As a graduate from the ESSEC Business School and a qualified computer engineer, Etienne has a solid grounding, particularly in consulting and e-retail. Having begun his career at Ernst & Young, followed by the Boston Consulting Group, he joined the Redcats (Kering) group in 2001 where he worked as Corporate Digital Officer, then E-commerce VC for La Redoute, following which he became CEO of the group's transalpine subsidiaries (Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Germany) before becoming CEO of Castaluna, a start-up which became one of La Redoute's specialised brands.