Emilie runs a social enterprise tackling food waste and helping people reduce their impact on the planet with London’s first wonky veg box subscription scheme. She co-founded and is CEO of Oddbox, which delivers boxes of misshapen fruit and veg to be sold in supermarkets.
She started Oddbox in 2016 after discovering that over three million tonnes of food waste is generated every year in the UK before it leaves the farm. Her team works closely with farmers, rescuing fresh, seasonal surplus fruit and veg which are at risk of contributing to this food waste mountain.
Oddbox delivers the boxes to homes and offices for 30% cheaper than similar box services and donates its own excess produce to charities fighting food poverty such as FareShare, and City Harvest and the Felix Project.
In 2020 Oddbox obtained certified B Corp status. In 2021, Emilie was overall winner on the LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders programme. In 2022, Oddbox was awarded Start Up of the Year at SOMO2022, the social mobility awards.
Prior to starting Oddbox, she was Director of Finance and Operations for an international NGO empowering adolescent girls in developing countries to reach their potential. Before that, she worked for 10 years in finance in the corporate sector in France, India and the UK.
She is also a trustee of Fitzrovia Youth in Action, Camden’s youth action charity.