Eloy Sasot, former group chief data and analytics officer, Richemont

At the time of compiling the list, Eloy Sasot was group chief data and analytics officer, Richemont

What has been your path to power?

Curiosity led me to live diverse experiences in eight industries (b2c, b2b, gov) and multi-cultural environments in Europe, Asia and America. The first steps were at the European Space Agency, publishing scientific papers on space weather and then becoming spacecraft orbit coder. I further complemented my Master of Mathematical Engineering with an MBA, allowing me to move into the “business world”, evolving in change transformation in wind energy and as global pricer in financial services for American Express.

Following that I moved into a pioneering data science for business leadership role in the media conglomerate News Corp, creating a data-driven function from scratch to ultimate lead it globally. From there, I went to launch, from inception, global data and AI transformation in a world leading consumer facilities and food services conglomerate, Sodexo, on data strategy, delivery and capability building coordination. Recently, I moved to facilitate, with data and AI, how the luxury industry can conquer the next frontier in sustainable new retail as group chief data and analytics officer for the leading luxury conglomerate Richemont.