PADUA—As VMail first reported on June 19, Luisa Delgado assumed the role of CEO of Safilo Group and Safilo S.p.a., effective yesterday. Roberto Vedovotto, the previous CEO will remain on the board of Safilo Group as a non-executive director.

Delgado has been a non-executive director of Safilo Group, as well as a member of the global executive board and chief human resources officer of SAP AG from September 2012 to July 2013.

Prior to that, she spent over 21 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G) where she worked in several local and international roles based in Portugal, the U.K., Belgium, Switzerland and Sweden. In her last role at P&G as vice president and CEO for Nordic region she was responsible for the turnaround of the P&G business in the Nordic region and a market leader in digital marketing.