Digital

Giovanna Marena has degrees in Political Sciences and Marketing & Sales from Milan University. She began her professional career in marketing focusing on personal care and cosmetics, and then on food products. Then she capitalized on her experience by becoming a business development advisor for some Italian SME and nonprofit organizations. In 2012 she evolved from manager to entrepreneur, founding a digital start-up dedicated to women: PinkUp. Since May 2015 she has been a partner in Keystone, focused on FMCG, retail, fashion, and new media. Giovanna is also the founder of k-digital, the brand of keystone focuesd on digital projects.

Giovanna, mother of four daughters, is currently a member of "In the Boardroom," an exclusive training course for select women who are corporate board members.

Jochen Markgraf has broad experience in HR, in both recruiting and HR functions. He joined Kaiser Stähler Rekrutierungsberatung in October 2006 and is a managing director. He specialises in Executive Search and Personnel Consulting. He has recruiting expertise in national and cross-border search projects and supports both mid-sized companies and international groups. Until September 2006, Jochen worked at IBM as a project manager in a cost efficiency project. In this role, he developed and established a new department: “Resource Operations – IT Delivery”, which he headed as a resource manager.

Jochen holds a master´s degree in business administration from the University of Frankfurt. Before that, he trained as a bank clerk and followed a trainee programme at Deutsche Bank. Jochen speaks German and English.