Currently the CEO of GiPA Group, Almudena Benedito was previously the EMEA Marketing Director at Tenneco / DRiV, where she was from 2012. She has successfully managed a broad portfolio of products and brands growing them by launching new products and services for both distributors and installers in more than 27 countries.

Prior to this, for eight years, she held different roles at Delphi Technologies from Business Development Manager to Marketing Director France and finally as EMEA Marketing & Communication Director. Prior to Delphi, she spent two years with Matra Automobile completing her multichannel skills.

She started her career at Bosch as Product Marketing Manager DIY in 1994. During her tenure at Bosch, she held roles of increasing responsibility in the Power Tools Division including Germany Sales Export Manager, and in the Automotive IAM as Trade-marketing manager retail.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University Pontificia Comillas (ICADE) and a master’s degree in Executive Management from ESSEC and HEC (Paris).