Archives: Speakers

Giuseppe Bene

Giuseppe Bene comes from a technical background in Aerospace Research & Technological Development towards Avio Group (4 years) and Train Maintenance Engineering in Trenitalia (10 years). He is specialized in statistical analyses and prognostic algorithm development for mechanical systems. He is involved in Railways Vehicle Authorization processes towards the Railways National Safety Agency in Italy (ANSFISA) since 2021.

Carsten Heckemüller

Carsten is a strategy and change leader with over 22yrs of cross-functional and international responsibilities covering agile transformation, strategy, finance and M&A advisory. He is currently Agile Lead Sales Channels, Private Bank Transformation, Deutsche Bank

Previously he performed variety of management roles at DB over the last 9 years in the International Private Bank, Wealth Management and Group including roles as Member of Regional Councils & Operating Committees as Head of Strategy / CFO or when driving company-wide transformation.

Earlier in his career, he worked 13 years with KPMG’s Strategy & Corporate Finance M&A teams in London, Tokyo and Frankfurt.

Celeste Leverton

Celeste Leverton is an award-winning individual, experienced in and passionate about sustainability strategy creation, client engagement and ESG Investing. She co-led Coutts through the B Corp certification process, making the company the 1st UK HQ’d Private Bank. As a result of this pioneering work, she’s been able to support over 60 clients and 10 suppliers create and implement their own frameworks and Sustainable strategies. More recently, Celeste moved into Coutts’ Responsible Investing team as a manager

Jürgen Wieland

As Development Environmental Sustainability Lead of Novartis, Jürgen is responsible for Sustainable Product & Process Design and the set-up and execution of greener clinical trials. He contributes within the UK-based Sustainable Healthcare Coalition to the industries’ low carbon clinical trial workstream. He is a member of the Novartis Environmental Sustainability Strategy Leadership Team of Novartis. Novartis was awarded in November 2023 with the prestigious “Terra Carta Seal” from the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) based on the Greener Clinical Trial program led by Jürgen.

Jürgen has been passionate about the topic of Environmental Sustainability since >30 years. Prior joining Novartis in 2011, he was the CFO of the NGO “Solar Energy Foundation”, supporting the roll-out of solar energy in rural East Africa. Until 2020 he was the Finance Head of the Novartis Global Clinical Supply unit, during which he was awarded with the “Better World Award for Environmental Sustainability” for the decarbonization of clinical trials.

Mattia Scarafoni

Mattia was born in Italy and he has an BSc in Biotechnology and an MSc in Industrial Biotechnology.

He has been working in pharmaceutical companies for about 12 years, initially as Chemical Analyst, then as GMP compliance specialist and finally, during the last 7 years, in Clinical Supplies.

Mattia has worked for Chiesi Farmaceutici in Italy, Argenx in Belgium, Debiopharm and Incyte in Switzerland. He is currently based in Switzerland and working for Incyte within the Global Clinical Supplies group.

Paul Ahn

With over 20 years of sales experience, Paul brings with him a commitment of maintaining the high standards of customer service that Flavourtech is known for. Joining Flavourtech in 2018, he runs a global team of experienced, enthusiastic, and dedicated sales professionals.

“I am privileged to be part of this team, all working tirelessly to make the best possible outcomes for our clients.  Our unique technologies, processes and solutions allows our customer’s businesses to grow.  This is what drives and motivates us.”