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Alain Prost graduated from ESCP Europe (MBA in Paris) and INSEAD (Cedep). He spent the first part of his career at L ‘OREAL Group, more than 10 years of which as General Manager. His various spells include Brand Manager La Roche Posay in Germany, Country Manager Italy of the pharmacy cosmetics division before moving to the consumer products business as General Manager of L’Oréal Paris Italy . He later moved to L’Oréal’s headoffice in Paris to become Deputy GM Western Europe. In 2004 , at 40, he decided to follow a more entrepreneurial path and became General Manager of CHANTELLE Group in Paris, the N.1 global player in high-end lingerie. His mission was to “wake up this sleeping beauty”. With the expertise of Brand revival, he went on to become global CEO of La PERLA, the Italian luxury fashion and underwear company during 3 years, to relaunch this famous brand. He then took over as entrepreneur a French premium lingerie company in financial trouble , LEJABY, successfully lead the company turnaround before selling it to financial investors . Since 2016, he is Associate Partner in MBS in Milan and KEA in Paris, both members of the Transformation Alliance , an independent consulting group of 500 consultants , mostly in Europe.