Stéphanie Virchaux is a marketing and brand strategist, executive coach, entrepreneur, and educator with more than 20 years of global experience spanning brand management, advertising and marketing strategy, leadership development, and entrepreneurship.
Before founding SV Empowerment, Virchaux held marketing and brand leadership roles at L'Oréal, Norwegian Cruise Line, Elemis, and Bliss, where she managed $100M+ brand portfolios nationally and globally. Her industry experience spans brand strategy, integrated marketing, advertising, product launches, digital strategy, public relations, and business growth across the beauty, hospitality, and travel industries.
Virchaux founded SV Empowerment, a leadership coaching and consulting firm that partners with founders, executives, and high-growth organizations to strengthen leadership effectiveness, improve decision-making, and scale performance. Her work combines strategic business insight with emotional intelligence, behavioral psychology, and a human-centered approach to leadership.
She has coached founders of multimillion-dollar companies, senior executives at Fortune 500 organizations, and next-generation leaders within family- and founder-led businesses. She also advises organizations on leadership development, team dynamics, communication, and cultural alignment.
At Northeastern University's D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Virchaux teaches Advertising & Brand Promotion, PR, and Marketing classes. Her teaching draws heavily from real-world industry experience and focuses on helping students connect marketing theory with practice through current brands, case analysis, consumer insight, advertising strategy, and campaign development.
Virchaux holds an MBA from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science with a double major in International Business and Marketing and a minor in Advertising from the University of Tampa. She is an ICF Certified Professional Coach and is certified through the Daniel Goleman Emotional Intelligence Coaching Program. She is also a co-founder of TEDxBethuneStreetWomen in New York City.
Fluent in English, Spanish, and French and shaped by her Swiss-Venezuelan background, Virchaux brings a global perspective to her work with students, leaders, and organizations.