FILE PHOTO: Bernard Arnault (L), chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, speaks with Pierre Gode, LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton’s director, during the company’s annual shareholders meeting in Paris May 15, 2008. REUTERS/Charles Platiau
PARIS (Reuters) – Pierre Gode, a long-time adviser to Bernard Arnault, the multibillionaire boss of French luxury group LVMH (LVMH.PA), has died aged 73 after a long illness, the company said on Friday.
“It is with great sadness that I announce the passing of Pierre Gode,” Arnault said in a statement issued by LVMH.
As well as advising Dior and serving as a vice-chairman of LVMH, Gode was on the board of media and advertising group Havas (HAVSF.PK) and a member of France’s Competition Authority.
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