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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 | Mr Holger Blecker | Breuninger |
| 2019 - 2021 | Mr Juan Carlos Escribano | El Palacio de Hierro |
2009 - 2020
| 2019 - 2020 | Mr Juan Carlos Escribano | El Palacio de Hierro |
| 2017 – 2019 | Mr Nicolas Houzé | Galeries Lafayette |
| 2015 – 2017 | Mr Ji Xiao An | Beijing Hualian Group |
| 2013 – 2015 | Mr Bertrand Jungo | Manor |
| 2011 – 2013 | Mr Paul Delaoutre | Galeries Lafayette |
| 2009 – 2011 | Mr Jacob de Jonge | Bijenkorf |
1990 - 2009
| 2008 – 2009 | Dr Marcel Dietrich | Globus |
| 2006 – 2008 | Mr Hannu Penttilä | Stockmann |
| 2003 – 2006 | Mr Philippe 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 | Mr Rolando 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 | Mr Willem G. van Agtmael | Breuninger |
| 1990 - 1991 | Mr Jorgen Basse | Magasin du Nord |
1970 - 1990
| 1989 - 1990 | Mr Jacob G. ten Hoonte | KBB |
| 1988 - 1989 | Mr Georges 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 | Mr Jean Laurens Delpech | Nouvelles Galeries |
| 1977 - 1978 | Mr Jacques Maus | Manor |
| 1976 - 1977 | Mr Jean-Paul Piedelièvre | BHV |
| 1975 - 1976 | Mr Yves du Monceau de Bergendal | GB-Inno-BM |
| 1974 - 1975 | Mr Denis Greensmith | Lewis's/Selfridges |
| 1973 - 1974 | Mr Gilbert Gompel | Paris-France |
| 1972 - 1973 | Ambassador Guido Colonna di Paliano | La Rinascente |
| 1971 - 1972 | Mr Vicente Perezpaya | Galerias Preciados |
| 1970 - 1971 | Mr Georges Meyer | Galeries Lafayette |
1950 - 1970
| 1968 - 1970 | Mr Herbert 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 | Mr Jean Vignéras | Printemps |
| 1961 - 1962 | Mr Rudolf Kalderén | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1960 - 1961 | Mr Emile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1959 - 1960 | Mr Philip Robinson | Lewis's |
| 1958 - 1959 | Mr Herbert Wetterstrand | Stockmann |
| 1957 - 1958 | Mr Erling 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 | Mr Emile Bernheim | Innovation |
1928 - 1950
| 1949 - 1950 | Mr Erling 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 | Mr Emile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1934 - 1935 | Mr E. Hans Mahler | Globus |
| 1933 - 1934 | Dr Alfred Tietz | Leonhard Tietz |
| 1932 - 1933 | Mr Ragnar Sachs | Nordiska Kompaniet |
| 1931 - 1932 | Mr Emile Bernheim | Innovation |
| 1930 - 1931 | Mr Frank Chitham | Harrods |
| 1928 - 1930 | Mr Pierre Laguionie | Printemps |
