Nelly Mensah, the Vice President of Innovation, Head of Crypto and Metaverse for LVMH, is a frontrunner in the digital revolution space, working towards making the Metaverse a reality. Her expertise on technology and innovation is unparalleled and she has been a developer, illustrator and user experience designer throughout the course of her career. She has worked at companies like Deloitte and Sephora and has had the experience of working with premier clients like Givenchy, Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton. As a speaker, Nelly is qualified to speak on topics such as gaming, NFTs, Web3, and the Metaverse.
Nelly started off her career as a Virtual Reality Developer for Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab, where she used applications like Vizard and Python to design and program virtual reality experiments. From there, she worked as a Consultant for Deloitte and also a Digital Strategist at Kering. She was put in charge of creative aspects of design and development of new applications as the Customer Experience and UX Lead for Deloitte Digital in 2015. Nelly has the experience of working with Fortune 100 companies, and also co-founded her own startup limeSHIFT, that uses art innovation consultation to express culture.
Being the Senior Manager of the Sephora Innovation Lab was just the first of many vital roles that Nelly played at the multinational beauty retail company. She was made Director of Experience and Innovation, Senior Director of Store Experience and Digital Products and the Interim Vice President of Store Experience in her time at Sephora. Nelly can also be found devoting her time to the Museum of African Diaspora as a Strategic External Engagement Advisory Council Member. Her ability to lead is further solidified with her completing McKinsey and Company’s Black Executive Leadership Program.
Nelly’s strength in digital strategy and emerging technology makes her a wonderful source of knowledge on these topics, especially because of her experience in straddling the business, design and technology worlds so successfully. She is proficient in consumer trends, technology and the metaverse and skillfully transfers her knowledge to her audiences when she speaks at a range of corporate events. If you’re looking for an articulate and effortless speaker to share their expertise on the Metaverse, technology and innovation, look no further than Nelly Mensah.
