Job Title: CIO
Company: Richemont
Kim Hartlev got his professional start as a software architect at Mobilethink. Over the next six years he was promoted to head of operations and then CTO. Kim then moved on to hold the position of CTO at Synchronica. Myriad Group and Morvitu. His next move saw him take on the role of head of operations at Sainsbury’s, a year later he was promoted to CTO. Kim had a brief stint as CTO of MatchesFashion before being appointed Group CIO of Richemont in August 2019. He has a BSc. Honours from Aarhus University.
Work
2019 - Present Group CIO, Richemont
2018 - 2019 CTO, MatchesFashion
2017 - 2019 CTO, Sainsbury’s
2016 - 2017 Head of Development, Sainsbury’s
2014 - 2015 VP Technology and Architecture, Blackberry
2014 - 2015 CTO, Movirtu
2013 - 2013 Director of Software Engineering, Innovative Converged Devices
2012 - 2013 CTO, Myriad Group AG
2006 - 2012 CTO, Synchronica Plc
2004 - 2006 CTO, Mobilethink
2002 - 2004 Head of Operations, Mobilethink
2000 - 2002 Software Architect, Mobilethink
Education
1996 - 2000 BSc. Honours, Aarhus University School of Engineering
About Compagnie Financière Richemont SA: Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is a Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company founded in 1988 by South African businessman Johann Rupert. Through its various subsidiaries, Richemont designs, manufactures, distributes and sells premium jewellery, watches, leather goods, writing instruments, firearms, clothing and accessories. Richemont is publicly traded as CFR on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the JSE Securities Exchange.
As of November 2012, Compagnie Financière Richemont SA is the sixth largest corporation by market capitalisation in the Swiss Market Index. As of 2014, Richemont is the second-largest luxury goods company in the world after LVMH.