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TUESDAY sPeaKers ALexANdre meerSON ceO, meerSON WAtcheS Alexandre was born and raised in Paris, and owes to his family’s tradition a passion for luxury watches and jewellery, as well as a relentless pursuit of excellence. during his apprenticeship years, his father taught him design and great craftsmen educated him in the techniques of watch making and jewellery. A designer by craft and a pioneer of digital in Luxury retail and branding, he was involved early on with the family watches and jewellery business, before working with the world’s most iconic brands in Luxury . For great names like LVmh and its houses, he remains a board advisor and consultant with a focus on customer experience, digital strategy, new products design and retail innovation. It is a lifetime of passion for horology that brought him full circle in 2007 to create his eponymous brand and launch it in the Surrey hills in 2014. terrA WALdrON, ccm, cce, ecm the deSert hIGhLANdS ASSOcIAtION terra is the chief Operating Officer of desert highlands, a private, gated residential community and country club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Under terra’s leadership, the community has developed a unique reinvestment program for attracting property owners and investors to upgrade residential properties. the results have been a very strong membership and home owner attraction. terra has been named one of the most influential women in the private club industry by boardroom magazine, Forbes influential women of the Northwest 2014, awarded the 2016 club executive of the Year by cmAA, and the mead Grady Award for 2015. She celebrated her 11 year anniversary as the Association’s chief Operating Officer in October 2017. terra currently sits on the cmAA club Foundation board and Advisory committee, and is Secretary of NcA’s National board. A graduate of cornell University’s famed hospitality program.She is a board member of the National club Association (NcA), and a contributing editor to club trends™ as well as a former member of the club managers Association of America (cmAA) board of directors. TITANIC BELFAST 19