A communication/marketing professional with several years experience working within retail and for a global brand company delivering internal/external communication projects and driving corporate branding.
Maria started her career in the drinks industry working with premium drink brands including Absolut, Malibu and Kahlua at The Absolut Company in Stockholm, Sweden.
Since leaving Pernod Ricard in 2015 she has worked with expansion communication and PR For IKEA and with several entrepreneurial projects.
Early 2017, Maria (Swedish) and her husband Craig (South African) discovered a magical valley, home to many intriguing botanicals, in the Cederberg mountains, just north of Cape Town. The valley, which they now co-own, inspired them to distil rare Cape & classic gin botanicals, and then blend with pristine Swedish water. The result is CEDER’S, a distilled non-alcoholic alt-gin, your Everyday Escape.
Greg Steltenpohl is co-founder and CEO of Califia Farms, a high growth California-based health & wellness company with the leading premium brand of plant-based beverages. Califia has a global mission to improve personal and planetary health by returning food to its original nourishing purpose. Steltenpohl also Co-Founded Odwalla in 1980,transforming a backyard fresh juice start-up into a publicly held corporation with a growth rate that exceeded 50 percent annually. His 39-year commitment to sustainability and innovation has earned him numerous leadership awards, including Specialty Foods’ Hall of Fame, BEVNET “Best New Product” Awards 2015, 2016, and 2018, and Goldman Sach’s100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2017-2019
Jill is the Applications Manager at Synergy Flavours, heading up a team of application technologists working across multiple categories.
Jill has a love of food and drink, with a focus on taste and flavour. She studied Food Science at the University of Leeds and started work in the food industry in 2002 at what was then Cadbury Schweppes. She was fascinated by flavours and started her career in the flavour industry in 2003.
Within the flavour industry Jill has worked as an applications technologist across the sweet and beverage categories, developing a real passion for beverage. After extensive training in the area, the focus of her work has been on beverages since 2008.
Jill joined Synergy Flavours in 2019 and she loves to collaborate on beverage projects with our customers.
Ellie is the creator and founder of Caleño, a tropical non-alcoholic free spirit. On a night out dancing a couple of years ago, she became frustrated with the lack of adventurous non-alcoholic options. After talking with friends, she realised there was an opportunity to make those options more joyful. She flew to Colombia where she visited family and was inspired by the vibrant, colourful culture, and tropical flavours. Two months after launching, Ellie landed a listing with major UK retailer, Sainsbury’s and Caleño is now stocked in around 500 of their stores.
Before launching Caleño, Ellie had a background in drinks, working for the UK’s largest drinks distributor. This taught her about the spirits making process and the hospitality industry where she was able to work closely with pubs, bars and restaurants. She also spent time at a Shopper Marketing agency, where she worked on exciting activations for brands such as Nestlé, GSK, and Estee Lauder.
Mr. Antonetti holds a Masters of Science degree (M.Sc.) in Biophysics with a Specialization in Neuropharmacology. With more than 20 years of experience in the Regulatory Agency (Health Canada), Pharmaceutical and Medical Device industry, he has acquired extensive experience and understanding of the GMPs including sterile manufacturing, GCP and Medical Device Regulations. While at Health Canada, he worked in the Drug Investigation Unit, the Medical Device Unit and the GMP Inspection Unit where he was a member of the GMP Committee and contributed to the development and enhancement of Regulations, Policies and Guidelines, including Health Canada Guide-00069 on Temperature control. He currently holds the position of Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs & Quality Management – Safety, Health and Environment at Roche Diagnostics where he is responsible for all aspects of Licensing, Compliance, Quality and Safety. He is actively involved with MEDEC representing the Medical Device industry during meetings held with Health Canada and other stakeholders.
Contributes Warehousing and Distribution assistance to Country Programs work through short-term technical assistance trips, report development, and project implementation. Experienced in international project management, including contract and subcontract administration, budget development and tracking, recruitment, and operations oversight.
My goal now is to create and awareness in our supply chain min requirements how to transport Temperature sensitive goods especially on the Pharma Sector in the aircargo supply chain. Worked very close with Dupont to develop the cargo thermoblanket. Giving the shipper an understanding the difference between pax operation and cargoperation. Ensuring that forwarder and shipper of the pharma community have an understanding what the requirements are. Involved in various projects to ensure pharmaceutical companies switch to our company following the requirements set by the various authorities.
Michael Breen, PhD, is the Senior Director of Infectious Diseases and Oncology at GlobalData in Boston. He has over eight years of experience in market analysis, business intelligence, and providing strategic insight for the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to his current role, he was a Senior Analyst for Decision Resources Group, where he gained extensive experience writing in-depth reports and developing forecasts for a variety of indications, including rare and infectious diseases and vaccines. Michael has a BA in biology and biochemistry from Hunter College, and a PhD in biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine.
Mr. Herjolfsson co-founded Controlant, a global company that offers next-generation Cold Chain solutions as a Service (CHaaS). He has driven the vision, culture, and growth of the company for the last 10 years.
