Growing up multilingual with Norwegian, German and Danish, Jette Cathrin Hopp is the director for acquisition and new projects and part of the executive management of Snøhetta.
Jette has extensive experience in complex both Norwegian and international projects, leading major international project developments and competitions. She regularly lectures at architectural symposia, conferences and international institutions, sharing Snøhetta´s philosophy and design ideas and she is also a jury member for several architecture competitions and prizes. Jette is also regularly invited as critic to international architecture universities. Jette is member of the Board of Trustees of the Schelling Architecture Foundation and the President of Jury for the Italian Architecture Award 2021. She is holding a teaching position at the University of Technology and Design, Wismar, Germany.
Examples of her experience are her leading role a the museum in the King Abdul Aziz Center for Knowledge and Culture, Dharhan in Saudi Arabia and as project leader for the Opera tower in Düsseldorf. She has led major international developments with focus on sustainability as Astana Expo 2017 ” Future Energy “, Kazakhstan and Lingkong Soho Shanghai, China, in Norway innovative environmental projects in Norway as Powerhouse One in Trondheim and Powerhouse Kjørbo concept phase in Sandvika which is the world first rehabilitated energy-positive building.
Dr. Marotta is assisting AmoyDx in expanding their operations in Canada. Dr. Marotta also serves as a consultant to a number of companies, and is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Prior to working with AmoyDx, Dr. Marotta served as the Chief Scientific Officer at Augurex Life Sciences Corp. At Augurex, Dr. Marotta led the development of the company’s biomarker programs and supported the commercialization of the company’s lead asset, JOINTstat™. During his tenure, Dr. Marotta co-authored 90 scientific publications and assisted the company in receiving significant non-dilutive funding. Dr. Marotta has also held positions in Corporate Development with companies like SignalChem and Stressgen. Dr. Marotta bridges his strong scientific/clinical accumen with business expertise to bring strong value to the companies he works with. Dr. Marotta holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
Guy Lawrence is responsible for running the UK Jagermeister business as CEO of MJUK Ltd, and is also their Regional Vice President of Latin America. He is an acting council member of the Portman Group, and The Spirits Council (WSTA. He is also Chairman of a super-premium Colombian rum brand called La Hechicera. Guy previously worked at Russian Standard Vodka as European Managing Director with responsibility for business leadership through the region including the UK, doubling the size of the business in the UK in 2 years. He has held a number of senior management roles within and outside the drinks industry, which has included working on 20+ M+A initiatives. This included 16 years with Bacardi in various UK and international sales and marketing positions, rising to the position of Global Brand Director.
BJ Cunningham is a serial Entrepreneur and ‘Brand Guru’. He famously created DEATH™ Cigarettes, where his Enlightened Tobacco Company PLC culminated after five years in a spectacular tax arbitrage scheme, threatening to overturn the tobacco industry and truly open up Europe for the consumer. His verve and irreverent reputation led him on to establish an Integrated Brand Marketing agency built upon his experience in business and brand building and the philosophy of ‘Corporate Religion’, an international business best seller that he co-authored. Having sold the Agency is now a Visiting Professor at Brighton University, a member of the Super Brands Council and is a Board Level Brand Marketing Consultant to global brands including McDonalds, Microsoft and Turkish Glass producing giant Sisecam and he applies his left-field thinking with other companies such as Diageo, Bowers & Wilkins and The SignatureGlass Company of Pasabahce. Concurrently, he established and owns the luxury designer Women’s shoe brand Georgina Goodman, the bamboo cotton SocksoSimple brand and he travels internationally as a highly acclaimed key note speaker.
