Elizabeth Anglès d’AuriacPresident of the UK Region, Chanel

Elizabeth Anglès d’Auriac is President of the UK Region at Chanel. She was appointed in January 2023 to continue building luxury brand equity for the Chanel business across the region, which includes the UK, Ireland, Canada and South Africa. Elizabeth also oversees Chanel’s Global Open Innovation team, encouraging and empowering internal teams, outside networks and communities to bring new ideas and solutions into the Chanel organisation. 

Elizabeth is passionate about driving environmental and social sustainability in the luxury space, nurturing arts and culture programmes, and pioneering omnichannel client experience through tech and education. 
 
Born and bred in Britain, Elizabeth has spent over 26 years outside her home country, within French luxury, across diverse countries and cultures for L’Oréal, LVMH and since 2018 for Chanel. A passionate advocate of environmental sustainability, N°1 de Chanel was launched under Elizabeth’s leadership in January 2022, making Chanel the first heritage luxury player to venture into the clean, sustainable beauty space and winning the WWD Beauty Inc Launch of the Year Award 2022. 
Elizabeth has built a reputation for intrapreneurial leadership, being named in France’s JFD Margaret Awards for Women in Digital in 2017.  

A French-certified Board member, Elizabeth is a member of the Board of the French Chamber of Great Britain, forging partnerships across the two countries, and is on the Advisory Board of the British Fashion Council’s Circular Fashion Innovation Network to define the next steps in three key areas - Circular Business Models, Sustainable Manufacturing and Recycling Infrastructure - for a more innovative, sustainable and economically vibrant UK fashion and textile sector.