APPOINTMENT
Club Med Holding has announced the appointment of Stéphane Maquaire as the President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
Stéphane Maquaire will lead Club Med Holding from Paris. He brings leadership experience with French companies. With extensive expertise in brand transformation as well as commercial real estate, he has demonstrated a track record of growth, operational excellence and consumer-facing innovation.
Stéphane Maquaire joins Club Med from Carrefour, where he served as Executive Director for Carrefour Brazil and Latin America.
As President and CEO, Stéphane Maquaire will build on the current strategy while guiding the company to seize new opportunities in a fast-evolving travel and hospitality landscape.
Xiaoliang Xu, Co-CEO of Fosun International, Chairman of Fosun Tourism Group, and Chairman of Club Med Holding, said, “In Stéphane, we have chosen a leader with deep experience in the consumer sector and a remarkable international track record. He is ideally positioned to accelerate Club Med’s momentum and write the next chapter of this extraordinary story. We are deeply grateful to Henri Giscard d’Estaing for his exceptional contributions to Club Med over the years. His leadership and strategic vision have shaped a winning model that embodies the very best of French hospitality and lifestyle on the global stage.”
Commenting on his appointment, Stéphane Maquaire, said, “Club Med is a global icon, not only for its excellence, but for the joy and belonging it has brought to generations of travellers, thanks to the unparalleled passion and dedication of its teams around the world. Above all, it is a culture, a spirit, a way of living and sharing. I am honoured by the opportunity to lead this unique company into its next chapter of success, building on Henri Giscard d’Estaing’s remarkable legacy.
I firmly believe that Club Med’s values, its French roots, its spirit of freedom, and its deep sense of kindness, inclusion, and care for people, are more relevant than ever. I’m looking forward immensely to meeting my new teams, all the G.Os and G.Es, alongside our G.Ms: to listening, learning, growing together, and shaping the future of Club Med, as one team.”
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