The Frankie Shop founder and president Gaëlle Drevet is gunning to double the business in two years, and has brought on former MCM and Roger Vivier executive Sabine Brunner as chief executive officer to help mastermind a growth roadmap, WWD has learned.

Disclosing the management reinforcement in an exclusive interview, Drevet said Brunner started officially on Sept. 1 and is laying the groundwork to grow Frankie’s direct-to-consumer channel, expand internationally, and perhaps eventually take on an investor to further speed development.

“I was wearing too many hats,” Drevet said at the company’s spare offices in the Bastille district of Paris, fabric swatches and line sheets tacked on boards behind her. “I’ve never had a CEO or business partner.”

In Brunner, she found a seasoned exec

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