Tracey Rogers Tracey Rogers

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Tracey Rogers, is a mentor for Women 1st, the thought leadership programme in the UK's hospitality, travel and tourism industry and managing director of Unilever Food Solutions UK & Ireland. After reading Politics at the University of Exeter, Tracey began her career at Sainsbury's before moving to Tesco; where she spent six years in various buying roles. In 1991 Tracey moved to Unilever, becoming Sales Director for Elida Fabergé. During this time, Tracey and her team pioneered Category Management and E.C.R (Efficient Consumer Response) becoming industry leaders. Tracey then moved to Brussels and spent eight years in various marketing roles within Unilever. From 2002, Tracey ran the European Personal Care business. One of her most notable successes during this period was launching the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty.In 2005, Tracey moved to Budapest when she took up the post of Unilever Chairman for Central Europe, managing the whole Unilever portfolio of Foods, Ice Cream, Home and Personal Care across six countries. Tracey returned to the UK in 2009 when she became Managing Director of Unilever Food Solutions UK and Ireland. Tracey is a Trustee for the charity Hospitality Action and was voted one of the top 100 most influential women in Hospitality and Tourism in last year's Shine Awards. She also sits on the fund dispersement committee for the charity Jeans for Genes.

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