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Old Navy Gets New President
Coming off of months of declining sales in all its labels, Gap Inc. announced it was naming Sonia Syngal as Old Navy’s new global president.
The appointment by the San Francisco–based company marks Syngal’s return to Old Navy, where she served as senior vice president of the brand’s international division in 2013 until she moved over to lead Gap Inc.’s enterprise-wide global supply chain.
At Gap, she was vice president of global supply chain and product operations, managing all aspects of global sourcing, logistics and product operations across all of Gap Inc.’s brands and channels. In that job, she worked with Old Navy leadership to develop the company’s newly evolved product-to-market model, designed to increase speed and flexibility.
Before her tenure at Old Navy, Syngal led Gap and Banana Republic’s European business for nearly two years and spent almost three years working with the international divisions for Gap Outlet and Banana Republic Factory stores.
“How we continue to transform our product engine, focused on balancing amazing product with operational excellence, will be key to unlocking Old Navy’s next phase of growth,” Syngal said.
Jill Stanton, who was the interim leader for Old Navy, will now serve as a strategic adviser to support an easy transition to a new executive leader.
