Marie-Caroline Chauvet

Insigniam Partner - France

Marie-Caroline Chauvet has been consulting with Insigniam since 2003, bringing 15 years of prior international corporate experience, including as an executive and a division controller at the world’s largest cosmetics company. In a recent engagement, Marie’s strategy consulting accelerated the integration and cultural transformation of a leading pharmaceutical company in Europe. Her leadership consulting enabled the research and development team of a leading European chemical company to establish new partnerships within the group’s divisions and prompted the CEO to boost R&D investment six-fold. Other projects include working with a billion-dollar family-owned company to expand their strategic frame and position the brand to powerfully integrate acquisitions; engaging 160 aerospace executives to redesign the future of their division; and leading an initiative that achieved breakthrough resolution of a stalled gas exploration project in the Middle East.

Marie-Caroline holds an MBA in International Business from Université Paris-Dauphine, completed the Executive Education General Management Program of INSEAD/CEDEP, and pre-doctorate work in strategy with a dissertation on corporate governance at the University of Toulouse.

She has authored over a dozen thought leadership articles and is a sought-after speaker on the topics of design thinking and innovation. Her depth of experience makes her a critical senior member of the Insigniam Learning & Development and Design & Innovation Teams.

 

Awards and Recognition

  • Leader in Teamwork & Collaboration, Insigniam, 2015
  • HBA Europe 2019 LEAD Volunteer Award
  • Stanford Design Thinking Action Lab and Crash Course on Creativity
  • Creativity & Innovation Course, Disney Institute

Public Speaking and Service

  • Secretary-Treasurer on the Global Board of Directors and Executive Committee, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, 2024
  • Elected Town Councilor, 2020-present
  • Board member, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Europe, 2016 – present
  • Board member, Product Development and Management Association, 2014 – 2017
  • Speaker, “Soft Skills of The Future: Introduction to Design Thinking,” Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Paris, 2014
  • Speaker, “Creating Dramatic Growth Through Sustained Innovation,” Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Annual Conference, 2014
  • Speaker, “Unleash the inherent creativity of your company and create the culture & infrastructure to generate and execute innovation sustainably,” World Innovation Convention, Cannes, 2013
  • Taught management accounting at the Toulouse Business School for three years
  • Led workshop on personal branding for executive education at the Toulouse Business School for three years

Thought Leadership Articles

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