Barbara Martin Coppola
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Barbara Martin Coppola | |
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| Nationality | French, Spanish and American |
| Education | Polytechnic University of Madrid Télécom Paris INSEAD (MBA) |
| Occupation | Chief Executive Officer of Decathlon Group |
| Awards | Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite (2023) |
Barbara Martin Coppola, is a business executive of French, Spanish and American nationality. She is currently the chief executive officer of the Decathlon Group.
Biography
[edit]Barbara Martin Coppola graduated from Polytechnic University of Madrid and Télécom Paris in 1999.[1] She also holds an MBA from INSEAD.[2][3]
She has worked in more than nine countries. Accordingly, Barbara Martin Coppola now has more than 20 years of international experience.[4]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]After her studies, Barbara Martin Coppola started her career at Texas Instruments, where she worked as a business development manager from 1999 to 2004.[1] Later, from 2005 to 2008, she was the Chief Digital Officer at Samsung in Seoul.[1] In 2008, she worked at Google in France.[1][5] She also has previous work experience as a global product marketing manager at YouTube and a Chief Marketing Officer at the Chicago-based meal delivery specialist GrubHub.[6][4]
Ikea
[edit]In April 2018, Barbara Martin Coppola became the Chief Digital Officer of the Group Ikea.[7][8]
Decathlon
[edit]In January 2022, Barbara Martin Coppola became the chief executive officer of the Group Decathlon.[4][6] She is the first woman to run the Group and the first female manager to be recruited from outside the Group Decathlon.[1][7]
Awards
[edit]In September 2023, she won the Women's Excellence Award from the Spanish Women's Leaders Club.[9][10] She was ranked 61st on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Conso, L. S. A. (8 December 2022). "Distributeur non alimentaire : Barbara Martin Coppola, un profil hors du sérail pour le Decathlon de demain". LSA. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Barbara Martin Coppola". Women Tech. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Google France". Le Point. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Barbara Martin Coppola, ex-Ikea et Google, prend le guidon chez Decathlon". Le Figaro. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Nouvelle directrice générale chez Decathlon". LE Figaro. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Decathlon recrute une spécialiste du digital chez Ikea pour diriger son groupe". Les Echos. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b "Lidl, Action, Amazon… Qui sont les patrons de vos enseignes préférées ?". Yahoo!. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Stackpole, Thomas (4 June 2021). "Inside IKEA's Digital Transformation". Harvard Business Review. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "La montée en puissance des dirigeantes espagnoles". Challenges. 19 September 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "La Société générale annonce plusieurs changements dans ses équipes". Le Figaro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.