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Square Snags Francoise Brougher From Google As Business Lead

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Square has hired Francoise Brougher as business lead. Ms. Brougher will oversee the company’s growth operations including revenue products, international expansion, customer support, and partnerships.

Ms. Brougher was most recently the vice president of SMB Global Sales and Operations at Google. Prior to joining Google, Ms. Brougher served as vice president of Business Strategy at Charles Schwab for five years, and from 1998-2000 as the CEO of Ocean Gem Pearl.

Ms. Brougher also was a management consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton in Europe and the US, and early in her career worked in manufacturing for L’Oreal in Japan.

Ms. Brougher earned a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1994, and a Masters in Engineering from Institut Catholique d’Arts et Metiers in France. She joined the board of Sodexo in January 2012.

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