With experience as CEO and Chairman of listed companies in Latin America, the USA and Switzerland, Erard made his principal career in an industrial conglomerate with activities in paint, packaging, chemicals and processed food. He was also a member of the advisory boards of General Electric and of the World Bank’s IFC. He was active in investment promotion.
Later, Erard was Chairman of Airesis and of Comunus in Montreux, as well as Director of Le Coq Sportif in Paris. He was founding Chairman of the Business Advisory Board of HEC Lausanne.
Today in 2019, Erard is an independent adviser and author.