When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.

In the luxury business, you have to build on heritage.

Working in the context of ultra-famous brands like Dior and Vuitton, creative spirits are always going to feel reined in. It's important that they are free to develop ideas. And rather than detracting from the principal job, it reinforces it. I think of that money as venture capital. It's not a big investment.

I think in business, you have to learn to be patient. Maybe I'm not very patient myself. But I think that I've learned the most is be able to wait for something and get it when it's the right time.

I am and will remain a tax resident in France and in this regard I will, like all French people, fulfill my fiscal obligations.

It's true that I am not from the south and I have a certain reserve. I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone. But it is more a question of style.