Nick Robertson standing down as ASOS CEO

After 15 years in the role, Nick Robertson is standing down as Chief Executive Officer of online fashion retailer ASOS. Robertson, who founded the company, will remain with ASOS as a non-executive director. He will be succeeded as CEO by Nick Beighton, who joined ASOS in April 2009 as Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Chief Operating Officer in October 2014.

The changes will take effect immediately.

Commenting on today’s announcement, Brian McBride, Chairman of ASOS said: “On behalf of everyone who works at ASOS, I’d like to acknowledge Nick Robertson’s extraordinary achievement. His passion and vision have built a start-up into a world class company. We are all delighted that Nick will continue to contribute to the company that he started.

“We are fortunate to have such an able successor for the CEO role in Nick Beighton. Nick has unique experience of the company built over six years, equipping him to drive ASOS along its growth trajectory to become the world’s leading online fashion retailer for 20-somethings.”