Reimagining
Savoir Faire

Wharton Graduate Retail Conference
March 24, 2023 • LVMH Tower, 19 E 57th St, New York, NY 10022

Savoir faire has traditionally denoted the craft of luxury. Looking ahead in 2023, we broaden this notion to the craft of building and investing in brands, curating communities and partnerships, activating retail experiences, and reshaping our industry towards sustainability.

Agenda

9:45-10:00 AM

Registration

10:00-10:15 AM

Networking Breakfast

Opening Remarks: Wharton Graduate Retail Club & LVMH

  • Gena Smith | Chief Human Resources Officer at LVMH

  • Daria Aven | Co-Chair, Wharton Retail Conference

  • Cristina Marin | Co-Chair, Wharton Retail Conference

10:20-10:30 AM

Opening Keynote

  • Noah Wunsch | CEO & Founder, Ruby Hibiscus

10:30-10:55 AM

Panel: Retail Real Estate

  • Dan Moore | CEO at Rockefeller Group

  • Andrea Drasites | Sr. Managing Director, Real Estate at Blackstone Group

  • Moderator: Doug Firstenberg | Founder & Principal at Stonebridge Associates

11:00-11:40 AM

Panel: Investing in Retail

  • Dan Bonoff | Partner at Goode Partners

  • Colin Welch | Managing Director, Head of New York and London Offices at TSG Consumer

  • Moderator: Aarti Kapoor | Partner, VMG Partners & CEO Consumer Acquisition Corp

11:45-12:25 PM

12:30-1:00 PM

Lunch

Afternoon Keynote

  • Pauline Brown | Founder & President of Aesthetic Intelligence Labs and Former Chairman of North America at LVMH

1:00-1:25 PM

Panel: Sustainability

  • Nicolas Huchet | SVP, Supply Chain at Tiffany & Co.

  • Amanda Parkes | Chief Innovation Officer at Pangaia

  • Chloe Marie Songer | CEO of SuperCircle

  • Moderator: Oliver Chen | Managing Director at Cowen

1:30-2:10 PM

2:15-2:55 PM

Panel: Building Brands

  • Priyanka Ganjoo | Founder & CEO of Kulfi Beauty

  • Natalie De'Banco | Founder and Creative Director of Bronx & Banco

  • Moderator: Peter Touma | President of Patterson Flynn

3:00-3:25 PM

Tea Break

Panel: Cultural Strategy

  • Huan Nguyen | Chief Revenue Officer at Hypebeast

  • Molly Logan | Founder of Irregular Labs

  • Court Williams | Creative Director at De-Yan

  • Moderator: Peter Touma | President of Patterson Flynn

3:30-4:10 PM

4:15-4:55 PM

Future of Luxury

  • Valerie Leon | President of North America at Givenchy

  • Moderator: Nicolas Llinas | Principal at BCG

5:00-5:25 PM

Closing Keynote

  • Jill Pemberton | CFO of LVMH North America

Closing Remarks

  • Lindy Firstenberg | Co-President, WGRC

  • Merill Hollander | Co-President, WRGC

  • Jeehae Kim | Co-President, WGRC

5:25-5:30 PM

5:30-6:00 PM

Champagne Toast sponsored by LVMH

Speakers & Moderators

  • Gena Smith

    Chief Human Resources Officer at LVMH

  • Noah Wunsch

    CEO & Founder at Ruby Hibiscus

  • Dan Moore

    CEO at Rockefeller Group

  • Andrea Drasites

    Sr. Managing Director, Real Estate at Blackstone Group

  • Doug Firstenberg

    Founder & Principal at Stonebridge Associates

  • Dan Bonoff

    Partner at Goode Partners

  • Colin Welch

    Managing Director, Head of New York and London Offices at TSG Consumer

  • Aarti Kapoor

    Partner at VMG Partners

  • Pauline Brown

    Founder & President of Aesthetic Intelligence Labs

  • Nicolas Huchet

    SVP, Supply Chain at Tiffany & Co.

  • Amanda Parkes

    Chief Innovation Officer at Pangaia

  • Chloe Songer

    Co-Founder & CEO of SuperCircle & Thousand Fell

  • Oliver Chen

    Managing Director at Cowen

  • Priyanka Ganjoo

    Founder and CEO of Kulfi Beauty

  • Natalie De Banco

    Founder and Creative Director of Bronx & Banco

  • Peter Touma

    President of Patterson Flynn

  • Huan Nguyen

    Chief Revenue Officer at Hypebeast

  • Molly Logan

    Founder at Irregular Labs & School of Doodle

  • Court Williams

    Creative Director at De-Yan

  • Valerie Leon

    President of North America at Givenchy

  • Nicolas Llinas

    Principal at BCG

  • Jill Pemberton

    CFO of LVMH North America