Education
Day received her Bachelor in Administrative Management from Central Washington University in 1984. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
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Day received her Bachelor in Administrative Management from Central Washington University in 1984. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
From 2008 through December 2013, she was the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian clothing company Lululemon Athletica. Prior to taking up her post at Lululemon she had worked for Starbucks for twenty years, eventually becoming the head of its Asia-Pacific division. She has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver-based food company Luvo since January 2014.
After obtaining her first degree in 1984 Christine Day began her career working for a financial services firm specializing in private equity placements.
One of its clients was Howard Schultz who owned the Il Giornale coffee outlet and was looking to expand the company by purchasing Starbucks. Day began working as the office manager for Schultz"s then fledgling company in 1986 and remained with Starbucks for the next 20 years, gradually rising through its ranks.
She left Starbucks in 2006 and took a year"s sabbatical before joining Lululemon Athletica as executive vice-president of its retail operations in January 2008. Six months later, she became the company"s Chief Executive Officer and joined its Board of directors.
During her time at Lululemon, Day was credited with driving its expansion to an international company, with Lululemon"s stock rising by over 400% during her tenure.
In 2011, she became the first woman to be named "Chief Executive Officer of the Year" by the Toronto Globe and Mail and was named "Marketer of the Year" by the Canadian Marketing Association. Day announced that she would be resigning as Chief Executive Officer of the company in June 2013, but would stay on for the next six months until her replacement was foundation In January 2014 Laurent Potdevin was named the new Chief Executive Officer of Lululemon.
Day became the new Chief Executive Officer of Luvo Incorporated., a startup food and catering company based in Vancouver with most of its operations in Atlanta, Georgia.
Day served as corporate director of Select Comfort Corporation and of Nu Skin.
