Vanessa Belleau


Director of the Consultancy | WGSN

At WGSN, Vanessa Belleau is the Director of the Consultancy division – WGSN MINDSET in EMEA. A brand strategist and Futurist, she develops and presents bespoke consulting projects on future trends in fashion, home, beauty, packaging, visual merchandising, retail strategy as well as in consumer insight.

Her insight and analysis helps clients pinpoint strategic potential market opportunities and areas for growth. A very dynamic and entertaining speaker and facilitator, Belleau really enjoys helping her clients understand and visualize how much more successful they can be. ‘Info-tainment’ is a word that has been used in the past to describe her interaction style.

Before joining WGSN, Belleau spent over 8 years as a market research consultant – working for two of the largest marketing research companies globally (TNS/Kantar Worldpanel & Ipsos), providing tailored, bespoke and strategic insight to her clients (fashion, beauty & FMCG) regarding their brand equity and brand love, their consumers and their communications campaigns.