Ilaria Tagliavini, Head of Operations at the EIT

Ilaria Tagliavini manages the units in charge of Innovation, Education, and Communication at the EIT. She held different managerial positions at Whirlpool Corporation in Customer Service and Marketing and led the EMEA Innovation Team. She served as Head of Business Development and Grants Management for an engineering consulting firm. Ilaria is a start-up business developer, mentor, and advisor and has put together an extensive network of relations with major crowdfunding entities, VC players, accelerators and incubators, and many valuable start-ups at international level.