Mr. Blanckaert has been the Chairman and CEO of Hermès Sellier, the main subsidiary of the Hermès Group since January 1996. Christian Blanckaert is also Chairman of the board of the French National school of Decorative Arts (ENSAD), and Mayor of Varengeville-sur-Mer.

During his career, Mr. Blanckaert has served as Consultant with the Boston based consulting firm, Harbridge House (1971-1976), he was Managing Director of the "do-it-yourself" chain "Bricorama" (1976-1981), Chairman and CEO of Thomson-Distribution (1981-1984), Managing Director of the SCAC Group (1985-1988) and President of the Comite Colbert (1988-1996) which groups 70 French luxury companies.

Christian Blanckaert has also written three books, Roads to luxury (1996), Portraits en clair-obscur (2001), and a biography on "Roger Salengro" (2004).