Annick Desmecht

Annick has been the architect of several accelerated growth strategies for Private Equity in the consumer, luxury and retail sectors, bringing a wide range of experience in building enterprise value for owners in complex global businesses, with a special emphasis on developments across Asia. Before her career in Private Equity, Annick held a number of leading executive positions internationally, primarily with Procter & Gamble for close to 15 years, as well as with Nokia and the Harrods group. Annick also worked for management consulting firms McKinsey and A.T. Kearney.

Annick holds a BA with Honors in Business Engineering from the ICHEC Brussels School of Management and an MBA with Honors from the Harvard Business School.

Experience

• Operational Advisor
  INVESTCORP

• Non-Executive Director
  Georg Jensen

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  Brands, Clicks & Mortar

• Guest Lecturer
  London Business School Sloan Fellows Program

• Vice President Member of European Executive Board A.T. Kearney

• Group Vice President, Chief Growth Officer (Strategy, Marketing, Product Development, Margin Growth)
  WWRD Holdings (ex Waterford Wedgwood)

• Corporate Vice President Chief Strategy and International Development Officer
  Harrods Group

• Senior Vice President Head of Brand Europe
  Nokia

• President Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer
  Samsonite Corporation

• MD Personal Beauty
  Procter & Gamble

• Consultant
  McKinsey & Company

Education

• Harvard Business School
  Masters of Business Administration, Baker Scholar - Highest Honors

• IE Business School
  PhD - Doctor of Business Administration, With Merit

• Haute Ecole 'Groupe ICHEC - ISC Saint-Louis - ISFSC', Bruxelles
  Commercial Engineer, Business Administration & Engineering, Grande Distinction

• Ecole Superieure des Sciences Fiscales International Tax Law, Distinction