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Laurence Koutny

  • 17 years experience in the chocolate industry (Mars& Godiva)

  • Leadership at Godiva including Marketing and Merchandising Director for Europe, International Innovation Director (product and packaging),Global Marketing and Public Relations Director

  • Founder of Art of Chocolate.www.artofchocolate.be

  • Multiple Consultancy missions on innovation, product strategy, retail staff training for key iconic brands in Belgium & France (Leonidas, Neuhaus, Alain Ducasse,Meurisse etc..)

  • Consultancy on start-up business plan, product strategy, and factory set-up for Omnom ( Bean 2 Bar in Iceland), Egypt, Canada,Nagwa in Kuwait and many others

  • Strong Retail and global distribution experience with 14 years of experience at Levi’s Europe

  • Winner of the 2013 Belgian Business Manager Trends Woman Award

  • Frequent features speaker at chocolate & packaging forums/conferences

  • Always ahead of the new chocolate packaging trends and needs