Barbara Borra | THE KBBREVIEW INTERVIEW


CV: Barbara Borra President & CEO Franke Home Solutions


Barbara Borra graduated from the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy with a degree in chemical engineering. She also holds an MBA from the INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France.


She began her management career at Montedison, a well-


known Italian group operating mainly in the chemical sector. In 1989, she took an important international role within the General Electric Group, where she worked for over 10 years, until becoming vice-president of marketing for EMEA and India for the lighting division. She joined Franke Group in 2019 as president and CEO of Kitchen Systems. Born out of the merger between Franke Kitchen Systems and Faber Hoods and Cooking Systems, in 2021 that division became Franke Home Solutions. Before joining Franke in 2019, Borra was CEO EMEA of the Fontana Group. Prior to that, she spent 10 years at Whirlpool in roles including vice-president of Global Food Preparation and general manager of the brand in China.


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