Valérie Chapoulaud-Floquet

Director at Danone

A graduate of EM Lyon Business School in finance and international business, Valérie CHAPOULAUD-FLOQUET began her career in 1983 as an analyst at Crédit Lyonnais Italy. She joined the L’Oréal group in 1984 as part of the Internal Audit team and then in 1988 joined the Luxury Products Division where she worked until 2008. She held successively different management position in Europe, Asia and North America. In 1996 she became General Manager of Biotherm Italy then in 1988 Biotherm International Development Manager; in 2002 she was appointed General Manager of the Luxury Products Division for Asia, then in 2005 for Europe, and in 2007 President of the Luxury Products Division in the United States. She then joined the LVMH group in 2008 as CEO of Louis Vuitton Taiwan and was successively appointed President of Louis Vuitton South Europe, President and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America and President and CEO of Louis Vuitton Americas. In 2014, she was appointed to head the Rémy Cointreau spirits group as Chief Executive Officer, a position she held until 2019. Since then, she has been focusing on non-executive roles.

Timeline

  • Director

    Current role