Consultant. Expert.
Implementer.
Alexia Hilbertidou partners with organisations ready to move from talk to action.
She works at the intersection of youth, leadership, and systems change, helping companies, governments, and global institutions design programmes that actually shift outcomes, not just optics.
If you’re trying to engage Gen Z, build intergenerational leadership, or back the next generation of women founders, Alexia doesn’t just advise.
She builds, pilots, and delivers alongside you.
Intergenerational Collaboration
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Youth Entrepreneurship
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Future of Work
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Early Talent
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Women in Leadership
Intergenerational Collaboration ✳︎ Youth Entrepreneurship ✳︎ Future of Work ✳︎ Early Talent ✳︎ Women in Leadership
Alexia’s Work
Girls Who Own | Foodstuffs North Island Limited
Problem
Women were significantly underrepresented in supermarket ownership and senior retail leadership across Foodstuffs’ co-operative network.
Supermarket ownership is one of New Zealand’s largest entrepreneurial pathways, yet many young women didn’t see it as an option, or didn’t have exposure, mentors, or a clear entry point.
Foodstuffs needed to:
• diversify its future leadership pipeline
• engage young women earlier
• make ownership visible and attainable
• build long-term succession within the co-op
Solution
Designed and delivered Girls Who Own, an immersive leadership accelerator for young women aged 16 to 20.
A hands-on, real-world programme. Not a classroom.
Participants:
• worked alongside owner-operators
• learned how supermarkets actually run
• built entrepreneurial and leadership skills
• received one-to-one mentoring
• saw ownership as a tangible career path
Alexia partnered end-to-end, from programme design and stakeholder alignment through to facilitation on-site.
Industry recognition
As highlighted by Cooperative Business New Zealand in the NZ Cooperative Economy Report 2025:
“Foodstuffs offers specific employer-educator programmes such as internships and apprenticeships, alongside retail programmes such as the Future Foodies Gateway Programme and the Girls Who Own leadership development programme.”
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“The programme has acted as a welcome sign to the industry for young women, and that the staff were energised and inspired by the student’s fresh approaches — with five young women even being offered a paid summer internship as a result.”
Helen Jenkins General Manager, Sustainability Get In Touch
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