Archives: Speakers

Jacek Meszka, Managing Director of GNT Polska has over three decades of experience in the dairy industry, he began as a Dairy Technologist in 1991. Transitioning into business development, he specialized in starter cultures, enzymes, hydrocolloids, and flavors. His expertise proved invaluable at Rhone Poulenc, Rhodia, and Danisco. Notably, Meszka led the establishment of a modern dairy factory in Kazakhstan in 1999. Today, at GNT Polska, he continues to leverage his extensive dairy knowledge to drive advancements in sustainable color solutions.

Przemysław Oziemkowski, Sales Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, brings 35 years of practical expertise in the food industry. Joining GNT in 2010, his deep understanding of technical knowledge and trends within the dairy industry has been valuable. His wealth of experience and deep-seated knowledge of the dairy industry intricacies have been pivotal in navigating and thriving within Central and Eastern Europe’s competitive dairy landscape.

Rashmi Chandra, Project Director, Immuno-Oncology and Cell and Gene Therapy, holds a doctorate in Biochemistry and a PMP certification from Project Management Institute. Dr. Chandra worked as a biomedical researcher for many years prior to transitioning to clinical research. As a result, she has a broad and fundamental understanding of cellular and molecular pathways interrogated during drug development. Dr. Chandra’s clinical research experience includes serving as a Research Coordinator, remote Site Monitor and Project Manager for domestic and global studies. Dr. Chandra has start-to-finish project management experience in early phase trials. She has demonstrated strong team leadership and consistently managed high quality clinical trials. Dr. Chandra has cardiac device and stem cell trial experience, along with significant oncology, immuno-oncology and CAR-T cell experience in both solid and liquid tumors across several indications.

Nathaniel Scott is a seasoned Clinical Scientist and certified Medical Physics Expert (MPE) specialising in nuclear medicine. Currently with Blue Earth Therapeutics, Nathaniel leads on the scientific aspects of imaging and dosimetry in the clinical development program. Having trained as a Clinical Scientist within in the National Health Service, Nathaniel later transitioned to developing and overseeing a comprehensive nuclear medicine physics service within a private oncology network in the UK. Their expertise lies in radiopharmaceutical therapy and dosimetry, with a drive for improving patient care and treatment effectiveness.

Kate brings 20 years of experience in the research and development of Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) to her role as Director, Program Management at Mythic Therapeutics.  As a cross-functional matrix team leader, she has remarkable experience in not only communication, risk management, and problem-solving skills but also aligning to corporate goals.

Troy brings a combination of financial expertise, risk assessment/mitigation, clinical research knowledge, leadership skillset, and excellent project management skills to ensure the financial success of clinical research projects.  He truly is honored to work for a company that delivers industry-leading specialized clinical development solutions while still ensuring a culture that coupled with our expertise and technology brings out the best in our team members, our clients, and our partners.

Ross Crittenden is the global commercial lead for dairy alternative cultures at Novonesis (formerly Chr. Hansen). Based in the Nordics, he has been involved in plant-based development for the past five years.  He has a PhD from The University of Queensland in Microbial Biotechnology, and after a 30-year career in research and commercial leadership in the dairy industry, can now claim to have bene around the block more than a few times.

• R&D Director at the Swedish Meat research Institute for 14 years (1986-2000)
• Professor in Food Engineering at the Food Engineering Department, Technical University, Lund, since 2001
• 190 scientific publications in the areas of surface and colloid science of food proteins, eating quality and physico-chemical properties of meat and meat products and physico-chemical properties of diet fibre products
• 7 patents
• Examined 13 PhD:s since 2000
• Have started 2 start-up companies.
• Inventor and R&D Director of Veg of Lund since 2016

Des Cooling leads the innovative Sustainability and Energy Manger product offering by Ever.Ag. With over 25 years’ experience in Manufacturing process integration and analytics across various industries he has been responsible for the design and implementation of a product that takes plant sustainability to a new level by mapping energy consumption down to devices and batches without the need of new physical metering. Working across dairy, distilling and pharma Des has helped multiple organisations map, identify and save on utility consumption within the manufacturing process resulting in improved energy metrics, production performance and in turn reduced carbon emissions of a facility.