As the chief business officer, Peter is responsible for establishing and executing Frontier’s business development strategy which includes identifying target customers and managing the execution of the company’s sales strategy. Peter is also responsible for identifying opportunities for business growth and creating business partnerships, along with overseeing the activities and performance of the business development team.
Prior to joining Frontier, Peter started the Contract Manufacturing business for Pharmascience in Montreal. He built their US division for over 6 years and is credited for growing that new business vertical to over $200M. Pharmascience is a full service CMO specializing in development and manufacturing of complex oncology injectables.
Peter has over 15 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry. His experience spans from preclinical development, to API sales, to Generic injectable manufacturing. He began his career in preclinical safety pharmacology where he lead the business development unit for Huntington Life Sciences in Princeton NJ. Gradually, he worked his way into the Clinical Trial sector and took up a Director of Business Development role for AIT Biosciences in Indianapolis. He later spent 5 years in the API industry and began MSN Pharma’s first US office in Edison NJ.
He received his undergraduate degree from The University of California Irvine in Biology and a Masters Degree in Biotechnology from The University of Pennsylvania (UPENN).
Experienced Associate Director with a demonstrated history of working clinical research and education. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Biotechnology, Feasibility, Mentoring, Proposal Writing, and Leadership. Strong business development professional with a 2005 M.S. focused in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University.
SJ Sawhney is the co-founder of Canary Technologies, a leading solution provider that is modernizing the hotel tech stack with the first mobile web end-to-end Guest Management System, digitizing everything from post-booking through checkout. Prior to co-founding Canary, Sawhney led product and technology at Stayful, a booking platform for independent and boutique hotels founded by the former president of Hotels.com. Sawhney is a serial entrepreneur, having successfully founded multiple venture-backed technology companies over the prior decade. He is a graduate of Columbia University.
With 20 years of experience at Texaco Lubricants, Emma has taken on a variety of roles across the business, including within the customer service, sales, and marketing departments. Emma’s passion for the automotive sector has driven her career and has guided her as she has interacted with a large portfolio of clients, including automotive manufacturers, franchised dealer groups, power generation companies, and distributors.
Ed is a Data Strategy expert who has significant experience of designing and leading enterprise change programmes that deliver optimised customer experience. He has an in-depth understanding of data strategy, technology, data science, proposition development and governance . He has a proven track record of developing, implementing and running programmes within leading Insurance organisations.
Prior to joining CACI, Ed was Director of Data Governance at Dentsu Aegis Network where he led the global data governance and transformation function. Prior to this he led Data Strategy transformation for global brands including RBS Insurance, British Airways, HSBC and Public Health England.
Having begun his career at Texaco Lubricants as a development chemist in 1989, Eddy has a vast practical and technical knowledge of the formulation of engine oils. Specialising in offering technical and commercial input to the passenger car, commercial vehicle, and industrial sectors, he is on-hand to offer the expertise he has acquired from a career of working alongside a variety of global OEMs.
Dr. Harry Kamilaris’ expertise is in sustainable food production and innovation. With a scientific background in animal science, whole farm emissions, and soil carbon, Harry is dedicated to advancing resilient agricultural systems. His background includes carbon accounting and modelling food production systems. At Agricarbon, Harry continues to impact the sector by supporting the dairy industry in quantifying their soil carbon stocks.
Maria-Cruz Morillo, M.S. Pharmacy, has acquired a deep knowledge of drug development during her 28 years of experience in Project Management and Strategy and IMP Supply in both biotech and CROs. Her design and implementation of effective study protocols has contributed significantly to the successful market authorizations for numerous rare endocrinology and hematology autoimmune programs. Maria-Cruz is currently working as the head of Allucent’s team of Rare Disease experts, integrating cross functional expertise to provide strategic solutions that foster successful outcomes in rare disease clinical trials and ensure excellence in delivery.
Monica Hovsepian, Financial Services lead at OpenText, drives the financial services global strategy and marketing efforts across business solutions. With over 25 years of financial industry expertise, she’s a respected authority and thought leader, having worked with various major banks worldwide, spearheading operational enhancements and customer-centric innovations, including initiatives designed to revitalize the customer experience. An Economics graduate from York University, she holds an MBA from Hult International Business School, London. Monica is also a member of the Forbes Finance Council.
Jake has led experimentation teams for over 10 years and is now head of conversion services at Fresh Egg. His team has delivered huge revenue performance gains for many insurance providers such as Ageas, John Lewis Finance, Agria and Aardy.
His talks draw on his wealth of experience, working across multiple industries, to highlight the biggest opportunities companies can often exploit and the costly mistakes to avoid.
