Special Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of LVMH
Sidney Toledano is the former chairman and CEO of LVMH Fashion Group. The École Centrale de Paris graduate joined Christian Dior Couture in 1994 as director of the leather goods division, and was then appointed managing director in charge of international development in 1996. Between 1998 and 2018, the Morocco-born executive served as chairman and CEO of Christian Dior Couture. He then served as chairman and CEO of LVMH Fashion Group until 2026. He is a member of the LVMH executive committee and since 2024, has served as special advisor to LVMH CEO and chairman Bernard Arnault. Toledano is also chairman of the board of directors of the Institut Français de la Mode, president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture and a board member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode. Toledano is a knight of the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur and an officer of the Ordre National du Mérite and a Wissam Al-Arch awardee with the rank of officer by King Mohammed VI of Morocco. Toledano has served as president of the Pasteur-Weizmann Board and Weizmann France since 2024.