Gilles Gaucher-Cazalis
Fashion finance and operations executive | Fashion ecommerce finance instructor
Gilles Gaucher-Cazalis has held senior finance and operations roles in the international fashion industry. His experience includes Philipp Plein and Michael Kors, with work across Europe, Asia and the United States. Digital Fashion Academy’s Finance course brings his perspective on how senior finance leaders evaluate ecommerce performance.
Professional experience
Gilles’s background combines financial reporting with the operational decisions that shape a fashion business. He has also worked as a consultant on strategy, finance and operations projects. This experience informs his approach to assessing growth plans, costs, margins and the resources needed to support them.
What Gilles teaches in the Finance course
In his lesson, Driving Ecommerce Success: A CFO’s Perspective in the Fashion Industry, Gilles explains what a CFO examines when reviewing an ecommerce business. He covers financial reporting, profitability, working capital, investment decisions and the questions ecommerce managers should be ready to answer.
- Understanding the P&L and balance sheet from a finance director’s perspective.
- Evaluating revenue, gross margin, EBITDA and cash alongside commercial performance.
- Considering inventory and working capital when planning growth.
- Presenting the financial case for ecommerce investment.