Corinne Vigreux

Corinne Danièle Goddijn-Vigreux, commonly known as Corinne Vigreux (born 9 December 1964), is a French business executive and entrepreneur. She is a co-founder of the Dutch consumer electronics company TomTom where she has been Managing Director of the Consumer Business Unit since 2008.

Early life and education

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 ESSEC Business School in Paris where she graduated in international business in 1987.

Initially, Palmtop produced products for popular handheld devices but by the early 2000s, Vigreux and her colleagues realized there were opportunities for producing dedicated mapping devices after Bill Clinton opened up the military GPS system for generalized access. 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.

Boards and honors Vigreux has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Sofronie Foundation since January 2006. The Sofronie Foundation works with charities and not for profit organisations that focus on improving the lives of disadvantaged young people through educational or vocational programmes.

In May 2016, Vigreaux was elected as an independent member of the Board of Directors for a term of four years at ILIAD, a parent company of Free.

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). She is also on the advisory board of the Dutch National Opera & Ballet.

In 2012, she was decorated as a Knight of the Legion of Honour for her business success and social commitment.

In October 2016, Vigreux was elected member of the advisory board at Takeaway.com. The next month, she was decorated "Officier in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau".

Personal life Vigreux, who now lives in Amsterdam, is married to Harold Goddijn who is chairman and managing director of TomTom. The couple have two children studying at universities.