Francesca De Finis

Founder Stendhapp

Francesca holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering and has over 25 years of international experience in innovation, marketing and communications for multinational companies such as Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever. She was Storyfactory business partner and is currently marketing and innovation consultant for Kantar Italia. At the end of 2018, together with two business prtners, she founded Stendhapp, a SIAVS (innovative fledgling enterprise dealing with social issues) that deals with the enhancement of the Italian cultural heritage.

In parallel with her professional career, she has constantly worked in the voluntary sector as the founder of the Associazione Media Montessori, which conceived of and launched the first experiment of a Junior High school using the Montessori Method in Milan. She is co-founder of and a voluntary tour guide for GiraNolo, a collective association that organizes walks aimed at discovering artistic and cultural places in the Milan suburbs. Francesca has been a mentor for young female managers for Valore D and is an active member of the Rena association.

She is convinced that mapping beauty making it usable by all will make the world a little better.