Lea co-founded L’inouï, a premium chocolate production and retail chain in Bangalore, India. As COO, she was key to establishing the L’inouï marketing and operation strategy. She holds a Master’s degree in global entrepreneurship from EM Lyon in France, Zhejiang University in China and Purdue Krannert University in the USA. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree from the University of St.Gallen and HEC Montréal in Canada. In between her studies, Lea worked for the marketing division of Procter & Gamble in Frankfurt and for a strategy-consulting boutique in Paris.