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Polina Toropova (Strandstrem)

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Omya at Full-time
📍 Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Polina is a global marketing and innovation director with 18 years of experience in international sales and business development at firms like Omya, Cargill, and Purina. An Oxford MBA graduate, she has managed a €60M ESG portfolio and built over 50 distributor alliances, driving significant growth across the EMEA region.

She is passionate about mentorship and is actively involved in the Insights Elevation Journey program. Colleagues describe her as a proactive and dynamic leader with an informal approach. Polina cares deeply about addressing global environmental challenges through collaboration between governments, businesses, and society.

Unique fact: She once led a project that increased a business units core profit metric by over five times in four years.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Omya
Location
Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Agricultural Innovation
Her current role focuses on driving agri-innovation and growth across the EMEA region, building on her experience at Cargill and Omya.
Sustainability & ESG
Manages a €60M ESG portfolio and posts about the need to address environmental challenges highlighted in the Global Risks Report.
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Career

Work history

Omya
Full-time
6-2018 - 12-2020
Chief Revenue Officer
Schelkovo Agrohim Serbia
10-2017 - 4-2018
Business Consultant
CarMoney
3-2015 - 10-2017
Chief Marketing Officer
Medsi
12-2011 - 3-2015
Strategic Marketing and Technology Lead
Cargill
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Education
2008 - 2009
MBA
Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
MBA
2008 - 2009 · Oxford Said Business School
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