Christian Blanckaert is a former Executive Vice President of Hermès International, Chairman and CEO of Hermès Sellier, from January 1996 to August 31st, 2009

He is also a former President of Comité Colbert (French organization which groups 70 French luxury companies, 1988 – 1996).

Born on July 9th, 1945, married, two children, he is graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, and from the Faculty of Law of Paris.

Christian Blanckaert has an MBA from INSEAD.

Consultant with the Boston based consulting firm, Harbridge House (1971-1976), he was Managing Director of the “do-it-yourself” chain “Bricorama” (1976-1981), Chairman and CEO of Thomson-Distribution (1981-1984), Managing Director of the SCAC Group (1985-1988). Member of the board of Furla (Italy)

Christian Blanckaert was Chairman of the board of the French National school of Decorative Arts (ENSAD 1999-2010), and was Mayor of Varengeville sur Mer for 31 years (1977 – 2008).

He is Professor of Management at ESCP- EAP Paris.

Christian Blanckaert wrote five books, Roads to luxury (1996 Grasset), Portraits en clair-obscur (2001 Balland), a biography on “Roger Salengro” (2004 Balland) and “Luxe” (2007 Editions du Cherche Midi), Les 100 mots du luxe (2010 PUF)