Mr. François Steiner
CEO, Kenzo

Mr. Francois Steiner started his career as consultant in strategy and business planning at Arthur Andersen, and later for the Boston Consulting Group from 1987 to 1994.

He went on to be Deputy General Manager for the Saresco group where he specialised in selective distribution in airports.

He joined Louis Vuitton in 1997 as Zone Manager for Europe, and President of the LVMH Fashion Group for Europe, before being appointed in July 2001 as Managing Director of Thomas Pink.

Mr. Steiner has been Chief Executive Officer for KENZO Fashion since December 2003. His main mission is to pursue KENZO's redeployment, following the appointment of Antonio Marras, as Artistic Director for KENZO Women's Fashion in September 2003.

He is a Graduate from L'Ecole Polytechnique.