PARIS: Rx France has appointed Nicolas Boffi as director of Mipim, the global urban festival that each March draws more than 20,000 delegates to Cannes. An engineer and urban planner by training, Boffi has over two decades of experience in real estate and urban development, spanning project management, business development and public affairs.
He joins from Arcadis, where he led strategy for the global cities programme as Paris city executive, working with both the private sector and city leaders on sustainable projects in the French capital and beyond.
Boffi succeeds Nicolas Kozubek, who steered Mipim through a turbulent period of industry change. Under his watch, Mipim became a forum where real-estate players and policymakers confronted geopolitical risk, technological disruption and the shift towards sustainability.
Filippo Rean, managing director at Rx France, said Boffi’s “strategic mindset and track record in aligning public and private priorities” would help sharpen Mipim’s position as the place where cities’ biggest challenges—sustainability, resilience and competitiveness—are tackled head-on.
Boffi said his priority was to deepen dialogue between the public and private sectors. “The next few years will bring economic, political and fiscal challenges that demand collaboration and bold decision-making,” he said. “Mipim must be where uncertainty turns into opportunity.”
Expect new content under his leadership, from a sharper focus on AI disruption to the race to net zero.
Mipim returns to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes from 9-13 March 2026. The Mipim Asia Summit runs on 3-4 December 2025 in Hong Kong.