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Patrick Chalhoub

Patrick Chalhoub

Executive Chairman, Chalhoub Group

Patrick Chalhoub is the Group President of Chalhoub Group, partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. Alongside successfully running several luxury brands in the Middle East, he is also behind many home-grown luxury brands. He particularly contributed to the turnaround of Christofle brand that is today owned by the Group. Patrick is also a strong advocate of embracing change to drive strategic growth and long term relationships. He has steered several joint ventures and acquisitions strengthening the Group's role as a hybrid retailer and partner of choice. Patrick plays an instrumental role in the development of Chalhoub Group sustainability strategy through Chalhoub Impact. He is a firm advocate of Servant Leadership, reverse mentorship, and helping start-ups to scale-up. In recognition of his endeavour to promote the French art-de-vivre culture and language, the French government awarded Patrick with the medal of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, and the honour of Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. He was also awarded with the highest state order of Lebanon, the National Order of the Cedar. Patrick is a Board Member of the UN Global Compact, a Council Member of UAE’s Circular Economy, and a Board Member of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry. 

 

About Chalhoub: 

For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a portfolio of ten owned brands and over 450 international brands in the luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and eyewear. Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury experiences at over 750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer. Today, Chalhoub Group stands for over 16,000 skilled and talented professionals across eight countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group being certified as a Great Place to Work® in several countries. To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up “The Greenhouse”, which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future proofing. The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory of the Women's Empowerment Principles

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