Daniel Lalonde

Career Early consulting Lalonde remained in Paris after graduating from INSEAD, initially working at a management consultancy firm He also spent five years he became global CEO and president of Moët & Chandon He announced his departure from Ralph Lauren in December 2013.

SMCP In May 2014, he became the president in which he also became an investor. with the company posting a 19.2 percent rise in sales for the first half of 2016. with international expansion planned for the brand.

He departed SMCP and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Design Holding in August 2021.

Design Holding

Appointed in August 2021 and based in Milan, in October 2021 Lalonde began his current role at Design Holding, a global leader in high-end design that encompasses a portfolio of brands including B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea, Azucena, Fendi Casa, Audo and Lumens. He drives the strategic growth trajectory for the Group, which is jointly owned by investment firms Investindustrial and Carlyle Group.

Since joining Design Holding, with an extensive experience acquired in the luxury goods sector, Lalonde has quickly set a bold ambition and begun implementing strategic moves to further expand the company’s global leadership and footprint among which the latest acquisition of Designers Company (a Danish group that includes Audo, developed by uniting MENU and by Lassen brands) in May 2022. Lalonde has also put sustainability at the core of the Group’s mission, developing a strong purpose-centric strategy for achieving fully sustainable design highlighted in the first Sustainability Report of the Group released in July 2022.

In 2024 Design Holding rebranded as Flos B&B Italia Group.

Affiliations

Lalonde serves on the board of INSEAD, his alma mater,