Leaders Making a Difference

International Women’s Day (IWD)

As a part of our Leaders Making a Difference (LMD) interview series, every March and into April, dss+ draws special focus on women leaders from around the globe. Through engaging conversations, they share their insights and stories - and collectively reflect on the vast array of challenges faced by the business community. We’re proud to provide this platform, highlighting the incredible impact they all have, across a broad range of roles, sectors, and countries.

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Virginie Le Barbu
Global Sustainability Director – International Markets, Lenovo
EMEA

Virginie Le Barbu is on a mission to convert as many people as possible into sustainability champions to accelerate the adoption of more sustainable business models and practices. Here Virginie shares her expertise and insights, discussing the role of the technology industry to drive global sustainability initiatives that will help ensure a more sustainable future.

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Sara Peña Astorquia
Sara Peña Astorquia Sustainability Director, Zelestra, Spain
EMEA

For Sara Peña Astorquia, sustainability represents a way of understanding life and how the world should work. Now as Sustainability Director at Zelestra, an energy company on a mission to make decarbonisation a reality, Sara explains how empathy, communication, and international outlook have combined to ensure sustainability programmes make a lasting impact.

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Mar Perrote
Global Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) at Moeve
EMEA

From managing complex industrial assets to leading cultural transformation projects, Mar Perrote is an enthusiastic advocate of multiculturalism, a mindset that has seen her work in five countries across three continents. Now, as a Global Head of Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ) at Moeve, the new brand of the former company Cepsa, she talks to dss+ about drawing on her international experience to drive meaningful change.

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Anna Swaithes
Chief Sustainability Officer, The Crown Estate
EMEA

A focus on ethical values, a clear ability to strategise and a passion for putting people and planet before profits have helped guide Anna Swaithes to her current position as Chief Sustainability Officer at The Crown Estate. Now working for an organisation responsible for a prime city and substantial rural portfolio, as well as the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Anna explains why being prepared to step into the boots of others and doughnut economics can help improve sustainability goals.

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Pınar Çağdaş Duran
Technical Safety Director, Tüpraş
EMEA

A focus on ethical values, a clear ability to strategise and a passion for putting people and planet before profits have helped guide Anna Swaithes to her current position as Chief Sustainability Officer at The Crown Estate. Now working for an organisation responsible for a prime city and substantial rural portfolio, as well as the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Anna explains why being prepared to step into the boots of others and doughnut economics can help improve sustainability goals.

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