Marie-Anne Ambrosi is an accomplished executive with extensive background in consumer products, healthcare, and other industries. She has achieved significant business growth through cross-cultural leadership in France, EMEA, Russia, the UK, and US. As an executive search partner, she uses her business experience and networks to ensure clients have the leadership talent to attain their goals.

Professional Focus

  • 25 years’ experience in executive search and corporate leadership, including executive roles at the local, regional, and global levels
  • Industry expertise in consumer products, FMCG, and consumer health, as well as healthcare, life sciences, and industrials
  • Track record of successful searches for C-level, global director, and other senior executive roles for organisations at all stages of development, from startups to multinationals
  • Expertise in talent development, growth strategy, P&L management, key opinion leader networking, go-to-market strategy, innovation, change management, commercial negotiations, business development, and sales & marketing team leadership
  • Native French, fluent in English, proficient in German, and notions of Spanish

Business Expertise

  • Senior Consultant at a major global executive search and consulting firm
  • Marketing Director France at Abbott Diagnostics
  • Business Development Manager, France and Maghreb at Johnson & Johnson Vision
  • EMEA Business Unit Director Abbott Medical Optics integration at Johnson & Johnson; previously Marketing Director, France-Iberia-Benelux
  • Club Ambassador, HR at EDHEC Business School, Greater Paris
  • Brand Director, Jack Daniel’s and Get 27 at Bacardi Martini France; previously International Marketing Director, Eristoff Vodka; and Global Innovation Director at Bacardi Global Brands, London
  • Marketing Brand Specialist, Campus Services Division at Sodexo, Greater Boston, U.S.
  • Senior Marketing Manager at Heineken France, Rueil-Malmaison

Additional Expertise

  • Consumer & Retail
  • Consumer Products - FMCG
  • Consumer Health
  • Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Diagnostics
  • Digital Health
  • Medical Devices
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Industrial

Education & Certifications

MBA from EDHEC Business School

Affiliations & Awards

  • Board Member, Abbott Diagnostics (2021 - 2022)
  • EMEA Board Member J&J Vision Care (2017-2021)
  • Board Director, Johnson & Johnson, France and France-Benelux-Iberia (2014 - 2017)
  • Business Development Volunteer, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association HBA (2021 - present)
  • Volunteer, French Red Cross

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