Emmanuel perrin biography
Emmanuel PERRIN.
Mr Perrin was part of the Senior Executive Committee from to Mr Perrin is a graduate of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Dortmund and holds a bachelor's degree in international business administration (B.B.A.) from the ESSEC business school..
Watches and Wonders’ Emmanuel Perrin: ‘Vital for watchmaking to keep our own fashion week’
Emmanuel Perrin is upbeat. This year’s Watches and Wonders event will be his first since he was appointed head of its organising body, Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, just a few months ago.
“This year is the strongest salon that I think we’ve ever had,” says Perrin of the event that runs online until Tuesday, then restarts on Wednesday as a physical event in Shanghai.
“China is pretty much the only place in the world where you can organise the physical event with little risk of cancelling at the last minute.”
The decision to cancel the physical Geneva fair and move it online came last November.
Location: Greater Lille Metropolitan Area · + connections on LinkedIn.“There is a cost of keeping putting off that decision,” says Perrin. “November is when we action the whole ecosystem of subcontractors working with us to set up the fair. Given the situation, we took the responsible decision.” He says the cancellation bill is 25-35 per cent of the total event cos