Elisabeth Comere

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Elisabeth Comere

Director, Environment & Government Affairs, Tetra Pak Inc., USA

Elisabeth Comere is Director, Environment & Government Affairs at Tetra Pak. Working out of the United States since 2010, Elisabeth is responsible for advancing Tetra Pak's commitment to sustainability in both the U.S. and Canada, and is overseeing numerous industry and customer packaging sustainability initiatives.

Elisabeth joined the company in 2006 as Environment Manager for Europe where she helped define and drive Tetra Pak's environmental and carton recycling strategies.

Prior to Tetra Pak, Elisabeth served as a political adviser to a Member of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, and headed the Environment Department of the Food & Drink industry group in Europe.

Elisabeth was educated in France, the United Kingdom and Belgium. She graduated as a lawyer from Law School of Bordeaux University (France) and earned an Environmental Sciences Master from Brussels University (Belgium).