Bio Details

SOPHIE A. GASPERMENT has served as Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group since November 2019, where her primary focus is to support their Consumer and Digital Acceleration practices. Ms. Gasperment previously held multiple senior management positions at L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, from September 1986 to November 2018. This included Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman of The Body Shop International, the iconic British retailer spanning 60 countries and ca. 20,000 people strong, from July 2008 to October 2013, as well as Managing Director, L’Oréal UK and Ireland, from January 2004 to January 2008. From January 2014 to November 2018, Ms. Gasperment was L’Oréal's Group General Manager leading Strategic Prospective and Financial Communication. From June 2010 to May 2022, Ms. Gasperment served on the board of Accor, a CAC40 publicly traded company and a world leader in hospitality, notably as Chair of that board's Appointments, Compensation and CSR Committee and a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee. From May 2018 to May 2023, Ms. Gasperment served on the supervisory board of D’Ieteren, a Euronext-listed global industrial company, and was a member of the Appointments and Compensation Committee. Since December 2018, Ms. Gasperment has also served on the board of Kingfisher plc, a FTSE 100 Home Improvement international company, and is currently Chair of that board's Responsible Business Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee. Since September 2020, Ms. Gasperment has served on the board of Givaudan SA, the world leading flavour and fragrances company that is publicly traded on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and is a member of the Nomination committee as well as the Audit Committee. In addition to serving on the board of Directors of Cimpress plc, Ms. Gasperment serves on the supervisory board of Vistaprint B.V., a wholly owned Dutch subsidiary of Cimpress. Ms. Gasperment brings to Cimpress' Board her leadership and strategy skills and perspective, her international brand-building expertise, her experience of digital transformation and acceleration, her acumen in both consumer goods and retail, as well as her experience on the boards of other public companies and her broader business experience in multi-cultural environments.