President & CEO, Senior Executive Vice President
Strategy, Business, Creativity, Management, M&A, Consulting
Luxury & Premium Brands, Retail, Digital, International, Globalization
THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY, PHILLIPS, MERCURY, L.V.M.H.
KINGFISHER, DELSEY, THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Currently President & CEO of THE LUXURY CONSULTING COMPANY founded in 2011, providing comprehensive international Strategic & Operational Business Consulting services, including M&A advisory, exclusively to the Luxury and premium Industry.
Previously, Senior Executive Vice President of Phillips MERCURY Group (2009-2011), President & CEO L.V.M.H Group (1998-2009), and member of the L.V.M.H strategic committee, Digital Vice President of KINGFISHER, and member of the executive committee (1997-1998), Vice President of DELSEY (1994-1997), and Vice President of THOMSON CONSUMER ELECTRONICS (1988-1994) and member of the executive committee.
Recognized as a leading expert in the Luxury and Premium Industry with over 25 years of experience spanning various sectors, offering unique strategic skills, experience, and business insights.
Known for a global 360-degree methodology, merging Strategy, Business & Creativity (SBC®), as a visionary architect builder of luxury & premium Brands.
Extensive expertise in numerous luxury sectors: Fashion (Women & Men & Kids) & Accessories (Bags, Shoes, Small & Large leather goods, Luggage, shades), Perfumes & Cosmetics & Skin Care, Watches & Jewelry, Wines & Spirits, Retail & Ecommerce, Hotels & Resorts, Homeware & Interior Design, Art (Auction House & Gallery) and Automobile.
Strong skills are in Strategy, Business, Operations, Branding, Marketing & Sales, Retail, Finance, Creativity & Innovations, Products & Services, Communication, International Globalization and Digital.
Vast international experience, knowledge, and knowhow. Having worked and conducted missions in Europe, America, Asia Pacific, and Middle East, fluent in multiples languages.
Committed to building custom-made high profit business models, energizing teams, and managers, boosting Brand DNA, Product Collections, Services, leveraging Designers, capitalizing on creative marketing and communication, and activating Omnichannel (Retail, Wholesales, Digital) around the world, while maintaining alignment with P&L and Balance sheets KPIs.
Experienced in M&A and financial advisory services, including Due Diligence, Valuation, Pre/Post acquisitions, Transactions, Fund Raisings in collaboration with Private Equity Funds, Investment Banking and Venture capital firms.
Work spans a wide range of companies, from family-owned businesses to public corporations, varying in size and scope: Family business, Family shareholders, Investment Funds, Public Companies, - different sizes of business (€10 million to above 1 million in sales) – Start-Ups, (Re) Branding, Organic Growth, International Development, Acquisition, Diversification, Turnaround, Distress situation, and Disruption.
Experience across all luxury and premium sectors, working with major groups and independent Brands.