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Leading global and regional sugar reduction projects using next generation natural sweeteners. Great understating of EMEA needs for reformulation and innovation. Over 13 years of experience within food industry with primary focus on Product Development. in the food and beverage sector.

Blaise Thomson is the technical director at Alfa iQ, the intelligence platform for asset finance as well as the founding CEO of one of Alfa iQ’s parent companies, Bitfount. He was previously the founder and CEO of VocalIQ, which he sold to Apple in 2015, subsequently leading their Cambridge, UK engineering office and holding the role of Chief Architect for Siri Understanding. Blaise holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, where he was also a Research Fellow, and is an Honorary Fellow at the Cambridge Judge Business School.