Elia Paumelle holds a postgraduate degree in business administration from ESSEC Business School in France. She specializes in corporate social responsibility and adaptation to climate change. She worked for 2 years at Orange, a French telecommunications group, as a research projects manager for responsible digital technology. She moved ontoss sustainable finance, becoming a social and environmental impact analyst for investment firms.

At Ouranos since 2023, she provides applied expertise and advice on adapting to climate change and sustainable business management for the deployment of Ouranos' scientific programming and the management of support initiatives for key players.