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Bio – Grandson of a dairy farmer turned plant-based cheese and butter produced. Co-Founder of the highest scoring plant-based cheese or butter B Corp globally.

Title – Co-Founder and Head of Impact, proudly serving our CEO Mother Nature.

Thijs has been working as a sector economist for ING’s economic research department since 2012 after three years at Rabobank.

He writes articles and opinions for ING’s economic research platform THINK, presents his insights to clients and speaks to media. He focuses on major economic trends in the food industry, especially sustainability and geopolitics, aiming to help business leaders make better informed financial choices. In addition to his economist role, he leads a team of sector economists.

Following attainment of a BSc in Biology at the University of Adelaide, Australia, I moved to the Netherlands to continue my education (Master degree and PhD). Started working in Medical Device industry (Cordis Europa NV, the Netherlands) in clinical research in 1991, participating in the multidisciplinary team developing and bringing to the market a hydrodynamic thrombectomy catheter for cardiology and peripheral applications (World-Wide, excl. USA), and permanent and temporary vena cava filters (World-wide including USA). Thereafter worked in academic research in interventional radiology (RadboudUMC Nijmegen) as well simultaneously continuing my work (from 2009 to current -Wellinq) in clinical research in device development projects (Urodynamic catheter & FFR catheter – combining catheter and sensor technology, peripheral angiography catheter and (DCB-)PTCA  devices). Following instigation of the MDR, the main focus was on achieving MDR certification for the marketed legacy devices. All reviewed dossiers were granted CE under MDR.

Harald is the CEO, Founder and President of SCARLETRED, the global technology leader in AI assisted remote skin monitoring, image analysis, and digital health services for biopharma, cosmetics, and medical industries. With over 10 years of experience in leading and growing SCARLETRED, he has successfully established the CE medical device certified platform Scarletred®Vision as a B2B SaaS solution that enables objective and quantitative assessment of visual skin parameters, such as erythema, pigmentation, lesion size, and tissue patterns.

As a visionary and passionate entrepreneur, Harald has a strong track record of innovation, collaboration, and impact in the fields of digital health and AI, biopharma R&D, medical device wearables, cosmeceuticals, and teledermatology. He has developed and patented novel methods for assessing erythema, published in prestigious journals such as Cell and Oncogene, and received multiple awards and honors, such as the Born Global Champion Award and the Most Disruptive Silicon Valley MedTech Newcomer. Hismission is to leverage the power of AI and data to improve skin health outcomes and quality of life for millions of people around the world.

David Leggett has been editor of leading global automotive news and analysis website Just Auto since 2000. He has been analysing the auto industry for over 35 years in analyst, forecasting and B2B publishing roles. He is frequently asked for media interviews or to present at industry conferences.

Morgane has over 7 years of experience in the beverages and foodservice sectors. She first joined GlobalData in 2016 as an analyst, leading the development of the company’s Foodservice Intelligence Centre and regularly contributing her expertise to custom research projects.

Since joining the consulting division in 2019, she has specialized in the delivery of large-scale market sizing and segmentation projects, as well as competitive analysis, transformation strategy, NPD and consumer trend studies.

Laura has over ten years’ experience working in alcohol marketing regulation.  In the UK, Laura leads the Portman Group’s self-regulatory function and is responsible for developing regulatory policy in relation to alcohol marketing issues.  Laura has worked with the industry and UK Government to develop the Portman Group’s new marketing guidance for Alcohol Alternatives with this set to be launched in January 2024.

Prior to working in the alcohol industry, Laura worked for Deloitte and the UK Direct Marketing Association in regulatory roles.

Patrik Hansson (1967)

Nationality: Swedish Position: CMO, Executive Vice President Marketing and Innovation Experience: Patrik has 28 years of international commercial roles in consumer goods companies in finance, marketing, sales and general management. Patrik worked for 13 years in Procter and Gamble, mainly in marketing, before he joined Arla Foods in October 2011 as VP Marketing and Sales in Sweden. In 2015 he moved to Malaysia to start up Arla’s regional headquarter in South East Asia. He then returned back to Europe in 2016 and then held the roles of Group Vice President in Sweden, and later in Germany, before taking up the current role as CMO in 2022. Education: Master degree in Engineering Physics from Chalmers and a Master Degree from Gothenburg University.