Francis K Duane

Ken Duane has held senior executive positions in leading European and United States apparel firms. Ken held sales positions of increasingly higher responsibility culminating in his promotion to Vice President of Sales. Going back a few years, Ken was recruited by Nautica International, a new entry into the men’s apparel segment, as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing in 1990. As a member of the corporate executive team, he was instrumental in Nautica’s growth from $40 million in annual sales to $285 million in six years. In 1996 Ken moved to Guess Jeans to become President of Worldwide Corporate Sales and Marketing. While in that position, he participated in guiding the $1.3 billion company toward a successful initial public stock offering in 1996. In 1998, Ken was recruited by Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation as President of its IZOD Division, a premier brand of sports-inspired apparel.A 1981 B.S. Finance/Marketing graduate of Merrimack College, Ken is a member of both its Saint Augustine Society and Wall Street Board of Advisors.