Cécile Lochard is chief sustainability officer at LVMH-owned French luxury cosmetics brand Guerlain, where she had previously served as biodiversity programs and sustainable communications manager. Holding a double master’s in Sustainable Development from
Paris Dauphine University and Profit-
Non-Profit Project Management from the ESSEC business school, Lochard began her 25-year long career within HSBC’s Socially Responsible Investment branch. In 2006 she joined The World Wildlife Fund for Nature, managing its private partnerships, and in 2011 she founded Citizen Luxury, a consultancy specialised in guiding luxury houses in the creation of CSR strategies. Today, Lochard is a regular public speaker and lecturer specialising in conscious luxury.