Simona Scarpaleggia

Simona Scarpaleggia

Founder & Strategic Advisor, Simona Scarpaleggia Consulting

As of January 2022 serves as NED- Non -executive Director in the Boards of Autogrill, Hornbach Holding and Hornbach Baumarkt, EDGE Strategy, Brainforest.


Former CEO of EDGE Strategy, a company leader in measuring, accelerating and certifying gender and intersectional equity in the workplace.


An international manager with a consolidated experience in both line and top management positions, she has served as CEO of IKEA Switzerland over a decade – previously she held HR Director positions in different organizations.


Co-Chair of the High-Level Panel for Women Economic Empowerment of the United Nations from 2016 to 2018.


Engaged since decades on topics related to gender equity and DE&I , she has co-founded and has been the president of Valore D in Italy and Advance Women in business in Switzerland.


Since 2010 she works and advocates on ESG related topics and has a consolidated knowledge and experience in the field of environmental, social and governance related themes.


She is the author of the book “Die andere Hälfte” NZZ Libro (“The Other Half” ed. LID).

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