About me
Virginie Mahin leads the social sustainability agenda for Mondelēz International, the global snacking company behind chocolate and biscuit brands such as Milka, Cadbury, Oreo and LU. As chair of the company’s cross-functional Human Rights Working Group, she steers the company’s approach to human rights due diligence and embedding of the UN Guiding Principles into the company’s systems and practices. Within the company’s sustainable cocoa program, Cocoa Life, she leads the child protection approach and efforts to holistically address child labor and its root causes within the cocoa growing communities that make up the company’s supply chain. Virginie first joined the French division of Mondelēz International in 2011 and is now based in the European headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. Before joining Mondelēz International, Virginie led the investor relations team of Taliesin Capital – a boutique investment fund in New York. Virginie is a dual citizen of France and the United States. She has lived in both countries, as well as in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Switzerland. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Boston University and a Master’s in European Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris.
