Philippe HOUZÉ

President of the Board of Directors of the Galeries Lafayette group which he transformed with innovative collections and new concepts ; he was made Director General of Monoprix (in 1982) and then President Director General (since 1994) of Monoprix, which became the benchmark of town centre shopping. He is a member of the following organisations : Committee 21 (association for durable development) ; CCF-HSBC ; Casino ; the administration council of the National Retail Federation ; French-American Business Council ; President of the International Association of Large Shops ; President of the Union du grand commerce de centre-ville (UCV) ; President of the establishment council of NEGOCIA ; and member elect of the CCIP. He is the author of La vie s’invente en ville ou quelle commerce pour les villes (Économica, 1998) and Vive La Marque (ICC, 1989).