Cristina Scocchia
Cristina Scocchia has been Chief Executive Officer of L’Oréal Italy since 1 January 2014.
She comes from Procter&Gamble, where from 1997 she held positions of increasing responsibility in the company’s Household Cleaning and Health & Beauty divisions.
Based at the P&G Geneva headquarters from 2000, she gained experience in mature and emerging markets successfully rising to increasingly extensive challenges, culminating in the role of leader of the Cosmetics International Operations Division, in which she was responsible for supervising the brands in her portfolio in over 70 countries throughout the world.
Holder of a degree with full marks in Economics from Bocconi University, she earned a PhD in Business and Management from the University of Turin.
Married and mother of a 6-year old son, she has always been active in the field of philanthropy and believes strongly in day-to-day social commitments. She is a speaker and lecture in many international conventions and conferences on issues related to enterprises development, leadership, diversity & sustainability.
She is Vice President of Cosmetics Italy (national association of Cosmetics companies) and Centromarca (national association of branded industry), member of the Giunta (governing body) of Assolombarda (Lombardy Industrial Union) and President of the Cosmetics Sector. Since 2014 she is also member of the Board in the following organizations: Industrial Union of Turin, Federchimica (national association of the Chemical industry), UPA (national association of the companies investing in advertising), Indicod-ECR (national association of multi-sectors retailers, manufacturers and service providers) and member of the Advisory Board of the Foreign Investors Council and of the Sodalitas Foundation.