They were among the 547 honorees of the new year, alongside ambassadors, former ministers and medical professionals.
Both were included in the list of the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance, receiving the grade of Chevalier , alongside former minister of culture Fleur Pellerin, now president of investment fund Korelya Capital; businessman Xavier Niel, best known infor founding one of its major internet service providers and who founded Paris-based incubator Station F, and Bris Rocher, chief executive officer of Groupe Rocher, which owns botanical beauty brand Yves Rocher and the Petit Bateau apparel...
In the foreign ministry’s list is Dubai-based Sophie Doireau-Tiberghien, who became CEO for Middle East, India and Africa for jeweler Cartier last summer. She previously served as the house’s managing director for the United Arab Emirates. Other honorees in the 2022 New Year’s cohort include artist Jean-Michel Othoniel and chefs Mauro Colagreco and Thierry Marx, who was made an officer after being inducted to the order in 2013.
France’s highest distinction, the Légion d’Honneur was established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte to recognize both civil and military merit. Its order counts some 92,000 members who received the award for “their eminent merits in service of the [French] nation.” It has five degrees of increasing distinction, from Chevalier to Grand-Croix . Only French nationals can be inducted into the order, while foreigners may receive the distinction if they have rendered cultural or economic services to France, or supported causes such as human rights or humanitarian actions.
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