October 30, 2024
BYRita Iacoviello
Rita serves as Food & Beverage Strategy Director for Europe at Veeva. In this capacity, Rita helps our customers optimize the product journey across product development, regulatory and quality through the adoption of Veeva’s cloud-based solutions.
Before joining Veeva, Rita spent over 23 years in the international food industry in Quality Assurance and R&D roles. As a Quality Manager in the Foods & Refreshment Division at Unilever, Rita managed Food Safety, Hygiene and Quality and served as a qualified Auditor. Rita also held R&D roles in Unilever’s Ice Cream category, leading the innovation program and teams for regional and global brands and managing strategic and breakthrough innovation projects.
Veeva - Strategy Director F&B, EU
Unilever - Quality Manager Operations
Unilever - Senior R&D Manager Ice Cream
Besana - R&D Director
Chemistry - Università degli studi di Firenze
Quality, Safety, Environment and Integrated Management Systems
Qualified Quality Auditor, based on ISO 9000 standard
Travel
Outdoor activities
Food innovation