PARIS — Panerai has named Emmanuel Perrin its new chief executive officer, effective April 1.
He will take over from Jean-Marc Pontroué, who held the position since 2018 and revealed his departure from the Compagnie Financière Richemont-owned company on Monday in an Instagram post.
“It is with excitement and a deep sense of responsibility that I take the baton handed from Jean-Marc and the teams that have contributed to the development of Panerai to this day,” Perrin said in a statement announcing his new position. “I am looking forward to being of service to the maison, its colleagues, its clients, its partners and the Paneristi [community] worldwide.”
Perrin, who will report to Richemont CEO Nicolas Bos in his new role, has been head of its specialist watchmakers at group level since 2017, overseeing brands including A. Lange & Söhne, IWC Schaffhausen, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Piaget, Roger Dubuis and Vacheron Constantin.
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The incoming executive counts some 33 years of experience within Richemont.
Prior to heading the specialist watchmakers, Perrin was Cartier’s executive vice president of sales, international commercial director, and prior to that, served for more than four years as Cartier North America’s president and CEO. He joined the jeweler in 2010 from its stablemate Van Cleef & Arpels, where he had spent almost nine years in executive roles.
Perrin also served as the president of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, the organizing body of the Watches and Wonders fair.
Meanwhile, Pontroué is expected to leave Richemont after “a distinguished 25-year tenure with the group,” the watchmaking company said.
It lauded the departing executive’s “pivotal role in shaping Panerai’s strategy and global presence, following his leadership positions at Montblanc and Roger Dubuis.”
His future plans could not immediately be learned.
