Roberto Canevari
Roberto Canevari
Executive Vice President, Chief Value Chain Officer
Roberto Canevari is Executive Vice President, Chief Value Chain Officer, which he assumed in 2025. In this role, Mr. Canevari oversees the Global Value Chain operations, which includes global Manufacturing, Fulfilment, Planning, Supplier Management, Quality, Environment, Health & Safety, and Region and Brand Value Chains across all channels and geographies. In 2025, he also added Packaging and Engineering to his responsibilities to enhance synergies across the end-to-end value chain. Mr. Canevari, a member of the company’s Executive Team, is a supply chain expert who has successfully led and transformed the end-to-end supply chain organisations of several global companies. In addition to being a highly experienced and innovative expert in his field, Mr. Canevari has a passion for driving an organisation’s culture and values. He is a collaborative and inspirational leader, with a unique ability to connect the dots across brands, functions and regions to drive meaningful transformation across the value chain.
Mr. Canevari is responsible for overseeing the company's integrated Global Supply Chain. He oversees the development and implementation of innovative strategies and solutions that are designed to meet and exceed the demands of the company's global customers and consumers, while partnering closely with internal and external stakeholders to leverage emerging trends, drive innovation and continuously improve processes. He and the organisation he leads partner closely with the Global R&D organisation to strengthen the company's value chain and consistently maximise total quality and value. In addition, building on the company’s long-term, outstanding relationships with global suppliers, he strengthens and strategically evolves partnership models, prioritising safety, sustainability and responsible sourcing to continue to create luxurious beauty products. He also serves on the boards of Zero100, London Business School, Boom, and the Baratta Centre at Georgetown University.
Prior to joining The Estée Lauder Companies, Mr. Canevari served as Executive Vice President of Supply Chain, Europe at Unilever PLC. During his tenure, he oversaw end-to-end supply chain operations for the company’s European business and was responsible for a team of more than 10,000 employees and 44 factories with production across the food, home and personal care categories. Prior to his time with Unilever, Mr. Canevari served in several executive supply chain roles of increasing responsibility at companies such as Burberry Group PLC, Carrefour SA, Nestlé Water and Reckitt Benckiser PLC.
