Mark brings over 20 years experience in the foodservice, retail and FMCG sectors to GlobalData.  Mark joined the GlobalData team in 2017 following 5 years living in Canada where he was an insights leader for PepsiCo and strategy consulting leader for the NPD group.   In his role at GlobalData, Mark brings bold thought-leadership to global partners across the manufacturer, retailer and distributor segments; always striving to find new ways to create growth by positively influencing shopper behaviour.

Mark brings significant FMCG knowledge and expertise to the conference having led research around the world on topics from shopper segmentation, to category market sizing to innovation planning and the study of global best practices.

Mark will be chairing the conference whilst sharing his views on the changing nature of next generation product offerings, the demands and expectations of today’s consumer, and the innovations and trends that will shape the future…

Hans van Bochove, VP Public affairs and Government Relations at Coca Cola is a key opinion leader in the beverage industry, amongst his responsibilities is the company’s packaging and recycling policy. He joined the Coca-Cola system in 1998 serving as Director Public Affairs and Communications in The Netherlands for nine years. From 2007 to 2011, Hans was Director Public Affairs, Communications and CSR at Starbucks Coffee Company for the Europe, Middle-East and Africa region. He then returned to Coca-Cola in his current role and since March 2017 also serves as Chairman of the European Organization for Packaging and Environment (EUROPEN).

Vicky Davies is Senior Global Marketing Director for Performance, Active & Medical Nutrition at FrieslandCampina Ingredients. She trained as a physiologist and nutritionist, and has a PhD in nutritional biochemistry. She has been working in health and nutrition for 20 years, holding posts in academia and clinical nutrition research, as well as leadership roles in communications and marketing in leading multi-national companies, including Danone and Philips.

At FrieslandCampina Ingredients, Vicky is responsible for the global marketing and innovation strategy in Performance, Active and Medical nutrition. With her team, she strives to bring locally relevant, superior and beneficial nutrition and health related solutions to customers and consumers around the globe.

Vicky is passionate about her work, which enables her to bring together her love of nutrition and business, to have a positive and holistic impact on people’s health throughout their lives.

Odile has been working in the Food Industry for more than 25 years and has held different roles for major dairy ingredients compagnies in Europe. She has a strong expertise in B2B marketing and products innovation, and has a very good knowledge of the application of proteins ingredients.

Odile joined Fonterra 2 years ago and currently works in the European technical innovation team, providing technical support to Fonterra’s EU & Africa customers on their applications.

Cecilia Lindström is the Head of Open Innovation & Partnerships at Arla Foods Innovation. Besides future proofing Arla Foods by having external partners deliver to their innovation agenda she frequently speaks at conferences and events in order to inspire others and gain new inspiration around sustainable food innovation.

Her academic background, a PhD in Biotechnology and Nutrition and long-term focus on external collaborations have paved the way towards where she stands today. Cecilia is passionate about changing the conversation about the future food system to be based on scientifically validated principles not on perceived or emotionally felt benefits. She believes collaborative efforts across the whole value chain and industries are needed in order to solve our broken food system.

I’m philippe Teissier, R&I Director Ferments and fermentation at Danone research Paris Saclay (France). After a pHD in bioprocess, I join Danone 26 years ago to work on different brands such as Actimel, Activia , Hipro and disruptive innovation. Today I’m in charge of the design of cultures and specific fermentations for our different categories of products dairy, plant based and specialized nutrition overcoming scientific and technical hurdle to deliver superior nutritious and healthy fermented food for our consumers.

CEO at NATURLI’ and true believer in a plantbased diet. NATURLI’ makes change easy by producing vegan noncompromising products in dairy, meat and ice cream – one-stop shopping with benefits for the planet and you!

Director – Food Policy, Nutrition and Regulatory Affairs European Dairy Association (EDA) / European Whey Processors Association (EWPA), Euromilk

My name is Sarah Bjerre Lindboe, I am 42 years old, My background is civil engineering in biotechnology. I´m an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the Food and Healthcare industry. I´m the Group QEHS and Innovation Manager (Group QEHS and Innovation Manager) for the Dragsbæk group, including responsibility for Quality, EHS, CSR, Food legislation and Innovation. The Dragsbæk group includes, among other things, Blume Food, Grønvang Food, Ismejeriet Thy, Dragsbæk Thisted, Scandinavian Retail Food and NATURLI' Food.

Bio: Andriy Garbuz, Founder & CEO: After Graduating from SOAS and the University of Oxford in 2005, Andriy spent his next 7 years in investment management at JP Morgan, VTB Bank and Kinburn Investments in London, Kiev, and Moscow. In 2012, he decided to set up his own consumer health distribution company after acquiring rights for innovative health treatment that he introduced to Asian consumers. He made it into a best seller in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand before exiting and starting YAAR in 2018.

Brittany VanBuskirk is the Plant Based Proteins Global Applications Lead at Ingredion. She has over 10 years of experience in ingredient and finished product development, collaborating with Ingredion’s small and large customers to develop solutions for the plant based protein space. Brittany previously led the Dairy & Alternative Dairy Subject Expertise Team for North America and prior to her role at Ingredion was a product developer for Danone North America. She has a Masters of Business and Science in Global Agriculture from Rutgers University and a Bachelors of Science in Food Science from Penn State.

Davy Rosseel is Global Key Account Manager at Resilux Group and experienced in business development PET preforms and bottles. With his strong focus in Dairy and Plant Based Drinks Resilux can offer true sustainable packaging solutions for valuable and innovative food and drinks opportunities.

Delphine Forejt, Category Development Manager at Tate & Lyle, is responsible for Dairy and Baby Food category strategy and business development in Europe.

Delphine has over 20 years of experience in business development, marketing, commercialization of innovation and strategy. With a strong business acumen and outside-in mindset, she is passionate about identifying the latest evolution of market trends and developing valuable partnership with food companies resulting in sustainable innovative growth opportunities across the food value chain.

Meleknurs’ Food Engineering degree in 2008 equipped her with deep knowledge of food science and processing, laying the foundation for her future in the food production industry expertise. This foundation was furthered by a 2018 Executive-MBA from Istanbul Technical University, equipping her with a strategic understanding of the business landscape.

Meleknur has spent over 14 years deeply immersed in the (Plant-based) Dairy and Cheese world, specializing in solutions like flavours, fruit preparations, and pre-mixes. The past 9 years at Avebe, provided Meleknur with a deep understanding of innovative texturizing solutions, proteins, and starches, in diverse cheese and dairy projects (both traditional and plant-based). This unique blend of expertise empowers her as a Global Segment Manager, to connect clients with Avebe's innovative texturizing solutions, proteins, and starches.

Meet Anna Ranki, a dynamic figure in dairy industry. Her diverse background brings a fresh perspective to the dairy industry, infusing it with new sustainability-focused ideas and methodologies. Her commitment to environmentally friendly practices and efficiency has enabled her to develop strategies that not only benefit the bottom line but also contribute to the broader goal of creating a more sustainable future. As we delve into the discussions at the Dairy Innovations Congress, Anna's insights promise to inspire new perspectives and contribute to the ongoing dialogue about the future of dairy.

Michael Moren is the Commercial Director at Impact Plastics. Michael has over 30 years of experience in client development and consultative account management with a focus on the development of customized thermoforming rollstock structures for the dairy products packaging applications. His functional & technical experience include sales & project management, packaging development, thermoforming rollstock structure development and form fill seal rollstock structure development for barrier and non-barrier rigid packaging applications.

Shaking the Dairy sector is my passion and my life. I am passionate about discussing the future of Dairy and its alternatives and for the last 13 years, I have been discussing paths for innovation by having consumer needs at the center of my daily life and addressing a way for optimizing the way products are produced for sustainable growth. A food engineer as a professional, a creative global innovator by design.

Internationally experienced market & consumer insights manager in the food industry always on the lookout for the latest news and trends. Being strongly passionate about food and analytical at the same time allows me to filter out the noise and transform relevant information to actionable insights. I have a strong track record of establishing and expanding market & consumer insights in the B2B food ingredients space. Inspiring people and driving leaders in the industry to make more informed decisions based on insights is what drives me.

Fredoen Valianpour holds a PhD in Chemistry and has long history in product development & innovation in the food industry, developing ingredients for industries such as dairy & beverages and Plant-Based food. He is currently Global Director of Innovation for Plant-Based at Bunge. Throughout his career, he challenged food development practices and believes in the collaborative creation of new and sustainable food concepts for diverse, healthy, and delicious meals included in the daily lives of people of all generations. He is passionate about people, poetry, and philosophy.

Owner and Founder of UK-based natural flavour manufacturer, I.T.S. Mike is an experienced flavour innovator who has spent over 25 years in the food and beverage industry. With a background in science and food ingredients, he then founded I.T.S. in 2009. Building it up from his kitchen table to the international flavour business it is today. Mike remains proudly independent and always passionate about creating market-leading natural flavours for the food and beverage market. Mike spends his days exploring the food and drink industry, playing rugby and brewing beer.

Julia is responsible for SIG’s global Category & Consumer Insights Management. She joined SIG 9 years ago and has held different roles in SIG’s marketing department since then. In her last 9 years Julia has developed expertise in B2B marketing, with specific focus on packaging innovation and consumer insights in the dairy and plant-based categories.

Muhib is leading the category development for Dairy and Plant-Based beverages in Europe for SIG Combibloc.  and working for the company for over 3 years. He is a well experienced strategic marketer and brings with him more than 15 years of working experience in the fields of Brand Management, Strategic Marketing and Market Research, and has been working with British American Tobacco and Holcim Group before joining the SIG Combibloc.

Marcel van den Berghe is living with his family in the Netherlands. Marcel has more than 25 years experience in Air treatment solutions, specific in air dehumidification. He started in 1998 working for HB Drying system in Almelo. In 2004 he came familiar with the spray drying application and introduced air dehumidification to increase powder output and create process stability. This resulted in a global spread of installations to serve spray dryers for different products. In 2015 Marcel joined Munters. He is currently responsible for Munters strategic development of their spray drying solutions to meet even higher sustainability goals, thereby supporting a healthier planet.

Steven Taylor is a Technical Sales Manager with over 20 years’ experience the food industry. He started his career as a dairy technologist working in Quality and R&D and moving to business development and sales, covering, dairy, flavours and now Colouring Foods. He has been with GNT since 2015 and along with other key accounts and territories he is head of the UK sales team. He has extensive experience supporting large multinationals in the use of plant-based colors.

Francisco is a Technical Sales Manager with a background in Food Engineering. He has a wide experience in advising companies in different sectors of the food industry on the use of food colours to develop and improve their products naturally. Francisco the Category Coordinator for the Dairy Category within GNT.

Jesper Bach serves as CEO/Managing Director and Partner at TriVision. Jesper Bach joined TriVision in September 2017.

Previously, Jesper Bach held senior management and commercial roles with Alfa Laval, Norgren / IMI Precision Engineering, PMC Technology A/S, Bizerba A/S, Robert Bosch and Poul Johansen Maskiner A/S.

Jesper Bach has a Bachelor of Science (B. Sc) in Mechanical Engineering from Tech. University of Denmark (DTU) and a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) Foreign Trade, HD(U) from Copenhagen Business School as well as Business Leadership studies at Cranfield University, UK and INSEAD, France.

Niall English as a professor in Chemical Engineering at University College Dublin, as well as an inventor, chartered chemical engineer a spin-out/start-up entrepreneur. Many of his interests lie in how external fields affect the ordering and behaviour of systems at the nanoscale - such as those composed of water, water-gas and proteins. In particular, he is fascinated how protein assemblies respond to fields - and typically in industrial situations, such a milk processing.

Aqua-B’s disruptive innovation in low-energy, ultra-dense nanobubble (UD-NB) generation in water, and other solvents, stems from its breakthrough discovery of electrostriction-based nano-phase generation. Without any moving parts, these solid-state nanobubble generators can be deployed and retro-fitted for ultra-efficient performance – even Off-Grid (e.g., solar means) to revolutionise water aeration, e.g., for activated-sludge and dissolved-air flotation – slashing OPEX.

Julie Collard is the Economic Affairs and Events Manager at Eucolait, the European Dairy Trade Association based in Brussels. As the organisation’s market analyst since 2019, Julie is responsible for all data analysis, market reporting and creation of content for Eucolait’s presentations. Her analysis covers the whole dairy supply chain from production to consumption, with a focus on global dairy trade dynamics. She also represents Eucolait in the European Milk Market Observatory expert group. Julie joined the association 15 years ago and was in charge of processing statistics, event management and office administration in her previous role.

As Vice President of Sales, EMEA & APAC, for Sweegen, Damian is a driven, innovative and highly successful “hands on” commercial leader. With 25 years of commercial experience within the flavor & fragrance and specialty ingredient markets, he is highly committed to delivering value through business growth and inter-departmental efficiency. Damian is skilled at the development and execution of local, regional, and global strategies across matrix organizations and has a proven track record as a multinational team builder, delivering unrivalled sales success in highly competitive global flavors and fragrance and natural sweetener markets. He is based in Reading, England.

As Global Director of Sweetener Innovation for Sweegen, Daria is focused on building Sweegen’s industry-leading portfolio of sweetener innovations. Having spent over a decade in the food and beverage industry, her primary focus has been on Product Development with a lens toward ingredient innovation. Daria's great understanding of the global needs for reformulation and innovation allows her to identify how new sweetness technology can have the greatest impact.  
 
Her passion for making low sugar products tasting amazing is closely linked to her personal values. She is based in Reading, England. 

Piera Vitali, Category Director – Europe – Dairy and Baby Food at Tate & Lyle has been working in Europe 12+ years delivering on customer service, supply chain, sales and is currently responsible of the Dairy and Baby Food Europe Category. With a solid business background today, her key focus is on connecting the dots btw solving consumer needs and industry feasibility. Passionate about food industry and about unlocking partnership through quality of service, supply, and relationships.

Davide Risso, MSc, PhD is Senior Research Scientist for Europe, Middle East and Africa in the Global Nutrition Team of Tate & Lyle.

Dr. Risso holds a PhD in the topic of Sensory Nutrition from the University of Bologna (Italy) and has held research positions at the University of Gastronomic Sciences (Pollenzo, Italy), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (Bethesda, MD, USA), at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) (Nuthetal, Germany), and at the University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle, WA, USA).