Sandra Mori

A professional life between Italy and the US, a Tuscan soul and a passion for  IT and for helping women succeed in their professional careers. Sandra Mori is an Italian lawyer and has been the European DPO of Coca-Cola Europe until June 2021.  From 2016 to 2019 she also served as President of Valore D, the first association of Companies in Italy that foster gender balance in the corporate world to achieve a more inclusive culture in the Country’s working environment.

Sandra Mori graduated from Pisa law school and then continued her studies at the Yale Law School.  After more than ten years of private practice in different law firms in Italy and the US, she became the legal director for Southern Europe of Microsoft Corp.  In 2001 she joined the Coca-Cola legal team as legal director for Italy, Malta and Albania.  With determination and enthusiasm she held roles of increasing responsibilities in the organization and in 2010, she became European General Counsel of the Company (first woman and first European citizen in that role).  In May 2018, with the entering into force of GDPR, she became the European DPO of the Company, a role which has allowed her to re-engage her passion for IT and experiment new ways to manage legal matters by using technology. She retired from the Company in June 2021.

Sandra Mori is currently a member of the Milan Politecnico and of the Milan Foundation of Art Schools (Fondazione Milano-Scuole Civiche) and works as strategic consultant for the legal departments of a number of multinational companies focusing on compliance and gender balance issues.

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