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Global Leader in Sustainable Impact, Governance & Strategic Partnerships
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Elke is a senior executive with deep expertise in global operations, sustainability, and strategic supplier/partner management, known for delivering transformative results across a Fortune 100 corporation and high-growth businesses. She also serves as a Non-Executive Board Advisor, supporting organizations in achieving strategic clarity, resilience, and long-term value creation.
As former Global Head of Strategic Suppliers Services at Hewlett Packard, she drove innovation and operational excellence by aligning business strategy with ESG and risk-management priorities, ensuring sustainable performance at scale.
Elke’s career includes leading complex acquisitions, strengthening governance frameworks, and scaling organizations through periods of transformation. She has built a strong track record in optimizing supplier ecosystems, enhancing compliance structures, and embedding ESG goals into global strategies. She is widely recognized for her ability to manage risk, shape strategy, and lead cross-functional, multicultural teams.
Her experience positions her well to support public companies, private/pre-IPO firms and NGOs in driving sustainable transformation, supply-chain resilience, operational efficiency, and strategic partner ecosystems.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Sustainability Leadership: Led HP’s global service partner sustainability strategy, securing 100% commitment in the HP Sustainability Pledge across Climate Action, Human Rights/DEI, and Digital Equity. Strengthened operational resilience by integrating ESG risk assessments and long-term sustainability roadmaps into global supply chain, governance.
Strategic Partnership & Growth: Build-up and led HP’s Global Partner/Supplier Business Unit Service, achieving 20% year-over-year cost savings through improved supplier selection, governance, and contract negotiations.
Organizational Expansion & Integration: Steered the
integration of NUR Europe into HP’s Large Format Printing business, enabling 30% annual revenue growth and expanding HP’s market leadership through enhanced product, service, and operational capabilities.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Elke is a senior executive with deep expertise in global operations, sustainability, and strategic supplier/partner management, known for delivering transformative results across a Fortune 100 corporation and high-growth businesses. She also serves as a Non-Executive Board Advisor, supporting organizations in achieving strategic clarity, resilience, and long-term value creation.
As former Global Head of Strategic Suppliers Services at Hewlett Packard, she drove innovation and operational excellence by aligning business strategy with ESG and risk-management priorities, ensuring sustainable performance at scale.
Elke’s career includes leading complex acquisitions, strengthening governance frameworks, and scaling organizations through periods of transformation. She has built a strong track record in optimizing supplier ecosystems, enhancing compliance structures, and embedding ESG goals into global strategies. She is widely recognized for her ability to manage risk, shape strategy, and lead cross-functional, multicultural teams.
Her experience positions her well to support public companies, private/pre-IPO firms and NGOs in driving sustainable transformation, supply-chain resilience, operational efficiency, and strategic partner ecosystems.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Sustainability Leadership: Led HP’s global service partner sustainability strategy, securing 100% commitment in the HP Sustainability Pledge across Climate Action, Human Rights/DEI, and Digital Equity. Strengthened operational resilience by integrating ESG risk assessments and long-term sustainability roadmaps into global supply chain, governance.
Strategic Partnership & Growth: Build-up and led HP’s Global Partner/Supplier Business Unit Service, achieving 20% year-over-year cost savings through improved supplier selection, governance, and contract negotiations.
Organizational Expansion & Integration: Steered the
integration of NUR Europe into HP’s Large Format Printing business, enabling 30% annual revenue growth and expanding HP’s market leadership through enhanced product, service, and operational capabilities.
Advisory experience
Elke Köferl is an advisor and board member based in Belgium, specialising in Information Technology and Services. They have advisor or board member experience with Be The Business and European Woman on Boards. They speak Dutch, English and German. They are open to advisory board and board director opportunities and are available for introductions through Boardio.
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