Fabrice Darmaillacq first started studying medicine but it was a number of minor roles in wine cellars that led him to discover his true passion was oenology.

He then graduated with a degree in oenology from Bordeaux University and first started his career in Pauillac before heading for the Languedoc, as technical director for Ostal Cazes (Domaines Jean-Michel Cazes) where he created and developed the famous estate.

With 13 years of experience under his belt, Fabrice decided to move back to Bordeaux in August 2016 to take on a new challenge at the head of Château Clarke: leading the wines to become some of the best in the region. Fabrice is married with three children and is a huge rugby fan.

Baroness Ariane de Rothschild is a French citizen, was born in San Salvador and grew up in Latin America and in Africa. She is fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, and Italian.

She graduated in Paris with a bachelor of commerce and completed a Master in Business Administration at Pace University in New York.

Baroness Ariane de Rothschild has gained a solid experience in finance and banking over the last twenty years. She began her career as a trader in foreign exchange and metals with Société Générale in Australia and in New York. She then joined U.S. insurance corporation AIG and developed successfully the group’s European operations from Paris, France.

Baroness Ariane de Rothschild now holds various board positions across the Edmond de Rothschild Group, including Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A., Holding Benjamin & Edmond de Rothschild Pregny, and Barons & Baronne Associés. In January 2015 she has been appointed as Chairwoman of the Group Executive Committee.

She also devotes a considerable amount of time to philanthropy through of a historical network of family foundations in Switzerland, France, Spain, Israel, the United States, India and South Africa. The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations play a pivotal role in demonstrating the commitment of her family and her own personal dedication to education and social engagement in the arts, social entrepreneurship, medical research, environment, and cross-cultural dialogue.

She resides in Geneva, Switzerland with her husband Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and their four daughters.

Boris Bréau was appointed Managing Director of the Compagnie Vinicole Baron Edmond de Rothschild (CVBER) in November 2015.

He is in charge of all the group’s winemaking activities and reports to Alexis de La Palme, Chairman of the Executive Management Board of the Baron Benjamin de Rothschild family non-financial holding company. Bréau holds an international OIV MSc in Wine Management as well as an Executive MBA degree from HEC business school in Paris.

His work experience began in 1996 in Champagne, where he was responsible for the commercial development of the Vranken Monopole brand in France, followed by two years in London where he was in charge of the English market for Pommery (LVMH).

Thereafter, he supervised overseas sales for the Vranken Pommery Monopole group further to the acquisition of Pommery. In 2004, he was an Export Manager for Baron Philippe de Rothschild, before his 2010 appointment as International Sales Manager, where he contributed significantly to increasing the group’s exports.

Starting in 2013, he was Managing Director of the southwest branch of AdVini (Antoine Moueix / Maison Rigal), in charge of developing the group’s commercial activity in Bordeaux and southwest France.