Ander Elgorriaga graduated from the Swiss Polytechnic University in Zurich and has a Master’s in Water Integral Management and Water Technology from Eawag-ETH. He worked at the engineering firm Ondoan S.Coop before joining Ihobe, where he has held different posts related to the circular economy and the company (waste, innovation, circular economy, eco-innovation) during the last 30 years.
Thanks to his work on technological and methodological projects, he has helped over 300 companies to anticipate the new circular challenges in new regulation and emerging markets in the European Union. Furthermore, he has developed market or economic instruments (tax rebates…), and programmes to promote the circular economy in companies and, in recent years, the Circular Ecoinnovation Programme. He coordinates the Ecoinnovation Steering group of the Basque Science and Technology Plan – PCTI 2030. Ander is currently in charge of the comprehensive overhauling of the Basque List of Clean Technologies and the launch of the ‘Ecoinnovation Projects Factory’.
