2026 Main Stage Speakers

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Geert Maesmans

VP R&D Health and Nutrition Cargill Food & Bio, CARGILL
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Jim Mellon

Founder and Executive Chair, JUVENESCENCE
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Albert McQuaid

Global Chief Science & Technology Officer, KERRY
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Roel van Poppel

Chief Sustainability Officer, OFI
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Archana Jagannathan

Chief Sustainability Officer – EMEA, PEPSICO
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Heike Steiling

Chief R&D Officer, UNILEVER FOODS
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Romeo Frega

Global Business Development Director, ABFI
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Alex Holt

Chief Sustainability Officer, AHOLD DELHAIZE
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Saachi Avis

Head of Dietetics, COMPASS GROUP
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Marie Asano

Partner, EUROPEAN CIRCULAR BIOECONOMY FUND
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Jess Spiring

Editor-in-chief, FOODNAVIGATOR
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Franco Sassi

Professor and Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation, IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
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Darren Kidd

Scientific Specialist, LABCORP
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Abigail Stevenson

Chief Science Officer, MARS
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Martin Davalos

Partner, MCWIN CAPITAL PARTNERS
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Mette Bhatia Frederiksen

Global Head of F&D Applied R&D, NOVONESIS
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Felix Leonhardt

Managing Partner, OYSTER BAY VENTURE CAPITAL
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Nadav Berger

Managing Director, PEAKBRIDGE VC
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Simon Claessens

Director, PROSUR
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Clément Tischer

Head of FoodTech, REWE GROUP
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Helen Bass

VP Growth and Innovation, TATE & LYLE

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    Speaker profile image for Stuart Gilby

    Stuart Gilby

    Director of FMCG, 42T
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    Benoit Goldschmidt

    Open Innovation Director, BEL GROUP
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    Sonia Huppert

    Global Innovation Marketing Leader, IFF
    Speaker profile image for Tshego Tshukutswane

    Tshego Tshukutswane

    Senior Director, KANTAR CONSULTING
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    Deirdre Walters

    Co-Founder, UNTAPPED INNOVATION