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Elena Trigili-Hauptmann

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Co-Founder & Advisor at Buy Food with Plastic
📍 Switzerland

Elena is a seasoned innovation leader, currently serving as the Head of Innovation Management at ISS Schweiz. Her expertise lies in driving growth strategies, organizational transformation, and design thinking. She recently graduated from the Cambridge Senior Management Programme and previously held roles at Die Mobiliar and PwC Switzerland.

She is deeply passionate about creating sustainable, social impact, which she channels into her role as Co-Founder of Buy Food with Plastic. This non-profit operates in Ghana, Nicaragua, and India, tackling environmental and social issues by allowing locals to exchange plastic waste for food.

Unique fact: Elena co-founded an organization where people can literally buy food with plastic bottles, directly addressing both pollution and hunger.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & Advisor
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Switzerland
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Sustainable Innovation
Her professional focus on innovation is matched by her personal passion for sustainability, demonstrated by co-founding the non-profit Buy Food with Plastic.
Social Entrepreneurship
Co-founded and advises a non-profit that tackles plastic pollution and food scarcity in developing nations through a direct-impact, circular economy model.
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Career

Work history

7-2018
Co-Founder & Advisor
Buy Food with Plastic
7-2021 - 6-2025
Lead Buy Food with Plastic Ghana
Buy Food with Plastic
6-2025 - 9-2025
Head Innovation Management
ISS Schweiz
4-2021 - 10-2024
Innovation Manager
Die Mobiliar
10-2020 - 3-2021
Senior Consultant
PwC Switzerland
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Education
6-2024 - 10-2024
Cambridge Senior Management Programme
Cambridge Judge Business School
2016 - 2018
Master in General Management (MGM)
University of St.Gallen
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