Stéphane Hugon doesn't have a typical luxury world CV, having neither studied at a prestigious business school nor worked for a multinational. The social science graduate has for the last 20 years been running the consultancy Eranos, which boasts LVMH, L'Oréal, the Ritz, Hermès and Pernod Ricard among its clients. 

Having just returned from Seoul, where Eranos has been involved in various projects for L'Oréal and other cosmetics companies,  he took part on 18 June in consultations arranged by France's