Joseph Stiglitz
2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics | University Professor, Columbia | Chief Economist, Roosevelt Institute | Former Chief Economist, World Bank
Maureen Chiquet
Former Global CEO of Chanel | Chairwoman, Golden Goose | Chair, La Double J | Board Director, Kering, Canada Goose & Credo | Author of Beyond the Label
Few executives have shaped global luxury from both inside the company and the boardroom like Maureen Chiquet. As Chanel's first Global CEO, she tripled the house's revenues while redefining leadership at the world's most iconic fashion brand. Today she chairs Golden Goose and sits on the boards of Kering, Canada Goose, and Credo, bringing rare board-level authority to conversations on brand purpose, conscious leadership, and cultures that endure.
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Maureen Chiquet biography
Maureen Chiquet is one of the most decorated executives in the history of global luxury and retail, the first American and the first woman from outside the fashion world to lead Chanel as its Global CEO. Across a career spanning four decades and some of the world’s most iconic brands, leadership speaker Maureen Chiquet built a reputation for pairing rigorous commercial instincts with a rare capacity for empathy, intuition, and cultural fluency.
Maureen Chiquet began her career in marketing at L’Oréal Paris before joining Gap Inc., where she helped launch Old Navy from the ground up and scaled it to $5 billion in annual sales within five years. She went on to serve as President of Banana Republic before moving into luxury, joining Chanel in 2003 as COO and President of U.S. Operations. In 2007 she was appointed Global CEO, a role she held for nearly a decade, overseeing the worldwide expansion of one of France’s most storied haute couture houses and tripling the business in size while protecting the brand’s singular mystique.
Her work has been recognized by Fortune’s “International Power 50,” Forbes’ “100 Most Powerful Women,” and The Wall Street Journal’s “50 Women to Watch.” In 2017 she authored Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms, a critically acclaimed memoir that reframes what leadership can look like when women stop conforming to inherited definitions of success.
Boardroom Authority Across Global Luxury
Since leaving Chanel, Chiquet has remained at the center of luxury’s power structure. She serves as Chairwoman of Golden Goose, Chair of La Double J, Independent Director of Kering (the group behind Gucci, Saint Laurent, and Balenciaga), and Non-Executive Director of both Canada Goose and the clean beauty retailer Credo. She is also Senior Advisor at Permira, a leading global investment firm, and a Trustee and Fellow of Yale University.
As a speaker, Maureen Chiquet brings to the stage something few executives can offer: the perspective of someone who has operated at the top of mass retail and the pinnacle of global luxury at once. She speaks on conscious leadership, brand identity, the power of feminine leadership qualities, and how purpose-driven culture drives business performance. Audiences, from senior executives to emerging leaders, leave her sessions with a reframed understanding of what it means to lead with authenticity, and why empathy is a strategic advantage rather than a soft skill.
Maureen Chiquet Speaking Videos
New York Times | International Luxury Conference | 2016 | Day 1 | Opening Keynote - Maureen Chiquet
Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership & Success on Our Own Terms | Maureen Chiquet | Talks at Google
Maureen Chiquet Keynote Topics
What separates a great brand from an enduring one? Drawing on her years leading Chanel and advising Golden Goose and Kering, Chiquet examines the tensions at the heart of brand-building: how the most compelling companies hold exclusivity and relevance together, balance creativity with discipline, and connect product excellence to a deeper sense of purpose. Audiences leave with a practical framework for diagnosing their own brand's identity and for protecting it when the pressure to compromise is highest.
Empathy, self-reflection, and collaboration are often filed under "soft" leadership qualities, yet Chiquet argues they are among the most commercially powerful tools an executive has. Inspired by her book Beyond the Label, this keynote shows why leaders who listen deeply, act authentically, and build trust on purpose consistently outperform those who do not. It is honest, grounded in real decisions made at the highest levels of global business, and immediately useful.
Too many leaders build careers that look impressive on paper but feel hollow in practice. In her most personal keynote, Chiquet draws on her own path, from Missouri to Paris and from Gap to Chanel, to challenge audiences to question the inherited definitions of success they have been chasing. She offers a way to align ambition with identity and to lead in a manner that is both effective and authentically your own.
During Chiquet's years at Chanel, the house absorbed the rise of social media, the surge of digital luxury, and the changing tastes of a new generation of consumers, all while preserving the mystique that makes the brand irreplaceable. This keynote distills the decision-making principles behind that period and applies them to any organization facing disruption: how to evolve without losing your core, and how to carry a team through uncertainty without sacrificing culture.
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FAQs on Booking Maureen Chiquet
Why Maureen Chiquet?
Booking Maureen Chiquet means bringing one of the most accomplished executives in the history of global luxury to your stage. As Chanel's first Global CEO, a role she held for nearly a decade, she transformed one of France's most iconic brands while growing it threefold. Today she chairs Golden Goose and La Double J and sits on the boards of Kering, Canada Goose, and the clean beauty retailer Credo, giving her a current, board-level perspective on luxury strategy, brand governance, and leadership that very few speakers can match. What sets her apart on stage is her gift for making the abstract concrete, translating the principles behind billion-dollar brands into ideas senior audiences across industries can act on. Book Maureen Chiquet through Aurum Speakers Bureau for your next keynote event.
What is Maureen Chiquet's book about?
Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms, published in 2017, is part memoir and part leadership manifesto. Chiquet traces her unconventional path, from L'Oréal Paris to Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, and ultimately the top job at Chanel, to argue that the qualities often dismissed as "feminine," such as empathy, self-reflection, and collaboration, are exactly what modern organizations need most. The book was featured in The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Wear Daily, and Bloomberg, and has been used in executive education and leadership programs.
What is Maureen Chiquet's connection to Kering?
Maureen Chiquet was appointed an independent director of Kering, the French luxury group behind Gucci, Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, and Bottega Veneta, in 2023, and her appointment was ratified by shareholders at the group's Annual General Meeting in April 2024. That role makes her one of the few executives in the world with direct governance experience at both Chanel, as CEO, and Kering, as a board director, two of the most powerful forces in global luxury.
What topics does leadership speaker Maureen Chiquet cover?
Maureen Chiquet speaks on conscious and empathetic leadership, building iconic brands, corporate culture and purpose, women in leadership, and what authentic success looks like in the modern workplace. Her keynotes draw directly from running Chanel and her current board work at Kering, Golden Goose, La Double J, Canada Goose, and Credo, which keeps them grounded in real executive decision-making. Her sessions resonate especially with senior leadership teams, boards, and organizations moving through cultural change. To book Maureen Chiquet for your event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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