Sofia Spiliotopoulou
Head of Business Unit, Holland & Barrett
Personal information:
Nationality: Hellenic
Year of birth: 1967
Current positions:
Head of Holland & Barrett Business Unit
Previous Professional Experience:
KORRES SA
EUROPE REGION PRESIDENT (May 2019 – June 2022)
Head of the European organization, member of the Management Team.
European P&L responsibility for the business units of DACH (Germany/Austria/Switzerland), France, UK, Greece and Exports.
GLOBAL COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR (May 2012 – April 2019)
Head of the Commercial team leading Sales, Exports, Business Development, Business Intelligence, Marketing, Trade Marketing and Training.
PEPSICO
SNACKS & BEVERAGES INTEGRATION DIRECTOR (Oct 2010 – Feb 2012)
Head of the Integration team leading the planning and the execution of the Integration of the two PepsiCo businesses in Greece: Beverages (Pepsi– Ivi) and Snacks (Tasty Foods), in the areas of Sales, Finance, HR, BIS & Supply Chain.
SOUTH EAST EUROPE REGION, FOODS & BEVERAGES MARKETING & REVENUE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR (Jan 2009 – Oct 2010)
Has led the Marketing Functions of Foods & Beverages of the SEER Market Units (Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Greece, and Israel).
MARKETING, TRADE MARKETING & ALLIED BUSINESS DIRECTOR, (May 2003 – Dec 2008)
Head of the Marketing and the Trade Marketing departments of the Snack food division of PEPSICO in Greece.
UNILEVER
FABRICS MARKETING MANAGER, (Sept 2000 – Apr 2003)
Responsible for the profitable growth of the Fabrics portfolio of the brands: SKIP, SURF, CAJOLINE, and OMO
HAIR MARKETING MANAGER, (1998 – 2000)
Responsible for the profitable growth of the total hair portfolio: ORGANICS, ULTREX, TIMOTEI, SUNSILK, MOD`S HAIR.
Prior to the above, she has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in Unilever – i.e.
UNILEVER, TRADE MARKETING MANAGER, (1997 – 1998)
UNILEVER, HAIR GROUP MANAGER, (1996 – 1997)
UNILEVER, BRAND MANAGER, (1993 – 1996):
UNILEVER, TRAINNEE MANAGER, (1992 – 1993)
UNILEVER, FACTORY QUALITY CONTROL ASSISTANT, (1989 – 1990)
Academic Qualifications:
CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON: MBA in Engineering Management, Major in Marketing, 1990-1991
UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS, Integrated Master of Chemical Engineering (MEng), Major in oil technology, 1984 – 1989
Graduation in 1984 from the High School of Patras.