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François-Melchior de Polignac is Chief Executive of Maisons du Monde

François-Melchior de Polignac started his career with L’Oréal in the Financial Control team of Lancôme Italy in 1995. After three years, he joined The Boston Consulting Group in Paris. In 2000, he joined the Carrefour Group as a member of the merger & acquisition team and held several operational and functional positions in France before moving to Poland where he was notably in charge of the supermarket business unit. In 2009, he moved back to Paris leading a group organizational transformation program, driving more than €2bn efficiencies. In 2011, he was appointed CEO of Romania and then, CEO of Belgium late 2013. In 2018, he was appointed Executive Director Group merchandise, and joined the Executive Committee of the group. Since 2020, he has been the Executive Director and Zone CEO, in charge of Belgium, Romania, and Poland. He graduated from HEC in 1994 and holds a master’s degree in International Relations from The University of Cambridge.

Christophe Lapotre has been appointed Maisons du Monde's Chief Store Operations Officer, responsible for sales development and performance in the Group's 352 stores across 9 European countries. He succeeds Yohann Catherine and, as of 1 July 2023, ensures the respect, rollout and continued growth of the Maisons du Monde store concept in France and abroad. After a stint at Kiabi as Store Manager, Christophe Lapotre's international career then took off at the Celio group, where he was first the Director of Celio subsidiary in Spain and later the group's Europe Retail Director. In the words of Christophe Lapotre: "Taking on this role at Maisons du Monde will allow me to work alongside the Group's committed teams to strengthen team spirit and optimise customer satisfaction." 

Gilles Lemaire has been appointed interim Group Chief Financial Officer since September 2023.

After successfully completing an engineering degree from INSA and obtaining a finance credential from HEC, Gilles began his professional career as a financial auditor at KPMG.

Later on, he joined the LVMH group where he held various positions: Industrial Finance Manager at Louis Vuitton, Financial Controlling Manager at Christian Dior, Group Controlling Director at Loewe in Madrid, and finally Director of Finance and Operations at Bulgari in Ireland. With over 20 years of financial experience within major international groups, he joined Maisons du Monde in 2022 as Group Controlling Director.

Sophie Mouhieddine joined Maisons du Monde as Chief Human Resources Officer in January 2020. She was since June 2016 Group HR Director for the brand Aigle where she contributed to its return to growth through a sustained work on organisation design, international-level talent acquisition and employee engagement. In January 2012, she created the function of Group Human Resources Director within the Groupe Flo through designing a new HR organisation, evolving the managerial culture of the Group and initiating strong commitments for all the brands, such as training, diversity, and apprenticeship. In 2007, she joined Sephora as Director of HR Development for the EMEA region, before being promoted as Director of Human Resources for International Development. During these 5 years within Sephora, Sophie developed the employer brand and its attractiveness. In 2002, she joined the consulting and IT systems integration company of the telecommunications group BT as Recruitment, Training and Staffing Manager. She achieved a Master’s degree in Economics and HR Management in 1999, and started her career as recruitment consultant within EMDS that same year.

Julien Vigouroux is Chief Supply Chain Officer at Maisons du Monde. He is in charge of storage and order preparation for our BtoC and BtoB activities. He joined Maisons du Monde in 2015. He was previously in charge of a Carrefour warehouse dedicated to fresh food products during 6 years. He also worked for 8 years at a European cultural and electronics products retailer as Supply chain manager and Project manager.

Constance Fouquet is the Digital Chief Executive of Maisons du Monde since April 19, 2022. After studying law at Panthéon Assas University, she began her career with entrepreneurship in digital customer experience, where she coordinates IT, product and marketing teams. Then, she took over the head of marketing direction of Ticketac, Figaro's show ticket office before joining Veepee. Initially part of the entertainment department, she later joined the Marketing management Department of France and then of the whole business group.