Delvaux, the Brussels leather goods house founded in 1829, has named Yanina Novitskaya its new chief executive, drawing on the management reserves of parent Richemont. She takes office on December 1 and reports to Philippe Fortunato, who oversees the group’s fashion and accessories maisons.
Novitskaya arrives after nearly two decades at Cartier, Richemont’s flagship jewelry brand. She rose through roles across Russia, Ukraine, and the CIS before running Cartier in Southeast Asia and Oceania for the past four years.
The appointment hands the oldest of Delvaux’s key attributes — its archive of more than 3,000 patented styles and a royal warrant to the Belgian court since 1883 — to a leader fluent in scaling heritage with product discipline. Fortunato cites her “strong knowledge of the luxury industry” as central to driving desirability and international growth.
She succeeds Jean-Marc Loubier, the executive credited with lifting the share of sales generated outside Belgium from roughly 3 percent to about 85 percent during his stewardship. Loubier returned for a second term after Richemont acquired the house from First Heritage Brands.
Delvaux’s best-known silhouette, the top-handle Brillant, originated in 1958 and remains the backbone of an offer increasingly built around belt bags, totes, and seasonal reinterpretation. Under Novitskaya the house is expected to press its expansion across North America and Asia while guarding its artisanal positioning.
