Laura Farruggia

Laura Farruggia is a Director based in Strategy&’s Milan office, where she leads the Sustainability Strategy and Value Creation Practice in Italy.

She brings over 15 years of experience in strategy consulting, with deep expertise in the Retail and Consumer Goods sectors, serving clients across Europe, Switzerland and the United States.

Laura has a proven track record in designing and implementing growth strategies, high-impact initiatives, and operational transformations for leading companies, private equity funds, and industry associations.

Areas of expertise:

• Business strategy and value creation
• Sustainability strategy and ESG benchmarking
• Cost optimisation
• Operational excellence and supply chain transformation
• Organisational restructuring and talent optimisation for private equity portfolios
• Financial, commercial, operational, and ESG due diligence

Selected recent assignments:

• Strategic plan for a leading cosmetics association, including comprehensive market analysis, PESTEL and SWOT assessments, benchmarking of international associations, and interviews with over 60 industry stakeholders to define growth opportunities and strategic priorities
• Internal and external benchmarking analysis for a leading Italian retail group, assessing industry best practices and competitive positioning, and developed the group’s sustainability strategy
• European-wide operational excellence programme for a major industrial company, optimising 10+ production plants and delivering significant cost savings through process improvement and production levelling
• Global spin-off project by defining procurement governance, processes, and PMO structures for a smooth organisational transition
• Reorganisation of a private equity fund’s portfolio, optimising organisation structure and talent allocation across 20+ acquired companies
• Procurement transformation and technology enablement for retail and manufacturing clients, including software selection and digital enablers for advanced planning and automation
• ESG due diligence for leading private equity funds supporting investment decisions and value creation initiatives