François D'Hautefort

François d'Hautefort has a diverse work experience spanning over 17 years. François most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer at Iris Galerie since March 2023. Prior to that, they were the General Manager at Flink from May 2022 to December 2022. François also has experience as the Chief Commercial Officer at Jumia Egypt from May 2019 to April 2022 and as the CEO of Noko Milling (Pty) Ltd from January 2018 to April 2019. François has a notable tenure at Louis Dreyfus Commodities, where they held various roles including Business Development Manager for Southern Africa, Country Manager for Mozambique, and Group corporate finance & strategy. François began their career as an Associate at Accuracy and later worked as VOA chef de quart at Marine Nationale. François also gained internship experience at HSBC and ODDO BHF.

François d'Hautefort attended Lycee Madeleine Danielou from 2002 to 2004, where they studied Prepa HEC. François then went on to pursue a Master of Science degree in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at HEC Paris from 2004 to 2008.