FRANCOIS HÉRIARD DUBREUIL

Vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Rémy Cointreau Group

Hailing from the family behind the House of Rémy Martin, Francois Hériard Dubreuil, now 70, is “preparing for retirement”. He stepped down as board chairman in 2017, and now devotes more time to championing social responsibility as Chairman of Fondation INSEAD. The charming bon vivant, who fell in love with cognac when he was not past 10 years old, chortles as he clarifies: “I did not drink

— it was just the smell! It is a perfume, made from very old eau-de-vie from the Grande and Petite Champagne regions of Cognac.”