PARIS — France’s luxury trade association Comité Colbert has elected Hélène Poulit-Duquesne as chairwoman for a four-year mandate, it said on Monday.
Poulit-Duquesne, who is the chief executive officer of Kering-owned jeweler Boucheron, will step into the role in June. She has been on the association’s board since 2018 and was its vice president since May 2022.
In her new role, the Boucheron CEO succeeds Laurent Boillot, a senior executive at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton who was most recently president and CEO of Hennessy.
Poulit-Duquesne said she was “proud and happy for the trust placed in her” and that her roadmap would continue the organization’s top priorities of “showcasing our know-how and supporting our industries, collectively promoting our values and houses internationally, and putting sustainable development at the heart of our strategies as a future challenge for the planet and our fields.”
Bénédicte Epinay, CEO of Comité Colbert, said she looked forward to working with Poulit-Duquesne and “serve to enhance the influence of an industry whose excellence and creativity make it one of the foremost flagships of the French economy.”
Started in 1954 by Jean-Jacques Guerlain of the fragrance family, Comité Colbert has a roster that spans 17 cultural institution as well as 98 luxury labels from several sectors including haute couture and fashion, fragrance and cosmetics, hospitality and wine and spirits.
Among its members are Boucheron, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, Louis Vuitton, Hermès and Van Cleef & Arpels.
