Well known industry figure André de Bausset has become Vice President, Cosmetics at duty free and travel retailer DFS Group this month, jumping the fence from the supply side of the business.

Prior to the DFS appointment, De Bausset was International Director at Hennessy, another LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton company, for more than three and a half years until August.

Before that, De Bausset was in the DF&TR channel for eight years as International Travel Retailing Director at Parfums Christian Dior (2001 to 2009). In that role he had also been a member of the TFWA Management Committee.