LOUISE T BLOUIN MACBAIN
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Louise T Blouin MacBain is CEO and
President of LTB Group of Companies - a global media
business with a commitment to the arts and culture.
Group publications include Art + Auction, Modern Painters
and Culture and Travel and the Group produces around
50 magazines and 130 titles in total each year. The
website intended to be the premier
online destination for the arts is the LTB Group's
latest creation.
Mrs MacBain is also the Chairman and Founder of the
Louise T Blouin Foundation. The Foundation reflects
Mrs MacBain's hopes and dreams through its work across
the world to promote culture and creativity and their
role in making societies stronger. Recent Foundation
projects include an investment in cultural exchange
projects between China, the Middle East and the West,
an OECD research initiative measuring cultural investment
across the world and the development of an Institute
in Notting Hill, London.
Previous to setting up the LTB Group, she co-founded
Trader Classified Media. Over 15 years as Chairman
and Operational CEO she turned around a business with
more than 400 publications (9 million readers per week)
80 companies and, with her management team, led over
5,000 employees and 60 internet sites in 20 countries.
She relinquished her interest in Trader to develop
the LTB Group. She holds a number of memberships in
international business and art organisations, including:
- Board of the Cendant Corporation
- Board of Trustees of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
- Board Member of the Bard Centre in New York
- Honorary Member of the Chairman's Council at the
Whitney Museum, New York
- Member of the International Council of the Tate Museum,
London
- International Committee of Les Arts Decoratifs in
Paris
- Member of Le Club international des Amis du Centre
Pompidoude
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