Brigitte Streller: Our Goal is to Achieve Gender Balance in Science and Provide Women in Science the Recognition They Deserve

Short CV of Brigitte Streller, General Manager of L'Oréal Adria-Balkan:

The Austrian Brigitte Streller is General Manager of the cosmetic company L'Oréal for the Adria-Balkan region. Throughout her career, she has remained loyal to the company, where she has progressively risen to the top. She started working in L'Oréal in Austria in the marketing department immediately after completing her education more than 25 years ago. Her career goes through different positions in Austria and France before becoming General Manager for Serbia and Bulgaria more than a decade ago. Today, her responsibilities include also the management of the markets of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as some export markets (Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro).

Tell us more about the mission of L'Oreal Foundation and the programme For Women in Science? How and when the idea for this programme emerged?

L'Oréal was founded back in 1909 by a French chemist. From the very beginnings, research is at the core of our business of developing cosmetic innovations and making beauty accessible for all. To put it short - science is encoded in our DNA.

The L'Oréal Foundation was created in 2007. It supports and empowers women worldwide. It helps them to pursue careers in the fields of beauty and science, through two specific programmes: "For Women in Science" and "Beauty for a Better Life".

For Women in Science, is certainly one of our most iconic initiatives, which began in 1998. It is a unique program, created to fight gender imbalance in science by recognizing and encouraging talented women scientists around the world who, through their work, contribute to the development and progress of...