A discreet albeit impassioned longtime fan of watchmaking, Alain Mouawad has moved to the forefront and is heading up the Mouawad Watchmaking Division, which encompasses the Manufacture Mouawad in Les Breleux and the Blacksand watch brand he launched in 2010.

 

CEO of TAG Heuer for the past 12 years, Jean-Christophe Babin, has been entrusted with a new challenge within the LVMH group, in the context of which he will become President of Bvlgari, the largest entity after Louis Vuitton, whose new CEO Michael Burke has just vacated the presidency. Babin, a self-professed lover of all things Italian is all fired up and is likely to be the driving force that will put Bvlgari back on the growth track.

 

Exclusive distributor for Richard Mille in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Peter Harrison has acquired some of the share capital of Celsius X VI II that he also distributes through the London-based company, Redgrave Luxury – which he is prepared to utilise for other brands in the realm of distribution and communication.

 

Co-founder and CEO of Celsius X VI II, Edouard Meylan has inherited the management of H Moser & Cie through the MELB family group which acquired it last year (see Economy section on page 86). Operating behind the scenes of the Schaffhausen company for the past few months, during which he has been working with the group on the sales, human resources and product strategies, he made his official entrance at Baselworld.

 

Guido Benedini has been appointed CEO of Alpina Watch International by Peter Stas (CEO of Frédérique Constant), who is for the first time delegating this position that he has de facto occupied until now. Former Marketing Director of Longines and Rado, Guido Bendini will bring his group experience to this flourishing small company.

 

Having previously served as International Director, Sales & Marketing for Jaermann & Stübi, Daniel Wechsler was appointed CEO of the brand as of April. This sporty epicurean was formerly a member of the Eterna senior management.