>>> Dr. Vanessa Loreto (Ph.D.)

With 10+ years of professional experience in Corporate Strategy and Innovation I offer the competence and skill set to support you throughout the entire strategy and innovation cycle.

I function as sparring partner for C-level & senior management and combine innovation orientation with a strong focus on an organisation's cultural heritage.

For my clients I deliver tailor-made solutions at the intersection of conceptual strength and pragmatism, based on the capability to capture and understand various business models and identify quickly their decisive value drivers and key factors of success.

Throughout my career, I have been absolutely passionate about turning high level strategy and innovation understanding in actionable and human-centered roadmaps and this is where I can contribute to your journey.

To ensure the best possible outcome of each stage of our collaboration, I draw from a versatile methodological skill set such as Design Thinking, Scrum, Waterfall & Agile Project (Portfolio) Management and Strategic foresight.

 

Located in Vicenza, Italy, with roots in Germany and Austria, I am able to offer support to my clients in German (native), English and Italian language.

SHORT PROFILE

Profound professional experience in Strategy & Innovation in various senior management positions at edding Group (2014-2024).

Driving the company’s strategic transformation from a profit-orientated (for-profit) to a purpose-orientated organisation (profit-for) with environmental & social sustainability at its core.

  • Director Group Strategy & Project Management > “profit-for”* Corporate Strategy Governance & Communication, BSC Assessment, Portfolio Management

  • Vice President Business Unit New Ink Solutions > Set up of tech-driven innovation unit, Innovation Ecosystem, Open Innovation

  • Head of Corporate Innovation Management > Innovation Strategy, Trend & Technology Foresight, Stage-Gate, Disruptive Innovation

PhD in Innovation Management (RWTH Aachen, MIT associate) - “Organisational Development towards a Climate of Innovation” (2020)

edding awarded “Most innovative mid-sized german company” (2018)*

Regular speaker engagements - eg. DTIM event (Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Foresight Minds), Innovation Congress, ConfIndustria Vicenza, RWTH Aachen

Certified Scrum Master (2024)

*https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/mittelstand/ranking-das-sind-deutschlands-innovativste-mittelstaendler/23747516.html