Mr Gebhard Rainer
President and Chief Operating Officer
Coach, Inc.

Gebhard Rainer became President and Chief Operating Officer in September 2014.

Mr Rainer joined Coach from Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he most recently held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, Mr Rainer served as Managing Director for Hyatt International Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME) LLC from January 2007 to August 2012 overseeing all aspects of the company’s business in the region. Mr Rainer has more than 30 years of experience in progressively more senior operating and finance roles, and has extensive international experience, having lived in the Caribbean, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, and the United States.

Mr Rainer has a graduate degree in Hotel Management from the Hotel Management School in Bad Hofgastein, Austria, and has studied in Executive Programs at University of Chicago Booth Business School, Kellogg-Northwestern University of Illinois and MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.