Archives: Speakers

Michelle Nguyen

Michelle Nguyen, Regional Marketing Manager – Dairy, EMEA, IFF

With her passion for food, trends and innovation, Michelle is an enthusiastic marketeer who is committed to lead the EMEA Dairy industry at IFF to continued growth. She has held various roles in product and brand management in the specialty food ingredients business – always with the understanding of consumer and market needs at the core of her work. With the booming trend in plant-based foods, she has also a special focus on making the world a little more sustainable every day. Michelle has Master’s degrees in Foreign Trade and International Management from the University College Dublin and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Kirsten Lauridsen

MSc Dairy from Copenhagen University

HD (Diploma) in marketing from Southern Denmark University, Kolding

1992 – 1996: Production engineer cheese plant, Klovborg Mejeri, Kløver Mælk

1997 – 1998: Product development, Kløver Mælk

1998 – 2021: DuPont N&B – Dairy Fresh Fermented Application group

2001 – 2002: Application manager, Danisco Sweeteners, UK

Application expertise on pectin, stabiliser solutions, enzyme, starter culture & probiotic and process for fresh fermented products (dairy and plant-based)

Feb 2021 – today: IFF – Dairy Fresh Fermented Application group

Stéphane Gomis

Stéphane Gomis has been Deputy CEO of Azqore since 2019.

After obtaining a diploma from EM Lyon, he spent the first years of his career as a Front Officer at Société Générale where he advised clients in the field of mergers and acquisitions, then for the implementation of leveraged and structured financing, particularly in the media and telecommunications sector. In 2009, he joined the financial department within the Strategy team, before becoming Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer of the Société Générale Group in 2013. He joined Société Générale Asset & Wealth Management in 2017 as Deputy Financial Director before joining the Private Banking Executive Committee in 2019 as Head of business development, strategic projects, innovation, digital and ESG.