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IADS Presidents
IADS has been led since the beginning by far-sighted CEOs, many of who became true legends in retail since then. The vast variety of companies involved also reflect the richness that the Association inherited since then in terms of knowledge and working methods.
2021 - Present
| 2023 - Present | Mrs Kamshim Lau | Lifestyle International |
| 2021 - 2023 | MrHolger Blecker | Breuninger |
| 2019 - 2021 | MrJuan Carlos Escribano | El Palacio de Hierro |
2009 - 2020
| 2019 - 2020 | MrJuan Carlos Escribano | El Palacio de Hierro |
| 2017 – 2019 | MrNicolas Houzé | Galeries Lafayette |
| 2015 – 2017 | MrJi Xiao An | Beijing Hualian Group |
| 2013 – 2015 | MrBertrand Jungo | Manor |
| 2011 – 2013 | MrPaul Delaoutre | Galeries Lafayette |
| 2009 – 2011 | MrJacob de Jonge | Bijenkorf |
1990 - 2009
| 2008 – 2009 | DrMarcel Dietrich | Globus |
| 2006 – 2008 | Mr Hannu Penttilä | Stockmann |
| 2003 – 2006 | MrPhilippe Houzé | Galeries Lafayette |
| 2001 – 2003 | Mr Jorge Pont | El Corte Inglés |
| 2000 - 2001 | Mr Peter Kaursland | Debenhams |
| 1998 - 2000 | Mr Lovro Mandac | Kaufhof |
| 1996 - 1998 | MrRolando Benedick | Manor |
| 1995 - 1996 | Mr Ari Heiniö | Stockmann |
| 1994 - 1995 | Mr Peter Fenwick | Fenwick |
| 1993 - 1994 | Mr Raymond Vaxelaire | GIB-Inno |
| 1992 - 1993 | Dr Pier Carlo Nanni | La Rinascente |
| 1991 - 1992 | MrWillem G. van Agtmael | Breuninger |
| 1990 - 1991 | Mr Jorgen Basse | Magasin du Nord |
1970 - 1990
| 1989 - 1990 | Mr Jacob G. ten Hoonte | KBB |
| 1988 - 1989 | MrGeorges Meyer | Galeries Lafayette |
| 1986 - 1988 | Dr Rudolf Bitterli | Globus |
| 1984 - 1986 | Mr Stig Bogh Karlsen | Magasin du Nord |
| 1983 - 1984 | Mr Klaus Hartmann | Kaufhof |
| 1982 - 1983 | Mr J. Bons | KBB |
| 1981 - 1982 | Mr Jean Jacques Delort | Printemps |
| 1980 - 1981 | Mr Alan J. Barnsley | Debenhams |
| 1979 - 1980 | Mr K. Holmberg | NK-Åhléns |
| 1978 - 1979 | MrJean Laurens Delpech | Nouvelles Galeries |
| 1977 - 1978 | Mr Jacques Maus | Manor |
| 1976 - 1977 | Mr Jean-Paul Piedelièvre | BHV |
| 1975 - 1976 | MrYves du Monceau de Bergendal | GB-Inno-BM |
| 1974 - 1975 | Mr Denis Greensmith | Lewis's/Selfridges |
| 1973 - 1974 | Mr Gilbert Gompel | Paris-France |
| 1972 - 1973 | AmbassadorGuido Colonna di Paliano | La Rinascente |
| 1971 - 1972 | Mr Vicente Perezpaya | Galerias Preciados |
| 1970 - 1971 | MrGeorges Meyer | Galeries Lafayette |
1950 - 1970
| 1968 - 1970 | MrHerbert Wetterstrand | Stockmann |
| 1967 - 1968 | Mr Christian Steen | Steen & Strøm |
| 1966 - 1967 | Mr H. Hans Mahler | Globus |
| 1965 - 1966 | Mr Henri I. Isaac | Bijenkorf |
| 1964 - 1965 | Mr Hans Raaschou | Magasin du Nord |
| 1963 - 1964 | Mr Johannes Gräf | Kaufhof |
| 1962 - 1963 | MrJean Vignéras | Printemps |
| 1961 - 1962 | Mr Rudolf Kalderén | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1960 - 1961 | MrEmile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1959 - 1960 | Mr Philip Robinson | Lewis's |
| 1958 - 1959 | MrHerbert Wetterstrand | Stockmann |
| 1957 - 1958 | MrErling Steen | Steen & Strøm |
| 1956 - 1957 | Mr E. Hans Mahler | Globus |
| 1954 - 1956 | Dr Gerrit van der Wal | Bijenkorf |
| 1953 - 1954 | Mr Hans Raaschou | Magasin du Nord |
| 1952 - 1953 | Mr Pierre Laguionie | Printemps |
| 1951 - 1952 | Mr Ragnar Sachs | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1950 - 1951 | MrEmile Bernheim | Innovation |
1928 - 1950
| 1949 - 1950 | MrErling Steen | Steen & Strøm |
| 1948 - 1949 | Mr E. Hans Mahler | Globus |
| 1947 - 1948 | Mr Alfred Goudsmit | Bijenkorf |
| 1938 - 1947 | Mr Sven Bögelund-Jensen | Magasin du Nord |
| 1937 - 1938 | Mr Pierre Laguionie | Printemps |
| 1936 - 1937 | Mr Ragnar Sachs | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1935 - 1936 | MrEmile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1934 - 1935 | Mr E. Hans Mahler | Globus |
| 1933 - 1934 | DrAlfred Tietz | Leonhard Tietz |
| 1932 - 1933 | Mr Ragnar Sachs | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1931 - 1932 | MrEmile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1930 - 1931 | Mr Frank Chitham | Harrods |
| 1928 - 1930 | Mr Pierre Laguionie | Printemps |
