Background
Roussel was born in Paris, France.
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Pierre Roussel
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He graduated from École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées with a degree in Economics. Roussel has an Master of Business Administration from Wharton Business School - University of Pennsylvania. He began his career as a financial analyst at Crédit Commercial de France, now known as Household Bank France after obtaining an Master of Business Administration from Wharton, he joined the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he had increasing responsibilities (France, New York, Hong Kong, Japan) before being elected partner in 1998, and then senior partner in 2004.
Career
He has a postgraduate degree from Brussels University (Solvay Business School), which he earned during the time he worked at Crédit Commercial de France in Brussels. Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton
In 2004, Roussel joined the Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton Executive Committee as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Operations. In 2006, he was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton Fashion Group, which includes numerous prestigious brands (Céline, Donna Karan, DKNY, Givenchy, Kenzo, Loewe, Marc Jacobs, Pucci, Nicholas Kirkwood and J West Anderson).
Pierre-Yves Roussel successfully repositioned and developed several Fashion Houses within Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton by appointing and collaborating with very talented Artistic Directors: Riccardo Tisci at Givenchy, Phoebe Philo at Céline, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon at Kenzo, J. West. Anderson at Loewe and, in 2015, Dao Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne at Donna Karan
ANDAM Fashion Award: Jury member
The Business of Fashion: Board member
CFDA Fashion Incubator: Jury Member
Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode: Board member
Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton Prize: Jury member.
Membership
ANDAM Fashion Award: Jury member
The Business of Fashion: Board member
CFDA Fashion Incubator: Jury Member
Fédération Française de la Couture, du Prêt-à-Porter des Couturiers et des Créateurs de Mode: Board member
Moët Hennessy — Louis Vuitton Prize: Jury member.
