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Virginie Trotin

Examiner · DISC type cs
CIO and Innovation Director Watch & Fine Jewelry at CHANEL
📍 Paris, Île-de-France, France

Virginie Trotin is the CIO and Innovation Director for Watches & Fine Jewelry at CHANEL, where she leads data and AI acceleration. Educated at Aston University, she champions technology as a strategic business partner, not merely a technical function. Colleagues describe her as a brilliant and pleasant leader with vision.

She is passionate about mentoring and empowering the next generation of women in technology. Virginie actively participates in programs like JUMP IN TECH to share her experience, inspire diverse talent, and help open pathways to tech careers.

She believes technology should never be "tech for tech, " but rather a core strategic partner for business transformation and innovation.

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Experience
18 Years
Current Role
CIO and Innovation Director Watch & Fine Jewelry
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Personality Overview

How Virginie shows up

Late Adopter
Unexpressive
Process Oriented

They do not like taking risks at all and go for proven options in the end. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Priorities

Topics Virginie cares about

Data & AI Strategy
Shared CHANEL's data and AI trajectory at the Databricks DATA+AI World Tour, focusing on accelerating business transformation through analytics and artificial intelligence.
Women in Tech
Actively involved in mentoring programs like JUMP IN TECH, aiming to inspire and create diverse, singular career paths for women in the technology sector.
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Career

Work history

4-2021
CIO and Innovation Director Watch & Fine Jewelry
CHANEL
8-2017 - 4-2021
CIO France
CHANEL
3-2015 - 7-2017
Responsable Informatique Digital Mode et Relations Presse/Patrimoine
CHANEL
9-2007 - 5-2011
Consultante
Logica
1-2008
Digital Project Manager - Consultante
Chanel
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2006 - 2007
MSc
Aston University
2006 - 2007
Executive Diploma in Management
Chartered Management Institute
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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