President of the Pierre du Bois Foundation for Current History.

Irina du Bois is a chemical engineer graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

She made all her career with Nestlé (Nestec Ltd.) where she has been successively Assistant Vice President, Head of Regulatory Affairs (1986 - 1991), then Vice President, Head of Regulatory and Environmental Affairs (1991 - 2004) and, until 2010, Vice President, Head of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs.

Irina du Bois is member of the Board of Directors of Givaudan SA.