Follow @h@ElisaN

Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies use business assets to solve society’s global challenges, evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations, and better partner with stakeholders to create more resilient and inclusive business practices. Elisa also leads BSR’s Sustainable Lifestyles Frontier Group and Responsible Luxury Initiative.

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was principal at Sequoia Lab, where she advised leaders of corporations, startups, and NGOs on sustainability strategy and communications. Elisa is French-American.

Elisa holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.

Follow @hIndianaViel

Indiana focuses primarily on consumer sectors and supply chain sustainability. With expertise on challenges facing the luxury sector, Indiana manages the Responsible Luxury Initiative to advance ethical, social, environmental, and human rights practices throughout luxury industry value chains. For three years, she also supported events, marketing, and digital activities for BSR’s Communications team in the EMEA region.

Before joining BSR, Indiana interned at C10, the French leader in business-to-business beverage distribution, where she focused on marketing communications. As a student in Dublin, she created and co-launched FoodCloud, a food waste reduction organization that connects supermarkets and restaurants with surplus food to organizations and charities. She is a French native and speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Indiana holds a Master of International Business from Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB) and a B.A. in Business and Spanish from Trinity College Dublin.

Follow @hyverarmel

Armel works with companies in the consumer products industry on their sustainability challenges and risks. He advises them on sustainability policies and programs in the areas of supply chain management, raw material traceability, reporting, and stakeholder engagement.

Prior to joining BSR, Armel spent 10 years working in the apparel and luxury sector. He started his career at Kering Group as a sustainability project manager, where he monitored the Group’s CSR performance and advised its brands on their sustainability approaches. After that, he joined Lacoste, where he helped the company structure its sustainability strategy and strengthen reporting, stakeholder engagement, and supply chain and chemicals management.

Armel holds an M.A. in History and a Master’s in Business Marketing from the University of Paris, Panthéon-Assas.