Montblanc chief Jerome Lambert is taking the luxury lifestyle brand into the future the good oldfashioned way: By focusing on craftsmanship, value and functionality, not frills.
For an executive heading one of the Richemont Group’s biggest brands, Montblanc CEO Jerome Lambert is a pretty low-key guy. Serious but unassuming and affable, he is not one for brash pronouncements or slick statements. On the day The Peak meets him at the Montblanc boutique at Ngee Ann City, the Frenchman – who is here on a regular market visit – is dressed in a dark blue suit (a look he is often photographed in) topped with a quietly elegant Montblanc 4810 ExoTourbillon Slim watch.
Lambert’s bluster-free demeanour reflects the way he goes about his business. After all, there is no need to shout when your achievements garner attention aplenty. Over a decade ago in 2002, industry watchers took note when he took the reins at Jaeger-LeCoultre at the age of 33, making him the youngest CEO in the Richemont Group then. Over the next decade, he paved the way for the respected niche watchmaker to effectively harness its technical know-how, and led its transformation into a well-known name that even laymen associate with high horology, tripling its business along the way. Having helmed Montblanc since 2013, Lambert is now looking to further the house’s 110-year-old story in a similar way – making the most of its capabilities, and staying true to its DNA.
This story is from the October 2016 edition of The PEAK Singapore.
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