Our Nominees
Yannis Skoufalos
Male / Greek & American / 67
Yannis spent nearly 35 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G), where, for almost a decade, he presided over a team of more than 50,000 people in their global supply chain organization. During his tenure, Yannis oversaw more than USD 6.0bn worth of structural savings in the supply chain function across areas such as transportation, material, packaging, and logistics, and inventory reduction. Yannis was also responsible for sustainability, digitization, and innovation within the supply network.
Global Supply Chain
Cosmetics / Health & Beauty
Public Board Governance
Career Highlights
Joined 1984
Initial role in Product Engineering, then transitioning to Supply Chain
2007 – 2011
Product Supply Chain Operations
2011 – 2019
Global Product Supply Officer
2020 (current)
Non-Executive Director [Private Company]
2023 (current)
Non-Executive Director [Public Company]
2023 (current)
Non-Executive Director [Public Company]
2022 (current)
Senior Advisor, Supply Network Practice
Yannis has held several other advisory roles for private companies.
Lanchi Venator
Female / American / 58
Lanchi brings more than two decades of experience in Consumer Goods at the intersection of Marketing, Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Strategy & Transformation. She was most recently Global CFO & Head of Strategy at Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation and previously held leadership roles at The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., where she was responsible for development of financial strategy and built its Global Strategic Pricing function, which continues to enable process improvement through digitalization and automation.
Financial Planning & Analysis
Cosmetics / Health & Beauty
Global Strategy
Career Highlights
2000 - 2005
Manager
2005 - 2008
Director, Pricing Strategy
2008 - 2012
Exec. Director, North America Strategy
Joined 2012
Began as VP of Head of Global Strategic Pricing, then VP of Finance & Strategy
2021 - 2023
SVP, Global Finance Strategy & Operations
2023 – 2024
Global Chief Financial Officer & Head of Strategy
Lanchi holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Martha Velando
Female / Peruvian, British & Portuguese / 50
Global Consumer, Marketing & Branding
Cosmetics / Health & Beauty
Brand Portfolio Management
Career Highlights
1996 – 2000
Business Development and Marketing roles
2002 - 2006
Marketing Strategy roles
2006 – 2013
Marketing Director, Kiehl’s, then Yves Saint Laurent, Group Brand Senior Manager, Lancôme
2013 - 2016
European MD, Marketing Effectiveness
2016 - 2020
Global VP, Marketing, then Fragrance Portfolio
2022 - 2024
Chief Marketing Officer
2022 -- 2024
Chief Marketing Officer
Martha holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Hugh Dineen
Male / American / 56
Hugh was most recently President and Chief Marketing Officer of one of the world’s leading haircare product companies. He spent over 15 years as Vice President running the consumer products division of Johnson & Johnson, specializing in brand turnarounds. He revived multiple brands and grew revenue at one sub-scale brand by over ten times in three years. Hugh has also run substantial operations in Japan and managed brand strategy, including building out digital marketing, customer acquisition and analytics efforts in both B2B and B2C.
Global Consumer, Marketing & Branding
Cosmetics / Health & Beauty
Brand Turnaround & Growth
Career Highlights
1990 – 1997
Customer Business Development
1997 – 2012
Vice President
2006 - 2012
General Manager
2012 - 2015
Global VP, Global Marketing Head (Various) Global VP, Head of Beauty
2015 - 2020
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
2021 - 2025
President, Global Brands & Global CMO
2021 - 2024
Non-Executive Director
Hugh holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.
Anja Lagodny
Female / German & Swiss / 58
Anja was previously Chief Digital Officer at Japan Tobacco International. She created and implemented a two-year global digital transformation strategy and established a new digital business unit to leverage consumer data in the transition to E-Commerce and oversaw programs to drive efficiency gains in R&D, Supply Chain Management, and sales. Prior to this, Anja held senior leadership roles at Carlsberg Group and Mondelēz Europe, where she created and implemented global E-Commerce and digital strategies focused on growing B2C and B2B online channels.
Global Digital Transformation
Diversified FMCG
Japanese Business
Career Highlights
2004 - 2009
Multiple roles up to Global Head of Consumer Relations & CRM
2010 - 2011
Sr. Account Exec. – FMCG Digital Transformation
2011 – 2016
Head of Digital, Social Media Marketing Operations & eCommerce Europe
2016 - 2019
VP, Digital
2019 - 2022
Chief Digital Officer / Global VP Digital Strategy (Member of the Board of Directors)
2022 (current)
Founder and CEO, Anja Lagodny Consulting
2024 (current)
Chair International Chapter, Swiss Institute of Directors
Anja is also an Executive in Residence at IMD Business School.