Luxury Goods player PPR hires Laurent Claquin, Communications Director

27 Jul '05

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Paris based leading luxury company PPR Group announced Laurent Claquin has been appointed PPR Communications Director, as of July 7, 2005. He is notably in charge of developing and implementing the Group's corporate communications strategy.

The Communications department encompasses internal communications and the Group's image, as well as media relations. Laurent Claquin will also coordinate the network of retail company and brand communications directors, in the area of corporate communications.

Laurent Claquin succeeds Thomas Kamm, who is leaving the Group after having managed PPR's corporate communications for more than two years with enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism.

Laurent Claquin, 34 years old, was previously at Artemis, where he was advisor to François-Henri Pinault since September 2004. A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes, he holds an MBA in international management from the University of Exeter and a postgraduate degree in cultural management from the University of Paris's Institute of European Studies.

Laurent Claquin began his career in 1994 as a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand. In 1997, he joined the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume to oversee the contemporary art center's communications and international relations, before joining the Pompidou Center as deputy communications director in 1999.

In May 2002, he was appointed deputy chief of staff to the French Minister of Culture and Communication and then technical advisor to the Minister (until June 2004).

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