Our leadership

Stephan manages the WFA secretariat, oversees all work carried out on behalf of its members and is the WFA’s main spokesperson. He sits on all WFA public affairs and marketing committees, as well as on the WFA Executive Committee.

Prior to joining WFA, Stephan worked at the United Nations in New York and later in both marketing and management roles at L'Oréal. Combining French and German nationalities, Stephan speaks French, German, English, Dutch and Spanish.

Taide was born in Mexico City, the first of four siblings. She has a bachelor of Marketing from the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, and a Masters in International Management from the American Graduate School of International Management in Arizona.

She has over three decades of career in marketing in Procter and Gamble, in 4 geographies. She joined in Mexico in 1990 and after two years, was transferred to Poland, where she laid the foundations of what the subsidiary is today. In 1995 she moved to Italy where she performed leadership roles in Laundry, and Media. In 2010 she moved to the Geneva European HQ as the European Brand Operations leader, driving constructive disruption in Media, Digital and Data for all brands and countries in the region. In 2021 Taide was appointed Senior Vicepresident Brand (CMO) for Europe.

She leads a team of over 1300 talented marketers and partner agencies across 49 countries investing amongst the top advertising spenders in Europe. Her mission is to fuel sustainable, irresistibly superior brands, through an energized and skilled P&G team and partners.

Taide is married to Marco, and a mother of 2, Federico and Leonardo.