Francesca is a principal in True’s Consumer Practice, based in London, focusing on board and C-suite placements. A dedicated expert in beauty, lifestyle and consumer goods, she brings a breadth of cross-functional experience encompassing marketing, HR, strategy, operations, commercial, general management and non-executive directors.
Prior to joining True, Francesca spent seven years at The MBS Group as a consultant, where she specialized in both beauty and consumer goods. She has represented a diverse mix of clients globally, from family-owned or founder-led organizations to private equity-backed businesses and large, blue-chip companies, encompassing a breadth of growth, transformation and turnaround ambitions. Francesca has also partnered with key industry bodies, including CEW, on various thought leadership projects and events centred around elevating and expanding conversation and action on diversity, equity and inclusion in the beauty sector.
Francesca graduated from King’s College London with a bachelor’s degree in Theology. She currently lives in London with her husband and spends her spare time as a trustee of My Mito Mission, a charity raising awareness and supporting research into mitochondrial disease.