Camille Lavenant is Global Sales and Category Director at Danone, where she leads the sales agenda for the company’s Specialized Nutrition Division across Baby and Medical Nutrition. With a career spanning Nielsen, Campbell’s, Kimberly-Clark and Danone, Camille has built her experience across data, category management, trade marketing, e-commerce and global sales, consistently embracing new markets, functions and ways of working.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why staying curious and moving fast has shaped Camille’s career
- How working across France, the UK and the Netherlands has influenced her leadership style
- The evolution of e-commerce from a specialist function into an integrated part of the business
- Why AI and agentic commerce may follow a similar path to e-commerce
- Balancing short-term commercial priorities with preparing for long-term transformation
- How the profile and capabilities required of global sales leaders are changing
- The importance of embracing uncertainty, learning continuously and staying close to the consumer
