Maria Garrido

Non-Executive Director
Member of the Audit & Sustainability Committee, Havas

Maria Garrido is currently Chief Marketing Officer of Deezer, where she is responsible for communications, digital performance, public relations, marketing, and the creative studio of the global streaming platform.

Until 2021, she was Senior Vice President Brand Marketing for Vivendi, where she fostered synergies between the group’s business units and provided marketing and brand alliance support to all group companies. Maria Garrido was also the Chief Insights Officer of Havas from 2015 to 2020, supervising a team of over 300 people in some 40 countries working across content, innovation (incubators) and market surveys.

Before joining Havas in 2014, she spent 18 years in North America, Latin America and Europe, where she held operational and strategic marketing roles at various FMCG blue chips, most notably Colgate Palmolive Co and Mondelez.

Maria Garrido speaks at many media and client events, most recently at Cartagena Inspira, Mumbrella Australia, South Summit, CubeX Mumbai, the World Retail Congress and IBC 2018.

She has also been a Media Jury member for Cristal Media Festival and Dubai Lynx, and President of the Entertainment Jury for Eurobest and the Cannes Lions Festival.

Current directorships/partnerships

Listed companies:
Carmila: Director
Deezer: Chief Marketing Officer

Other companies:
Terranam Consulting SL Mandates: Founder

Past directorships/partnerships (last five years)

Listed companies:
LiveOne, Inc.: Director

Other companies:
ESCP: Member of the International Supervisory Board