Macy’s Taps Retail Consultant As CFO

Macy’s on Wednesday announced that Adrian Mitchell, a partner at Boston Consulting Group, will take the chief financial officer job on Nov. 2, according to a company press release. Before BCG, Mitchell was CEO of home furnishings retailer Arhaus from 2016 to 2017. Before that he was CFO at Crate and Barrel, also taking on chief operating officer duties and later also serving as interim CEO. Before joining Crate and Barrel in 2010, he held management positions at Target, and began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he co-founded the NA Lean Operations Retail Practice. Felicia Williams, who has been in the role in the interim after the May departure of Paula Price, will join the organization CEO Action for Racial Equity as a Macy’s, Inc. Fellow. Read more at Retail Dive.