Caden Wang’s many years of international corporate experience brings JHG a wealth of strategic, financial and operational business expertise.
Caden was previously on the Board of the U.S. public companies Leapfrog, bebe and Fossil. Prior to his semi-retirement, Caden was the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Moёt Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Retail Group, which included 10 operating companies at varied stages of maturity. The Group had operations in 20 countries with combined annual revenue over $3 billion and included DFS, the world’s leading retailer to the traveling public, and Sephora, the cosmetic and fragrance chain first acquired in France and then expanded throughout Europe and the US. The Group also included various new online and specialty retail concepts. In addition to his traditional finance responsibilities for the Group, Caden provided leadership in the transformation of the existing organizations, the launch of new concepts, disposition of nonstrategic units, and in managing several mergers and acquisitions of new companies.
Prior to LVMH, Caden was the Chief Financial Officer for a few retail companies and also held senior executive positions with Sunkist and the Ernst & Young consulting group. Caden has lived and traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. He is trilingual, speaking English, Japanese and Chinese.