Group management
Members of the executive Comity in the leather goods workshops of Pantin (Île-de-France).
From left to right: Agnès de Villers, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, Olivier Fournier, Sharon MacBeath, Guillaume de Seynes, Axel Dumas, Catherine Fulconis, Florian Craen, Charlotte David, Wilfried Guerrand, Éric du Halgouët.
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
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 management.
- Axel Dumas
Executive Chairman - Florian Craen
Executive Vice-President Sales & Distribution - Charlotte David
Executive Vice-President Communication - Pierre-Alexis Dumas
Artistic Executive Vice-President - Olivier Fournier
Executive Vice-President Corporate Development and Social Affairs - Catherine Fulconis
Executive Vice-President Leather Goods-Saddlery - Wilfried Guerrand
Executive Vice-President Métiers, Information Systems and Data - Eric du Halgouët
Executive Vice-President Finance - Sharon MacBeath
Group Human Resources Director - Guillaume de Seynes
Executive Vice-President Manufacturing Division & Equity Investments - Agnès de Villers
President and CEO of Hermès Parfum et Beauté
The Operations Committee
The Operations Committee, which reports to the Executive Management, is made up of the Executive Committee and the Senior Executives of the main métiers and geographical areas 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.
Composition
- Axel Dumas - Executive Chairman
- Executive Committee members(see above)
Senior Executives of the métiers
- Alix Coindreau - Silk and Textiles
- Laurent Dordet - Watches
- Cielo Dunbavand - Women’s Ready-to-Wear
- Véronique Nichanian - Men’s Ready-To-Wear
- Anne-Sarah Panhard - Home
- Élodie Potdevin - Fashion Accessories Métier and IoT
- Ambre Pulcini - Jewellery and Shoes
Senior Executives of the Geographical areas
- Masao Ariga - Japan
- Robert Chavez - United States and Latin America
- Hélène Dubrule - France
- Éric Festy - South Asia
- Luc Hennard - China
- Hinde Pagani - Digital Sales and Service
- Ségolène Verdillon - Travel Retail