Tatiana Der Avedissian

Tatiana Der Avedissian

Head of Business development, World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group

Tatiana Der Avedissian is a communications and sustainability expert based in London. She is head of business development for the World Ocean Initiative at The Economist Group and leads her own consultancy, advising organisations on strategic communications, business development and sustainability strategy.
Tatiana is the co-founder of Temis Fractal, an organisation dedicated to driving more investment toward female-led startups. She has advised the G7 Women7 and G20 Women20 on climate and gender policy recommendations and continues to champion gender equality and environmental action globally. Tatiana serves on several nonprofit boards in the UK and internationally, including as co-founder of The Armenia Project, co-president of the Harvard Kennedy School Women’s Alumni Network, co-president of Alkionides UK, chair of trustees of the Armenian Institute and a board member of the UK-Cyprus Enterprise Council. She was recently invited to join the board of the Cyprus Environment Foundation. She has also lectured on ethics and politics as a guest professor.