Archives: Speakers

Aoife is an Analyst at GlobalData Strategic Intelligence, with a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford. She is a specialist in sustainability, supply chain disruption, and decarbonization throughout the consumer value chain. Aoife has recently written reports on Deforestation Risk and Net Zero Strategies in the Agriculture section, and she enjoys birdwatching.

Jason Archie-Acheampong currently leads sustainable sourcing for coffee and cocoa at the Fairtrade Foundation . His career spans commercial roles across agricultural value chains in the private and development sectors, where he has successfully driven international trade and spearheaded innovative supply chain initiatives. Holding a PhD from Alliance Manchester Business School, his research on sustainability and labor standards in SMEs has been published in leading international journals. Jason’s expertise lies in commercial trade, sustainable sourcing, and fostering partnerships that create value for both producers and global markets.

Nipun is a passionate advocate for patient centric healthcare & Clinical Trial solutions. He leads the implementation of Smurfit Westrock’s innovative, digital, and traditional pharma packaging solutions.  

With a collaborative, science-driven approach, Nipun works closely with stakeholders across clinical, medical, and commercial functions in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and clinical trial sectors. He is recognized as a trusted knowledge exchange partner, bringing deep expertise and insight into the integration of advanced healthcare packaging and digital health solutions.

Nipun brings over 30 years of diverse international experience through Smurfit Westrock and its legacy companies. His career spans R&D, product and business strategy development, supply chain optimization, and digital health innovation.

He holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research in India and completed post-doctoral research at North Carolina State University. Nipun currently resides in Connecticut, USA.

Benefiting from over 25 years of experience in food and textiles, Lee is a trusted expert in sustainability, responsible business, and organic trade who manages a range of trade and regulatory projects for Soil Association Certification – the UK’s biggest organic certifier. By helping hundreds of businesses build capability in marketing, communications, supply chain, and navigate the changing regulatory landscape, Lee is part of a team at Soil Association Certification that actively supports the growth of an organic market, now worth over £3 Billion a year.

Leo Campbell is Co-founder of Modern Baker, a pioneering food-tech start-up reshaping ultra-processed foods (UPFs). Their breakthrough product, Superloaf – dubbed ‘the world’s first healthy UPF’ by the media – is nutrient-dense, clean-label, and scalable, developed through five years of lab research backed by six Innovate UK grants. Recently, Modern Baker partnered with Hovis to bring Superloaf to major UK retailers.

Often perceived as anti ‘big food’ Modern Baker’s business model is in fact to collaborate with leading food manufacturers and brands. Before Modern Baker, Leo had a successful career in the creative industries.

Ben is Co-founder and chef of Sorted Food. Built on 28+ years of friendship, it’s now a global foodie community that’s attracted over 1.3 billion video views on YouTube alone. Actively and authentically contributing to a conversation around the future of our food.

On screen, providing a cross between entertainment, inspiration and ‘accidental’ education… together Sorted Food explores and discusses some of the best food, drink, travel and associated trends out there. All with, and on behalf of, their highly engaged community.

Off screen, Ben is a regular public speaker, has consulted for leading food brands and 10 Downing Street… tackling the likes of food trends, shifting food behaviours, sourcing intelligent and real consumer insights and sharing the opinions of an online generation around sustainability.