Margarita Garijo-Bettencourt
Member of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Sustainability Committee
Garijo-Bettencourt is a consulting and communications professional with a wide and varied career first in Spain and then in the United States and France. She has a degree in Molecular Biology from the Complutense University of Madrid and in Management from INSEAD in Paris. She has worked in the fields of business and communications. She began her professional career in 1987 at L'Oréal Spain, where she was marketing director until 1996, when she was appointed member of the Executive Committee and managing director of the firms Helena Rubinstein, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Paloma Picasso and Lanvin. That same year she joined the company's Global Strategy Committee. In 2000, she was appointed Managing Director of Business Development and was later appointed Managing Director of the company's luxury perfume division. In 2001, she was named Managing Director of Communications and External Relations.
In 2005, Garijo-Bettencourt joined the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Paris as Managing Director of Communications and Marketing. She then transferred to New York in 2009 where she joined BCG’s global marketing team. Until 2022, she held numerous management positions at the company, including global head of brand identity. Her brief included external and internal communications, brand management, talent acquisition and visual identity.
She is patron of the Margarita Salas Foundation.
Category:
Independent
First and last appointments:
- 27 June 2023
- 26 June 2024
Boards of Directors of other listed companies to which se serves (*):
None
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Boards of Directors of other non- listed companies to which she serves (*):
None
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Other paid activities:
The director does not perform remunerated activities other than those mentioned.