Elena Pistorio
President, Pistorio Foundation

Elena Pistorio is currently President and Board Member of the Pistorio Foundation. Elena moved with her family to Singapore in 2005, and joined the Pistorio Foundation as Director shortly after its founding by her father, Pasquale Pistorio, in April 2005 in Geneva. In 2008, Elena set up and headed the Singapore Volunteer Chapter of the Foundation for eight years and established the Pistorio Foundation Thailand branch in Chiang Rai, while coordinating projects in Asia and Africa. Elena returned to Milan, Italy, in 2016 and oversaw the transfer of the Foundation headquarters from Geneva to Milan and the launch of a new project in Italy. Elena was nominated President by the Board of Directors in October 2025.

Before joining the Pistorio Foundation, Elena was the first Director of Operations of STMicroelectronics Foundation (STF), from 2002 to 2005.

Elena holds a double BA in Economics and Media Culture with Honors from Brown University. Upon graduating, Elena worked as a Business Analyst in Ansaldo, a Genoa based MNC. Elena then moved to Paris and quenched her passion for filmmaking by working on productions of feature films, directing and producing a number of short films, and completing a Masters Degree in Film and Television Production at Goldsmith College, London.

Elena is fluent in English, Italian and French. In her free time, she dedicates herself to her family, champions environmental causes, and nurtures her interests in nutrition and travel.