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Maureen Chiquet
Maureen Chiquet, former Global CEO of Chanel, helps organisations develop authentic leadership and gender equity strategies. She works with Fortune 500 companies to integrate empathy-driven leadership and inclusive workplace cultures, delivering insights from scaling Chanel threefold and launching billion-dollar brands.
Maureen Chiquet built one of fashion's most powerful careers by leading with empathy, self-reflection, and authenticity rather than conforming to traditional corporate expectations.
As the first Global CEO of Chanel, Chiquet grew the business threefold over a decade of industry disruption. She previously helped launch Old Navy to five billion dollars in sales within five years and served as president of Banana Republic. Her memoir, Beyond the Label: Women, Leadership, and Success on Our Own Terms, was featured in The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, and Bloomberg Radio.
Chiquet's career proves that qualities often dismissed as soft, such as empathy, introspection, and collaboration, are precisely the tools that drive results at the highest levels. Her experience spanning L'Oreal, The Gap, and Chanel gives her a rare vantage point on what it takes to lead authentically in male-dominated industries. She translates these lessons into practical frameworks that help professionals at every level build authority without sacrificing who they are.
Audiences leave Maureen's sessions with a clearer understanding of how to integrate compassion into decision-making, strategies for advancing into leadership without compromising personal values, and evidence-based insight into why organizations perform better when feminine leadership qualities are embraced rather than sidelined.
Book Maureen to give your audience a proven blueprint for leading with both power and humanity.
Maureen scaled Chanel threefold as Global CEO by proving that empathy and authenticity drive commercial results, not just culture. Her track record across Chanel, Old Navy, and Banana Republic gives her unusual credibility on integrating feminine leadership qualities into high-stakes decision-making without sacrificing performance.
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Maureen Chiquet draws on her memoir Beyond the Label and her executive career across L'Oréal, The Gap, and Chanel to present a framework-based talk that translates personal leadership experience into practical tools for professional audiences.
Maureen Chiquet speaks on empathy in leadership, authentic authority, and feminine leadership qualities in corporate environments. She served as the first Global CEO of Chanel, during which she grew the business threefold over a decade, and previously helped scale Old Navy to five billion dollars in sales within five years.
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