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Alexandre Arnault promoted, Hennessy CEO replaced by Dior director

Thus, Cécile Cabanis, 52 years old, the deputy financial director, will be promoted to director on 1is December 2024. She will replace Jean-Jacques Guiony, 62, who will succeed Philippe Schaus at the head of Moët-Hennessy (the important wine and spirits division) on December 1is February 2025.

Jacques Guiony will be supported by Alexandre Arnault – one of the five children of Bernard Arnault, the owner and president of LVMH –, appointed deputy general manager of Moët-Hennessy. Alexandre Arnault, 32, has until now overseen the products and communications of the jeweler Tiffany & Co in the United States.

Movement in Cognac, at Hennessy


Laurent Boillot, CEO of the Hennessy cognac house since 2019. His “new functions will be communicated later”, says a press release from the LVMH group dated November 14, 2024.

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Charles Delapalme, 51, director at Christian Dior Couture since 2018, will become CEO of the cognac house Hennessy, “after a period of transition with Laurent Boillot, whose new functions will be communicated later,” specifies the press release. According to an indiscretion from the online media “La Lettre”, Laurent Boillot was expected to be boss of Moët-Hennessy; LVMH denied this on October 18, expressing surprise at “inaccurate rumors”.

Maud Alvarez-Pereyre, 43, who started as an intern at Parfums Christian Dior and is currently director in charge of talents and transformation of the group, will be appointed director of human resources from 1is December 2024. She will succeed Chantal Gaemperle, “laid off with a view to her dismissal” a week ago according to “La Lettre”. On Wednesday, LVMH briefly confirmed his departure.

Chantal Gaemperle, 62, member of the group's executive committee, was, again according to “La Lettre”, the target of an internal investigation into the accumulation of benefits in kind received from the group's 75 houses.

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