Gianluca Bianchi leads the Consumer Practice in Italy and is a member of the Board and CEO Practice. He also serves on the global core teams of the Consumer and Technology, Media & Telecommunications practices, and is a member of the European core team of the Supply Chain Practice, having previously served as its EMEA leader. He has also served on Spencer Stuart’s global nominating committee.
Extensive consumer goods experience
- Gianluca joined Spencer Stuart in 2007, following more than 20 years of experience in marketing and sales leadership roles, as well as CEO positions within multinational consumer goods companies. Before joining Spencer Stuart, he was CEO of T&C Italia, the distribution company of the Carlsberg Group.
- He began his career in the marketing division of Panzani-Ponte-Liebig, part of the Danone Group, where he held positions of increasing responsibility before joining Johnson & Johnson as marketing director of the Sanitary Protection Division. He subsequently became marketing and trade marketing director for Southern Europe at Del Monte Foods, before moving to Allied Domecq Spirits & Wine, where he served for four years as CEO and president of the Italian business.
He holds a degree in economics and business administration from the University of Perugia.