b.v. headquarters hilversum netherlands since 1886 number of locations 710 stores key people philip f. mountford ronald c. hemmer mania wermelskirchen und vi j. patel products fashion lingerie revenue 440 mio . eur 2015 number of employees 4.500 2015 website www.hunkemoller.com hunkem ller is a clothing manufacturer from the netherlands specialising in underclothes and lingerie . the company was founded in 1886 in amsterdam as a special shop for corsets . nowadays it is an omni channel brand with more than 4.000 employees in more than 18 countries . hunkem ller is one of the field leaders in ladies underwear especially in the low countries . contents 1 history 2 company structure 3 board members 3.1 executive board 3.2 trading board 4 locations 5 collections 6 awards 7 external links history edit wilhelm hunkem ller and his wife josephina lexis founded the company in 1886 as a special shop for corsets and bustles in amsterdam . in the beginning they used to produce in their own factory . in the following years the family owned business expanded and they could open stores in amsterdam rotterdam and utrecht . in 1974 the company was acquired by vendex dochter confendex b.v. a subsidiary company of vroom & dreesman b.v. thereby the company name was changed from hunkem ller lexis just to hunkem ller . in 1977 the company expanded to belgium and ten years later to germany . nowadays hunkem ller has many stores in europe and in the middle east . flagship stores are located in amsterdam vienna stuttgart and antwerp . company structure edit hunkem ller runs an omni channel operation which contains own operated stores shop in shops e commerce and international franchise units . hunkem ller began its franchise program in 1979 . these days the lingerie company contains more than 700 stores with more than 4.000 employers . 2015 hunkem ller recorded a turnover of 440 million euros . the company was acquired by the carlyle group in the beginning of 2016 . since the end of 2010 the company belonged to pai partners a european private equity group . before it was part of maxeda a retail business from the netherlands . hunkem ller s headquarter is in hilversum . board members edit hunkem ller collection hunkem ller store executive board edit title name ceo philip mountford cfo ron hemmer coo vi patel trading board edit title name ceo philip mountford cfo ron hemmer coo vi patel global hr director anne jaakke global marketing & communications director alexandra legro design director zoe price smith buying director charlotte davies omni channel director gijs van engelen merchandise & planning director nick bailey locations edit hunkem ller is represented in the following countries hunkem ller niederlassungen europe and asia middle east and north africa lesser antilles austria belarus belgium denmark france germany great britain greece india luxemburg netherlands russia spain sweden turkey ukraine bahrain egypt israel kuwait morocco saudi arabia aruba bonaire cura ao collections edit hunkem ller store in heerhugowaard 2008 hunkem ller sells lingerie shapewear nightwear swimwear sports clothing hosiery and ladies accessories . in addition hunkem ller features a range of sub brands hkmx sports collection private collection seductive lingerie noir lingerie and swimwear bra solutions bra basics the sylvie collection and marlies dekker collection designer collections . awards edit in 2014 hunkem ller secured the retail award again for the best lingerie chain in the netherlands . in belgium germany and austria it got awarded with the same award a year before . moreover in germany the company secured the prestigious retailer of the year award in 2015 . 2015 vrouw award telegraaf nl for the best lingerie collection with focus on the sylvie collection london voted by readers of vrouw 2015 women s health germany award for best lingerie brand 2014 mercuriusprijs for best store concept in belgium with the meir flagship store . 2015 reta retail technology award in the category best customer experience with the flagship d sseldorf germany external links edit hunkem ller website uk retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hunkem ller & oldid 740317547 categories companies established in 1886hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschfran aisnederlandssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 20 september 2016 at 09 25 . text is available under the creative commons 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