Elvira is the Chief Strategy Officer of Teneo’s Strategy & Communications business in Continental Europe. As Senior Managing Director, she supports clients with strategic policy and communications advice as well as reputational positioning, helping them address complex business and reputational challenges.
Elvira brings a strong international perspective to cross-border communications strategies and multi-stakeholder mandates, having worked extensively across Europe . She has successfully advised the leaders of international organizations on corporate communications, public affairs, media relations and ongoing corporate positioning. Elvira also has significant experience in crisis communications, including complex financial restructurings, cybersecurity situations and policy or regulatory challenges. In 2015 she worked for SWIFT’s then head of corporate affairs, supporting on media relations and senior engagement.
Elvira joined Teneo in 2021 in Paris as a Managing Director, after which she became the Chief Operating Officer for Europe, based in Brussels, Elvira has been instrumental in building out Teneo’s network of European offices. Prior to joining the firm, Elvira was a Partner with KekstCNC where she led the establishment of the company’s Mumbai and Paris offices. Prior to this, Elvira was a Director with Brunswick Group in London and Brussels.
Elvira is a Trustee of the Bata Shoe Foundation board and works closely with several non-profit and philanthropic organizations, including Junior Achievement Europe and the Villars Institute.
A Swede by nationality, born in Melbourne, Elvira began her career in reputation and opinion polling, specializing in qualitative and deliberative stakeholder research. She holds a Master’s Degree in International Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.