Renaud Dutreil

Renaud Dutreil is the former Chairman of LVMH North America, founder of the French UMP Party and served in Ministerial Positions in the French Parliament.

Dutreil served in the highest offices of French government for over fifteen years prior to his joining LVMH North America in 2008. His ministerial appointments included Minister of Small & Medium-Sized Businesses, Commerce, Crafts and Liberal Professions (2005-2007), Minister of the Civil Service and State Reform (2004-2005) and Secretary of State for Small & Medium-Sized Businesses, Commerce, Crafts and Liberal Professions (2002-2004).

In 2002, he was the first President and founder of the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, one of the two main political parties in France. It is the party of both President Jacques Chirac and President Nicholas Sarkozy.

Renaud is currently President & CEO of Belleville Solutions Inc. and is a graduate (MA) of the Institut des Etudes Poltitiques de Paris, École Normale Superieure (ENS), Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences sociales and École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in Paris. He is Laureat of the Concours General de Philosophie.

Dutreil is a Trustee of Museum of Art and Design, New York ; Member of the Board of New School and of Parsons School of Design ; Member of the Board of Maison Française Columbia University ; Member of Partnership for New York ; he is the Chairman of Friends of Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques (IHES is a French institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics). Dutreil is Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.