Burberry Group plc announced the appointment of Kate Ferry as Executive Director. Kate, who will join Burberry by early September 2023 at the latest, will have responsibility for Finance and Business Services functions and will become a member of Burberry's Board and Executive Committee, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Akeroyd. Kate is currently Chief Financial Officer of McLaren Group where she has overseen financial strategy and investor relations and has supported the broader strategic development of the company over the past two years.

Prior to McLaren, Kate was Group Chief Financial Officer of TalkTalk Telecom Group PLC from 2017 to 2021.She is also currently an independent non-executive director of Greggs plc. Kate began her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1998. She then moved to Merrill Lynch where she became a director within the retail sector equity research team, participating in numerous IPOs including that of Burberry.

After almost 10 years in banking, Kate joined retail telecoms group Carphone Warehouse PLC as Corporate Affairs Director, where she became a member of the Executive Committee following the multi-billion pound merger of Carphone with Dixons Retail to form Dixons Carphone PLC.