Dorothée D’Herde

Dorothée leads sustainable business at Vodafone Group. The sustainable business team drives the delivery of Vodafone’s Purpose agenda and contribution to the SDGs, as well as ensuring sound responsible business practices and transparent reporting. She took up the role in August 2019 after 10 years at McKinsey & Company where she most recently was Director of sustainability and social impact, with responsibility for the firm’s responsible business practices and its contribution to society. Dorothée joined McKinsey in 2009 as head of external relations for the Sustainability and Resource Productivity Practice to help the practice shape and communicate its thought leadership agenda on the challenges and opportunities of sustainability and resource productivity.

Before McKinsey, she worked in politics, public affairs and communications: for the Belgian deputy prime minister, in the European Commission’s spokesperson service and at public affairs agency GPlus Europe (Omnicom Group). She studied literature and linguistics in Ghent, Madrid and Nijmegen and European Studies at the College of Europe. She speaks English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian and basic German, and loves spending time with her daughter, exploring new places, teaching and dancing.