Manuela Locarno Ajayi

Manuela Locarno Ajayi is an experienced executive currently serving as SVP and Executive Board Member at TomTom since October 2023. Prior to this role, Manuela worked as SVP and Chief Product Officer at The ODP Corporation from 2021 to August 2023, and held the position of Director and General Manager at Amazon from 2015 to 2020. Manuela's earlier experience includes roles as Director of Product & Tech at both the World Economic Forum (2012-2015) and Microsoft (2000-2012), as well as serving as Senior Software Engineer at Mondadori.com in 1999 and Software Engineer at Gruppo Reti in 1998. Manuela holds an MBA from the UW Foster School of Business and a Master of Engineering in Computer Software Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.