LVMH names Louis Vuitton chief as head of fashion group

French luxury radical LVMH has appointed Pietro Beccari, presently president and CEO of Louis Vuitton, arsenic CEO of LVMH Fashion Group.

The part brings unneurotic respective of the French conglomerate’s cardinal manner houses including Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine and Loewe.

Beccari volition instrumentality implicit from Sidney Toledano, who has led the group’s manner activities for much than 3 decades.

Beccari volition presume the caller relation portion remaining president and CEO of Louis Vuitton.

The handover is scheduled to instrumentality effect connected 1 January 2026, with a modulation play planned betwixt Toledano and Beccari.

As portion of the reorganisation, Damien Bertrand, presently lawman CEO of Louis Vuitton, volition go a subordinate of the LVMH enforcement committee.

Beccari’s relation with LVMH began successful 2006, erstwhile helium joined Louis Vuitton arsenic enforcement vice-president for selling and communications.

In 2012, helium was appointed president and CEO of Fendi. He aboriginal took the helm of Christian Dior Couture arsenic president and CEO successful 2018.

Since February 2023, Beccari has been president and CEO of Louis Vuitton. He is already a subordinate of the LVMH enforcement committee.

Beccari began his vocation successful selling roles astatine Benckiser successful Italy and Parmalat successful the US, earlier moving into wide absorption astatine Henkel successful Germany, wherever helium served arsenic firm vice-president for haircare.

Toledano exits his day-to-day relation aft much than 3 decades moving alongside Bernard Arnault, president and CEO of LVMH.

Arnault said: “I would similar to warmly convey Sidney Toledano, who has been by my broadside for implicit 30 years and has ever been present, successful each circumstances, with determination, endowment and loyalty. He volition stay my peculiar advisor.

“After a affluent decennary of starring Dior and Louis Vuitton, I americium delighted that Pietro Beccari has besides agreed to bring his expertise to the LVMH Fashion Group Maisons.

“At the caput of Louis Vuitton, helium volition beryllium capable to trust adjacent much connected Damien Bertrand, whose publication has been important successful caller months and who present joins the Group’s enforcement committee.”

LVMH reported gross of €18.28bn ($21.15bn) for the 3rd 4th of 2025 – a 1% integrated summation from the aforesaid play successful 2024.

The effect marked the French luxury group’s archetypal quarterly maturation successful 2025, pursuing a 4% diminution successful the erstwhile quarter.

For the archetypal 9 months of the year, LVMH generated €58.1bn successful revenue, compared with €60.75bn successful the corresponding play of 2024.

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