Cecile graduated from HEC Paris and started her career in Retail for Cartier in Hong Kong. She then moved to Danone Waters Ltd in London in 2002 where she held several roles in marketing (including brand management and innovation). She joined Danone Dairy in 2008 in Insights and then created the first Strategy & Insights department across the two Danone businesses. She joined L’OREAL UKI in 2015 as Director of CMI (Consumer and Market Intelligence), with a mission to put insight at the heart of business decision planning by providing thought leadership and analytics on consumers, shoppers and competitors.