McArthurGlen, Europe’s leading designer outlet group, has announced the appointment of Susannah Bosanquet to the new role of director of communications & PR.

The announcement comes as McArthurGlen embarks upon a record period of expansion which will see it grow its retail footprint by 50% in the next three years.

The company, which already operates 22 designer outlets in nine countries in Europe and Canada, has a current development pipeline that includes a further seven new outlets and the expansion of seven existing centres, all opening by 2019.

Ms Bosanquet, who brings more than 30 years’ experience in international consumer, fashion and corporate PR, will lead McArthurGlen’s consumer, corporate, brand partner marketing and business-to-business communications activities worldwide and will be a member of the company’s executive team.

Ms Bosanquet will lead an in-house communications team based in McArthurGlen’s London headquarters and its key regional centres, as well as PR agencies in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Canada, Russia, Korea and China.

Shaeren McKenzie, McArthurGlen’s group marketing director, commentated: “Following three years of consistently strong growth, with McArthurGlen’s total centre turnover increasing by almost 30%, we are poised for our biggest programme of expansion since we opened the first designer outlet in Europe in 1995.  Susannah will be a key member of the McArthurGlen management team as we deliver our mission to provide shoppers with the most exciting retail destinations and to drive value for our 900 luxury and premium brand partners around the world.”

Susannah Bosanquet has spent the last decade as MD of her own lifestyle PR agency in Milan where she represented clients including Giunti Publishing, Abercrombie & Fitch, Atari, Red Bull, Tommy Hilfiger, De Rigo, 7 4 All Mankind, John Frieda, Tony & Guy, Korres, Puma, Mihara Yasuhiro, Hugo Boss and Bentley.