Sophie Gasperment

Sophie Gasperment

French national
Born in 1964
Non-executive
First elected in 2020

Sophie Gasperment joined the world-leading beauty and personal care company L’Oréal from business school, in 1986. After 14 years in operational and strategic marketing positions, she was appointed General Manager for L’Oréal in the UK.

She remained UK-based for the following 14 years, notably as L’Oréal UK/Ireland Managing Director, as well as Chair and global Chief Executive Officer of The Body Shop.

She then led L’Oréal’s Strategic Prospective and the group’s Financial communication, with a specific focus on digital acceleration. 

Since 2019, she has been Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group, Non-Executive Director of listed companies and Angel investor in a number of innovative ventures.

Sophie Gasperment holds the following mandates in listed companies: Member of the Board of  Kingfisher plc., Member of the Supervisory Board of  D’Ieteren Group (until May 2023), and Independent Director of Cimpress. 

She holds the following mandate in companies that are non-quoted: Independent director at SPDG (since October 2023).

She is a graduate of ESSEC business school and of INSEAD, and has contributed to the Business Advisory Council of Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

28/03/2024