diff --git a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
index 0605af4fcd3..6d60f836866 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/pipelines/_info.html.haml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 .page-content-header
   .header-main-content
     = render 'ci/status/badge', status: @pipeline.detailed_status(current_user)
-    %strong Pipeline ##{@commit.pipelines.last.id}
-    triggered #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@commit.authored_date)} by
-    = author_avatar(@commit, size: 24)
-    = commit_author_link(@commit)
+    %strong Pipeline ##{@pipeline.id}
+    triggered #{time_ago_with_tooltip(@pipeline.created_at)}
+    - if @pipeline.user
+      by
+      = user_avatar(user: @pipeline.user, size: 24, css_class: 'hidden-xs')
+      = link_to(@pipeline.user.name, user_path(@pipeline.user.username), title: @pipeline.user.email, class: 'has-tooltip commit-committer-link')
   .header-action-buttons
     - if can?(current_user, :update_pipeline, @pipeline.project)
       - if @pipeline.retryable?
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eb2a22af5f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/tc-pipeline-show-trigger-date.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Show pipeline creator & created_at in heading
+merge_request: 9936
+author:
diff --git a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
index 0e305c52358..86a00401088 100644
--- a/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/commits_spec.rb
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ describe 'Commits' do
       stub_ci_pipeline_to_return_yaml_file
     end
 
+    let(:creator) { create(:user) }
     let!(:pipeline) do
       create(:ci_pipeline,
              project: project,
+             user: creator,
              ref: project.default_branch,
              sha: project.commit.sha,
-             status: :success)
+             status: :success,
+             created_at: 5.months.ago)
     end
 
     context 'commit status is Generic Commit Status' do
@@ -80,7 +83,8 @@ describe 'Commits' do
           it 'shows pipeline`s data' do
             expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
             expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
+            expect(page).to have_content pipeline.created_at.strftime('%b %d, %Y')
           end
         end
 
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ describe 'Commits' do
         it do
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
           expect(page).to have_link('Download artifacts')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Cancel running')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Retry')
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ describe 'Commits' do
         it do
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.sha[0..7]
           expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_commit_message
-          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.git_author_name
+          expect(page).to have_content pipeline.user.name
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Download artifacts')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Cancel running')
           expect(page).not_to have_link('Retry')
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
index 9f06e52ab55..5a53e48f5f8 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/pipelines/pipeline_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe 'Pipeline', :feature, :js do
     include_context 'pipeline builds'
 
     let(:project) { create(:project) }
-    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, ref: 'master', sha: project.commit.id) }
+    let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_pipeline, project: project, ref: 'master', sha: project.commit.id, user: user) }
 
     before { visit namespace_project_pipeline_path(project.namespace, project, pipeline) }
 
diff --git a/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb b/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
index c101f6f164d..e4aeaeca508 100644
--- a/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/views/projects/pipelines/show.html.haml_spec.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 describe 'projects/pipelines/show' do
   include Devise::Test::ControllerHelpers
 
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
   let(:project) { create(:project) }
-  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.id) }
+  let(:pipeline) { create(:ci_empty_pipeline, project: project, sha: project.commit.id, user: user) }
 
   before do
     controller.prepend_view_path('app/views/projects')
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ describe 'projects/pipelines/show' do
 
     assign(:project, project)
     assign(:pipeline, pipeline)
+    assign(:commit, project.commit)
 
     allow(view).to receive(:can?).and_return(true)
   end
@@ -31,6 +33,12 @@ describe 'projects/pipelines/show' do
     expect(rendered).to have_css('.js-pipeline-graph')
     expect(rendered).to have_css('.js-grouped-pipeline-dropdown')
 
+    # header
+    expect(rendered).to have_text("##{pipeline.id}")
+    expect(rendered).to have_css('time', text: pipeline.created_at.strftime("%b %d, %Y"))
+    expect(rendered).to have_selector(%Q(img[alt$="#{pipeline.user.name}'s avatar"]))
+    expect(rendered).to have_link(pipeline.user.name, href: user_path(pipeline.user))
+
     # stages
     expect(rendered).to have_text('Build')
     expect(rendered).to have_text('Test')