Bob Madore joins American Eagle Outfitters as CFO

American Eagle Outfitters has appointed Bob Madore as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Chief Executive Officer, Jay Schottenstein, effective October 28, 2016.

Commenting on his appointment, Schottenstein said, “I am excited to welcome Bob to American Eagle Outfitters and look forward to benefiting from his extensive financial and operational retail experience, global perspective and leadership as we execute our growth plan. Additionally, I’d like to thank Scott Hurd, SVP and Chief Accounting Officer, for his leadership and contributions as Interim CFO over the past several months.”

In this role, Madore will oversee all aspects of finance, merchandise planning and allocation and investor relations. He joins AEO as a seasoned retail executive with extensive public company financial and operational experience, most recently as SVP, Chief Financial Officer at Ralph Lauren Corporation. Since 2004, he has served in various senior management roles at Ralph Lauren, where he was instrumental in growing its global business across multiple channels, concepts and product categories. Prior to that, he served in senior finance and retail operational roles at Nine West Group and New York and Company.

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