Alexander Mannweiler

Head of Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship

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Alexander supports companies in turning sustainability into practical business transformation and innovation, with strong expertise in strategy development, sustainable value chains, business model innovation, stakeholder management, and organisational and cultural transformation.

Areas of expertise

His experience spans food and non-food FMCG, marketing and communication, innovation and business development, agency leadership, business management, and European-funded international campaigns, strategy development for organisations and companies, sustainable and resilient business transformation, and team development.

Current work

In his work as Head of Sustainable Business and Entrepreneurship, he focuses on supporting businesses and other organisations to face complex market, regulatory, and stakeholder pressures with curiosity and an innovative spirit. In particular, he is invested in making sustainability both actionable and economically viable and in empowering people to drive sustainable change processes.

He works with stakeholders and partners in business strategy, sustainability management, circularity, biodiversity and financial risk assessment, resource efficiency, supply-chain responsibility, social standards, and transformation processes with a focus on digitalisation and AI as enabling power.

Previous experience

Alexander has held marketing and business development roles in the food and non-food FMCG sectors and worked with global supply chains for food and electrical products. He also led a food and beverage marketing and communications agency and gained experience with internationally funded European campaigns. His work with companies has included supporting strategy processes that led to change and transformation projects as well as helping organisations connect sustainability with innovation and long-term competitiveness.

Education

Business Sustainability Management, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), University of Cambridge; Economics and Intercultural Competences, University of Mannheim, Germany; European Affairs, EDHEC Business School, Nice, France. Additional professional certification: Scotwork Advancing Negotiation Skills.

Sustainable transformation is a strategic process that makes organisations fit, resilient, and ready to face complex challenges. It comes alive when ambition turns into action—and I am committed to actively driving that change, for organisations and the societies we all live in.