Full Name
Marie-Claire Daveu
Job Title
Chief Sustainability & Institutional Affairs Officer
Company
Kering
Speaker Bio

Marie-Claire Daveu began her career as a technical advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, before becoming Principal Private Secretary to Serge Lepeltier, Minister of Ecology and Sustainability. In 2005 she became Director of Sustainable Development for the Sanofi-Aventis Group. From 2007 to 2012, she served as Chief of Staff to French politician Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, working in various secretaries of state and then at the Ministries of Ecology, Sustainability, Transport, and Housing.
 
Ms. Daveu was appointed Kering’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs in 2012. She sets out the strategy and ambitious objectives as well as implementing a set of best practices within the Group and the Houses. Today, Kering is a pioneer and recognized leader in sustainability.
 
A French national, she is a graduate of the Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food, and Environmental Sciences (ENGREF). She also earned a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in public administration from Dauphine University, Paris.

Marie-Claire Daveu