French Chamber - Annual Activity Report 2015

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Launched in 2010 Aimed at senior representatives of luxury brands, cultural institutions, GMs of five-star hotels and Chefs of Michelin-starred restaurants

CLUBS

LUXURY CLUB Chaired by Bertrand Michaud Managing Director, Hermès GB Ltd, Advisory Councillor of the French Chamber

The Club’s objective is to encourage the exchange of best practice, share experiences as well as celebrate savoir-faire and excellence. The Club hosts a series of breakfasts on topical issues as well as the Annual Luxury Dinner which is open to all members. In 2015, the Club also hosted a cocktail reception organised in par tnership with Walpole and the Financial Times.

ANNUAL LUXURY DINNER WITH LUCY YEOMANS

LUXURY COCKTAIL RECEPTION WITH THE FT AND WALPOLE

Speaker : Lucy Yeomans, Editor-in-Chief, NET-A-PORTER.com & Content Editor, PORTER magazine Sponsored by Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros Sponsors in kind: Hermès (a bottle of perfume for every guest), Caviar Petrossian, Pierre Hermé At Claridge’s (April)

Celebrating the best of French and British Luxury Speaker : Ben Hughes, then Chairman of Walpole and Deputy CEO of the Financial Times Par tnership with the Financial Times and Walpole At The Connaught (September)

2 L U X U RY BR E A K FAST S

The Internet of luxury things

Where does the luxury industry stand?

Speaker : Jonathan Chippindale, CEO, Holition At The Royal Alber t Hall (June)

Speakers: Nick Pope, Director, Fashion and Luxury Lead, Deloitte UK and Gordon Clark, VP Head of Commercial UK & Ireland, Global Blue. At Maison Assouline (November)

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