Jean-Jacques L’Henaff

Jean-Jacques L’Hénaff is a seasoned design executive with 25+ years of experience building and leading international design teams tailored to various cultural and business context in the US and Asia. L’Hénaff has an extensive experience in effectively building design teams, creating a culture of design within an organization, developing strategies with global teams, and a deep passion for connecting people, brands and products.

While continuously refining a human-centric design methodology acquired early in his career, L’Hénaff looks for deeper connections between brand, product and user to spur innovation, increase brand loyalty, and ultimately deliver business results. He has worked on everything from consumer electronics, household products, branded environments, medical devices and private yachts and aircraft interiors.

L'Hénaff and his team have received numerous patents and design awards in Europe, Asia and the USA. He has been an active figure in the design community as a lecturer, panelist, and jury for the prestigious IDEA award. He is a graduate in product and transportation design from Ecole Supérieure de Design Industriel in Paris, and has completed executive training programs at Harvard and Tuck/Dartmouth business schools.