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| Erik Bras |
| Area: Foods |
| Occupation: Customer Development Director, Unilever |
| Base: Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| Unilever is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast-moving consumer goods with two global divisions [read more...] |
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| Xavier Brochet |
| Area: Flavors and Fragrances |
| Occupation: Prospective in Perfumery, Firmenich |
| Base: Geneva, Switzerland |
| As a chemist Xavier Brochet worked during 12 years in creation and formulation of Cosmetics, Toiletries and [read more...] |
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| Tristan Butterfield |
| Area: Urban Interiors & Product Design. |
| Occupation: MA (rca) |
| Base: London, UK |
| Tristan Butterfield established his own design studio in 2001 after working for David Chipperfield Architects, and has since undertaken a wide selection [read more...] |
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| Nicole Contencin |
| Area: Luxury Goods |
| Occupation: Copywriter & Consultant |
| Base: Paris, France |
| After graduating in literature & linguistics, Nicole joined the world of communications as a copywriter. She worked in several international agencies [read more...] |
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| Kirsten Dana Andersen |
| Area: Carpets & home textiles |
| Occupation: Design Director, ege |
| Base: Herning, Denmark |
| With an original degree in Arts and Craft Textile Design, Kirsten has been involved in companies like Nordic Textile (bed linnen etc.), Inka Print [read more...] |
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| Jorge Forbes |
| Area: Psychoanalysis, Luxury & Globalization |
| Occupation: Psychoanalyst |
| Base: São Paulo, Brazil |
| Doctor Jorge Forbes is educated in medicine and studied psychoanalysis with Jacques Lacan in his Parisian School . He attended the seminars of Foucault [read more...] |
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| Emmanuel Frenck |
| Area: Flavors |
| Occupation: Marketing Director (Firmenich) |
| Base: Pinceton, NJ (USA) |
| Emmanuel Frenck joined the Flavors Creative Marketing Studio @ Firmenich about a year and a half ago after having held various Sales and Marketing positions [read more...] |
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| Mari-Louise Jonsson |
| Area: Advertising & Strategy |
| Occupation: Copywriting/Concept Development |
| Base: Aarhus, Denmark |
| Mari-Louise’s work at Scanad Advertising consists of helping companies with strategy, communication platforms [read more...] |
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| Leif Kjærgaard |
| Area: Food ingredients |
| Occupation: Head of Global Innovation and Business Development, Danisco |
| Base: Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Leif Kjærgaard holds a master of science in chemical engineering and a ph.d. in biotechnology. Since 1979 [read more...] |
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| Axel Kniehl |
| Area: Marketing and Sales in Consumer Goods and Retail |
| Occupation: Consultant (Associate Principal) at McKinsey&Company |
| Base: Munich, Germany |
| Dr. Axel T. Kniehl joined McKinsey in 1998, and is a core member of [read more...] |
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| Gary Korba |
| Area: Cosmetics & Packaging |
| Occupation: VP Creative Global Packaging Development, Estee Lauder Companies |
| Base: New York, USA |
| Gary Korba is responsible for Corporate Packaging Innovation ; Creative Package Development Japan [read more...] |
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| Andrew Krisson |
| Area: Home Interior Products |
| Occupation: Managing Director, Zoffany |
| Base: London, UK |
| Andrew has worked in the high-end of the interiors industry for 14 years. Originally at Zoffany heading the ‘contract’ (commercial interior projects) area [read more...] |
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| Steven van der Kruit |
| Area: Fragrance - home & body care |
| Occupation: Creative Director, Firmenich SA Fragrance Division |
| Base: Geneva, Switzerland |
| Amsterdam 1974, Steven started his carrier in Marketing Research in advertising (BBDO). Then followed a job in London [read more...] |
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| Birgit Lohmann |
| Area: (Industrial) Design and Design Communication |
| Occupation: Product Manager De Padova + CEO/editor-in-chief designboom.com |
| Base: Milan, Italy |
| Since 1988 she has been actively working and training within the design and [read more...] |
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| Rory Maw |
| Area: Finance/Investment Banking |
| Occupation: Consultant |
| Base: London, UK |
| Rory Maw was, over a 15 year career in investment banking, one of the leading advisers to the Consumer Products industry in Europe and North America. [read more...] |
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| Wendy Mitchell |
| Area: Art/Interior Products |
| Occupation: Art Gallery Owner |
| Base: Villefranche-Sur-Mer, France & Monaco |
| Wendy Mitchell established her gallery in 2001 after spending four years living and working in Asia developing home interior products for major high street retailers. [read more...] |
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| Ron Pompei |
| Area: Interiors, Commerce, Culture, and Community |
| Occupation: Creative Director & Co-founder |
| Base: New York, USA |
| As Creative Director and co-founder in 1990 of the multidisciplinary creative services firm Pompei A.D. Ron Pompei has [read more...] |
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| Lars Christian Smith |
| Area: Anthropology |
| Occupation: Director of Executive Education at the University in Monaco (UIM) |
| Base: Monaco |
| Lars Christian Smith was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds two degrees from Harvard University and is currently [read more...] |
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| Stanton Stalnaker |
| Area: Global Marketing |
| Occupation: Author, Hub Culture; Magazine Publishing |
| Base: London, UK |
| Stan Stalnaker is the Marketing Director, FORTUNE Group, for Europe, Middle East and Africa, covering FORTUNE [read more...] |
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| Petra Staudenmaier |
| Area: Chocolate |
| Occupation: Head of International Marketing |
| Base: Kilchberg (Zürich), CH. |
| Petra Staudenmaier is holding a degree from CESEM (ESC Reims) in European Business Administration. Her previous experiences include the position [read more...] |
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| Danielle Swartebroeckx |
| Area: Haircare |
| Occupation: Director of Education, Joico/ ZOTOS Laboratories Europe |
| Base: Netherlands |
| Danielle began her carrier in the professional hair care industry 15 years ago. After 6 years for Wella in Belgium, she [read more...] |
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| Roger Tredre |
| Area: Fashion |
| Occupation: Editor in Chief, Worth Global Style Network (WGSN) |
| Base: London, UK |
| Roger Tredre is a leading British writer and commentator on fashion. He has written extensively for newspapers [read more...] |
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| Annette Tristan |
| Area: Design & Branding Education |
| Occupation: Head of Institute of Industrial Design |
| Base: Herning, Denmark |
| Annette Tristan is educated as designer from Danmarks Designskole. After the completion of the education she has [read more...] |
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| Kai Ortmann |
| Area: Management Training |
| Occupation: Partner, IAK |
| Base: Köln, Germany |
| After his Studies in Business Administration, Kai Ortmann worked for 10 years as Marketingmanager at [read more...] |
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| Stefan Skirl |
| Area: Management Training & Innovation |
| Occupation: Co-Founder/Partner, Institute for Applied Creativity (IAC / IAK) |
| Base: Germany |
| Stefan’s area of professional interests is breathtaking: Teamtraining, Organization and Management of Meetings [read more...] |
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| Inga Clausen |
| Area: Research and Consultancy, Journalism |
| Occupation: Journalist |
| Base: London, UK |
| Following degrees in design and journalism, Inga has researched consumer trends and behaviour for the past seven years. She's a regular contributor and [read more...] | |
