Archives: Speakers

Cesare is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Oncoheroes Biosciences Inc., a Boston-based biotech company focused on pediatric oncology drug development. Cesare has more than 20 years of experience in the drug development field, in both scientific and commercial roles. Previously, he held senior positions at AMRI, Aptuit Laurus, ThalesNano and Auxiliis. Cesare started his career as research scientist in a pharmaceutical company (Eisai, London) and in academia (Institute of Enzymology, Budapest).

Following the death of his first daughter Laura to cancer, Cesare set up aPODD Foundation, a London-based charity focused on accelerating paediatric oncology drug development. As aPODD’s chairman he is actively involved on a pro-bono basis in drug repurposing projects, advocacy efforts and research collaborations.

Cesare holds an MSc in Applied Molecular Biology and a PhD in Neurosciences from UCL, University of London, as well as an MBA from the Central European University, Budapest.

Alan Kennedy is a specialist in supply chain dynamics who, with his extensive cross-sector experience, is focused on bringing best-collaboration practice to coldchain pharma-logistics. He is one of the principal architects behind the Poseidon program, a new logistics delivery model that has been conceived to radically transform the transportation of pharmaceutical products by sea. This is being achieved through the application of contemporary supply chain best-practice and structured, multi-party, collaboration.

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.