Rose Marie Bravo ranked her #13 in its 2004 and 2005 lists of "The 50 most Powerful Women in Business" outside the US. In 2005, Burberry announced Bravo would step down for Angela Ahrendts (formerly Liz Claiborne). After a 6 months transitional period, Bravo retired as a CEO and became vice chairman of Burberry. Rose Marie Bravo Rose Marie Bravo (born January 13, 1951 in the Bronx, New York) is an American businesswoman. During her career, she has occupied leadership positions in several major fashion businesses and is now vice chairman at Burberry, of which she was CEO from 1997 to 2005. Bravo,
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