Cristina Riesen | Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Educreators Foundation

Animated by a strong vision to contribute to human development and empowerment through innovation, Cristina founded the future-oriented nonprofit organisation Educreators Foundation in 2017 and joined the European Innovation Council, a flagship innovation programme under Horizon Europe, as Board Member in 2021.    In previous roles, Cristina was General Manager EMEA at Evernote, managed the launch of the Swiss Edtech Collider at EPFL Lausanne, and worked on foresight projects with the Strategic Development team at ETH Zurich.   Fuelled by creativity and an insatiable interest in education, innovation and emerging technologies, Cristina is constantly challenging the status quo and creating dotted lines between research, imagination and action.