In the next video in our series “What CEOs learn from board roles,” Heidrick & Struggles’ Marie-Hélène De Coster speaks to Annick Van Overstraeten, CEO of Le Pain Quotidien and non-executive director at both pharmaceutical company Financière de Tubize and Immobel, a Belgium-based real estate developer. The two discuss the value of working across industries and Van Overstraeten shares what surprised her when she joined the board of Financière de Tubize as well as how she used her insights as a board member to guide Le Pain Quotidien through the COVID-19 pandemic. She also discusses the differences in how D&I and sustainability are tackled as CEO versus a non-executive director and how those different perspectives have made her a more forward-thinking leader.

About the interviewer

Marie-Hélène De Coster (mhdecoster@heidrick.com) is the partner-in-charge and leader of Heidrick & Struggles’ Benelux and a member of the Healthcare & Life Sciences and CEO & Board practices.