LVMH Métiers d’Art has appointed Yves Cauchon chief executive officer with immediate effect, WWD has learned.
He succeeds Matteo De Rosa, who exited the role late last year after a four-year stint.
Cauchon has been chief operating officer at Chloé since 2022, but he spent most of his career at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
In his new role, he is tasked with “securing and preserving the artisanal supply chains and strategic savoir-faire specific to each sector, thus helping nurture the creativity and excellence of the group’s maisons, while upholding LVMH’s commitments regarding ethical conducts, vigilance, environmental protection and social responsibility,” according to an internal announcement seen by WWD.
Cauchon reports to Ludovic Pauchard, industrial and craftsmanship director of LVMH Group, a new role created last June to ensure operational excellence across the entire production value chain.
Cauchon “has an essential role in orchestrating the development and transformation of LVMH Métiers d’Art, in close collaboration with the industrial entities of Métiers d’Art and the group’s maisons,” Pauchard commented in the announcement.
“Yves will be responsible for ensuring the sustainability of savoir-faire and the operational excellence of all métiers with a view to creating sustainable value and innovation for the benefit of the maisons,” he added.
A graduate of École Polytechnique and ENSTA, Cauchon started his career in 2002, holding several key positions at Louis Vuitton in production and material development, moving over to LVMH’s strategy department in 2007.
He took over the management of Berluti’s outsourced operations in 2011 before leading the global supply chain within Fendi in Rome. He successively held the position of chief operating officer at Fenty and Thélios.
LVMH established LVMH Métiers d’Art in 2015 to strengthen the French luxury group’s control over its supply chains.
