Sarah Branquinho Appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer

Sarah Branquinho was appointed Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer and member of the Global Executive Committee, effective July 1, 2021 and will be reporting to the Group´s CEO, Julián Díaz. In her role, Sarah Branquinho will foster and further develop the group-wide implementation of the Dufry Diversity & Inclusion Strategy.

Sarah has a keen interest in furthering the education and careers of women. Besides leading our women@dufry initiative, she is a founding member and Chair of Women in Travel Retail, which offers networking and professional development opportunities to women across the global travel retail industry. Her wealth of experience will support her in further evolving our diversity & inclusion strategy, building on the women@dufry initiative and including best diversity and inclusion practices from our industry. Being present in 64 countries and employing people from a wide range of nationalities, ethnicities, genders and cultures, diversity and inclusion is a success factor of growing importance.

Sarah has over 30 years experience in travel retail and previously worked for BAA and its retail company World Duty Free, extending her remit to handle business relationships and external affairs for its sister company Aldeasa. With the acquisition of World Duty Free Group by Dufry in 2015, she was appointed Director of External Affairs, a position she held until her retirement from full-time employment in July 2018, and she then continued to serve as External Affairs Advisor to Dufry. She is also currently president of the Duty Free World Council (DFWC), is the World Business Partner observer on the board of directors of ACI-Europe (Airport Council International Europe) and has held several other management and board positions in industry organizations such as the European Travel Retail Confederation (ETRC).