Emilie Vanpoperinghe

Co-founder, Oddbox

London

Emilie is co-founder of Oddbox, a social enterprise tackling food waste and helping people reduce their impact on the planet with London's first and only wonky veg box subscription scheme.

With Oddbox, we are able to combine the social impact of tackling the huge issue of food waste (with its associated impact on climate) with the commercial aspect of being able to offer a financial return to the growers for perfectly good produce. For us, it is a perfect solution which makes sense both from a commercial as well as from an environmental point of view.

Emilie has over 15 years' project and team management experience in Fortune 500 companies (3M and BT) across the globe.

She was previously Director of Finance & Operations for an international NGO set up by the Nike Foundation and working in developing countries to empower adolescent girls to reach their potential. Before that, she worked close to 10 years in finance in the corporate sector in France, India and the UK.

Emilie is originally from northern France and has been in the UK for the past 10 years. Her grand parents were potato farmers and so she knows what it takes to grow fresh produce.