Heading the corporate investment arm (CVC) of Novozymes A/S (NZ), with a focus on driving innovation, growth and strategic intelligence via minority stakes in early stage companies. I manage a EUR60m portfolio focused on novel biosolutions within agri, food, energy, health, materials, pharma and digital - which has led to 12 agreements between NZ and startups, while delivering a >6.5x return on audited capital and contributing to 2.8% of NZ group sales.

Digital native, agriculturist, conservationist and go-between! I live and advocate for farming, education, innovation and stewardship of scarce resources.

I thrive on working at the nexus where agricultural production systems, digital technologies, academic R&D and organisational change conflict and collide.

My strength is to mediate, facilitate, translate and communicate the innovative ideas and concepts that emerge at this intersection. I help start-ups to ignite the sparks of an idea, to blow life into the flicker and to champion and nurture the flames until they take hold as next generation products and services.

I mentor and support organisations at the forefront of transforming and securing global agri-food supply chains. I help strategise acquisitions, design new products, develop innovative business models, partnerships and collaborations to create and share in new value streams.

Iñigo Charola, Co-Founder and CEO of BioTech Foods, a cultivated meat producer that aims to offer a meat alternative that will help supply the growing global demand for animal protein, while addressing the main drawbacks of factory farming: health issues, environmental sustainability, and animal welfare.

After having been involved in healthy eating and developing innovative foods for many years, - one of her projects in the "gluten-free" confectionery sector was awarded as Best Practices in Expo2015 - she decided to take care of the "main nutrient". For some years she has been dedicating her research and study activities to water, which represents a real emergency. She is inventor of patents in the field of functional foods, and funcional water. "

Eugene Wang grew up immersed in the vegetarian food business. Since 2010, his vision for launching Sophie’s Kitchen, the first Plant-Based Seafood Alternative, has manifested into a viable innovation. Sophie’s Kitchen had won numerous recognitions from companies like PepsiCo and Chipotle. In 2019, Eugene took the alternative protein to the microorganism level and started another venture - Sophie’s BioNutrients Singapore. He won $1 million SGD at The Liveabilty Challenge 2019 with this project and started protein fermentation facility in Singapore.