Background
Born in Lyon, France in 1964, Vigreux was brought up in the working-class suburb of Vaulx-en-Velin where her father was a commercial buyer for a chemical company and her mother, a pharmacy dispenser.
Managing Director business executive
Born in Lyon, France in 1964, Vigreux was brought up in the working-class suburb of Vaulx-en-Velin where her father was a commercial buyer for a chemical company and her mother, a pharmacy dispenser.
After specializing in physics and maths at school (Lycée du Parc), she studied at the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales Business School in Paris where she graduated in international business in 1987.
In 1987, Vigreux started working in London for the Psion consumer electronics company where she managed exports, travelling to North Africa, Israel and around Europe. While working at Psion, she met Harold Goddijn who was interested in distributing the company"s products in the Netherlands. The TomTom, the first stand-alone navigating device, with its own touchscreen facility, was released in March 2004.
The market exploded over the next four years with revenues increasing from €42 million to €1.8 billion.
In 2008, Vigreux was appointed managing director, sales director and chief commercial officer for TomTom, positions she still holds. In recent years, the satnav sector has suffered from Google"s development of mapping systems for smartphones.
Vigreux subsequently led TomTom"s entry into the sport watches for everyday athletes and in April 2015 launched TomTom Bandit a highly innovative action camera. Nevertheless, Vigreux sees new opportunities for mapping systems in applications for self-driving vehicles.
Vigreux is on the Board of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the Netherlands (CFCI) and a member of the Conseil de Coopération Franco-Néerlandais (CCFN).