Laurence Lafont

As Vice President EMEA Strategic Industries at Google Cloud, she is focused on bringing the best of Google and Google Cloud technologies to help strategic customers drive their business transformation, at a time where digital is rapidly transforming our societies and many business models across all industries. She has more than 25 years of experience in the Digital Economy, Information and Technology services. She held various senior leadership positions in Sales, Operations, Marketing at Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle where she successfully contributed to transforming businesses and innovating organizational models in hyper growth environments. Committed to leading with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion as a foundation, she is involved in Women in Tech initiatives in France and EMEA, and she is always focused on leading with authenticity. She has been awarded Knight in the French Order of Merit in 2021. She serves on the Board of Centrale Supelec Engineering School. And since 2016, she chairs the board of Silver Valley a non-profit organization, developing innovations for the elder economy.