Daniela Gontijo
Recognized for transforming strategic ambitions into high-impact initiatives, Daniela Gontijo has built a career in the global consumer and luxury market. For ten years at Louis Vuitton, she leads as General Manager the Maison's operations in South America - Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia. The first woman to hold this position in the region and the first South American executive to complete the entire journey from retail, corporate functions to regional leadership, she has consolidated a culture of high performance, trust and talent development, strengthening Louis Vuitton's succession pipeline and培养 leaders for the LVMH Group and international markets, with a focus on excellence and innovation.
GirlBoss: Women as Fashion's Protagonists
Although women represent the majority of fashion consumption, they still occupy a reduced portion of the main leadership positions in the sector. In this panel, Mayari Jubini, founder and creative director of Artemisi Gallery, Luanda Vieira, writer and journalist, Daniela Gontijo, General Manager of Louis Vuitton operations in South America, and Marília Marton, Secretary of State for Culture, Economy and Creative Industries of the State of São Paulo, talk with Jorge Grimberg about the challenges and opportunities of building internationally relevant brands from Brazil. Drawing from their trajectories, they share experiences about entrepreneurship, creativity and leadership, reflecting on female protagonism in building businesses and the paths to expand the presence of women in decision-making spaces of an industry in which they are the majority among consumers, but still a minority in leadership positions.