Group management
Members of the executive committee from left to right:
Olivier Fournier, Florian Craen, Agnès de Villers, Axel Dumas, Éric du Halgouët, Charlotte David, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Wilfried Guerrand, Sharon MacBeath, Guillaume de Seynes.
The Executive Chairman
The role of the Executive Chairmen is to manage the Group and act in its general interest, within the scope of the corporate purpose and subject to those powers expressly granted by law to the Supervisory Board and to General Meetings of shareholders.
The Executive Chairmen are assisted by the Executive Committee and the Operations Committee, which constitue the governing bodies.
Key data on executive management and governing bodies
Key data on executive committee as of December 31, 2023
The Executive Committee
Hermès International’s executive management is comprised of the Executive Chairmen and the Executive Committee, which consists of Managing Directors, each of whom has well-defined areas of responsibility. Its role is to oversee the Group’s strategic and operational management. The Executive Committee meets every two weeks. Its composition reflects the Group’s main areas of expertise.
Axel Dumas
Executive Chairman of Hermès International
Florian Craen
Executive Vice-President Sales and Distribution
Charlotte David
Executive Vice-President Communication
Pierre-Alexis Dumas
Artistic Executive Vice-President
Olivier Fournier
Executive Vice-President Corporate Development and Social Affairs
Wilfried Guerrand
Managing Director Métiers, Information Systems and Data
Eric du Halgouët
Executive Vice-President Finance
Sharon MacBeath
Group Director of Human Resources
Guillaume de Seynes
Executive Vice-President Manufacturing Division and Equity Investments
Agnès de Villers
Chairwoman and Executive Vice-President of Hermès Perfume and Beauty, Executive Vice-President of Hermès Horizon, petit h and Internet of Things (IoT)
The Operations Committee
The Operations Committee, which reports to the Executive Management, is made up of certain members of the Executive Committee and the Senior Executives of the main métiers and geographical areas, as well as the sales and support functions of the Group.
Its duties are:
- to involve Senior Executives in the Group’s major issues and strategic orientations;
- to promote communication, sharing and reasonable exchanges amongst its members in their area of responsibility;
- to enable the Executive Committee to take certain decisions.
The Operations Committee meets two or three times a year.
Composition
- Axel Dumas - Executive Chairman
Executive Committee members
- Florian Craen - Executive Vice-President Sales and Distribution
- Wilfried Guerrand - Managing Director Métiers, Information Systems and Data
- Agnès de Villers – Chairwoman and Executive Vice-President of Hermès Perfume and Beauty, Executive Vice-President of Hermès Horizon, petit h and Internet of Things (IoT)
Senior Executives of the métiers
- Alix Coindreau - Silk and Textiles
- Laurent Dordet - Watches
- Cielo Dunbavand - Women’s Ready-to-Wear
- Julien Faurie - Shoes
- Ly Lallier - Leather goods
- Véronique Nichanian - Men’s Ready-To-Wear
- Anne-Sarah Panhard - Home
- Élodie Potdevin - Fashion Accessories Métier and IoT
- Ambre Pulcini - Jewellery
Senior Executives of the Geographical areas
- Masao Ariga - Japan
- Ségolène Audras-Verdillon - Travel Retail
- Caroline Jacques - France
- Éric Festy - South Asia
- Luc Hennard - Europe
- Diane Mahady - United States and Latin America
- Sophie Vissing – Greater China
Senior Executives Sales and support functions
- Frédéric Agostini – Hermès Commercial (central logistics, services to subsidiaries, after-sales service)
- Corinne Fénéon – Retail operations (supply chain retail, eco-responsibility)
- Caroline Jacques – Retail activities (customer experience, customer services and relationships, retail)
- Hinde Pagani – Digital Sales and Service
- Paola Triolo – Information systems
Gender balance in governing bodies
Key data on gender balance at February 1, 2024