meantime, Rush will proceed to steer the organisation.

The manager joined the BFC in 2009, transferring into the CEO position from the PR agency she based. Throughout her tenure, the council’s income has greater than doubled. However Rush has additionally navigated important challenges, together with Brexit, the Covid pandemic and the luxurious downturn.

BFC chair David Pemsel praised Rush’s “dynamic and agile” management while “navigating a number of the most difficult instances for the trade.” Pemsel will lengthen his time period as chair to the top of 2025 and lead the seek for Rush’s successor.

Rush is liable for pioneering quite a few initiatives, such because the BFC Basis, born out of two charities she launched. Since 2020, the Basis has donated £4.3 million ($5.7 million) to assist designers and their companies.

“After 15 years in service to the trade, I’m prepared for a brand new problem. Having constructed the organisation’s sources again to higher than pre-pandemic ranges, it’s in an incredible place to proceed its important and extremely vital work with new management and a brand new chapter,” Rush mentioned in a press release.