JUDGES

Angels leads Unilever Foodservice Spain

With a portfolio of more than 400 brands ranging from food and drinks to household and personal care, Unilever operates in 190+ countries and employs 172,000 staff.

Angels Solans

Managing Director

Hai is vice general manager at Tsingtao Brewery

Tsingtao is China's second largest beer maker and has more than 43,000 staff. Its products are exported to more than 80 countries.

Hai Liu

Vice General Manager

Tammy is Breakthrough Innovation Lead at PepsiCo.

PepsiCo is one of the world’s biggest food and drinks manufacturers, with a presence in more than 200 countries.

Tammy Butterworth

Breakthrough Innovation Lead

Andrea leads R&D for Europe at Kraft Heinz, and is based in Italy

Kraft Heinz owns brands such as Philadelphia and Oscar Mayer, is active in 200+ countries and employs around 32,000 staff.

Andrea Budelli

Vice President R&D Europe

Laura is Marketing Director at Jack Links

Established in 1986, but with a history that dates back to the 1880s, Jack Links is an American family owned manufacturer of jerky and protein snacks.

Laura Trivulzio-Huijgen

Marketing Director

Mitesh is Chief Innovation Officer at DanCake Portugal

Founded in 1978, DanCake Portugal is a European bakiery company based in Portugal, with a broad portfolio of biscuits, cakes, crackers and other bakery products.

Mitesh Jamnadas

Chief Innovation Officer

Dr. Rabih Kamleh is Senior Vice President Research & Development, Quality Assurance & HSE at Agthia Group

Agthia Group is a leading Abu Dhabi-based food and beverage company. Agthia offers a world-class portfolio of integrated businesses providing high quality and trusted food and beverage products for customers and consumers across the UAE, GCC, Turkey and the wider Middle East.

Rabih Kamleh

Senior Vice President Research & Development, Quality Assurance & HSE

Matteo is Vice President, Asia at Carlsberg Group

Carlsberg has 45,000 staff and operates in over 150 countries. Alongside Carlsberg, its brands include Tuborg, Baltika and Kronenbourg.

Matteo Fantacchiotti

Vice President, Asia

Mithun is Chief Executive at Sumeru

Innovative Foods Limited (IFL) is a major player in the Indian food processing industry since 1989. Under the brand name 'Sumeru', they manufacture and market various types of ready to eat vegetarian, non-vegetarian which includes sea food.

Mithun Appaiah

Chief Executive

Melissa is founder and managing director at Katjes Fassin UK – The Magic Candy Factory

Established in 2015, Katjes Magic Candy Factory launched the world’s first 3D food printer to be available to the consumer market in a store in Berlin. Since then, the company has expanded across Europe, the USA, the Middle East and China.

Melissa Snover

Founder & Managing Director

Nir is General Manager for Asia Pacific, Africa and Latin America at Frutarom

Frutarom is a flavour and fragrances company based in Israel. With a portfolio of about 20,000 products, Frutarom operates in 120 countries and employes over 1,900 staff.

Nir Ilani

General Manager

Nicola is Regional Marketing Director at Essity

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company dedicated to improving well-being through products and solutions, essentials for everyday life. The name Essity stems from the words essentials and necessities.

Nicola Coronado

Regional Marketing Director

Dr. Asif Hasan is Group Head Consumer Insights at IFFCO

IFFCO is a United Arab Emirates based innovative and integrated multi food products Group. With an established global presence, the Group offers a wide range of food products, related derivatives, intermediates and services.

Asif Hasan

Group Head Consumer Insights

Based in Portugal, Rita is Chief Executive at Adega Mayor

Part of the Nabeiro Group, Adega Mayor produces wines that are exported to Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

Rita Nabeiro

Chief Executive

John is Managing Director at William Santus & Co

William Santus is a family business specialising in the manufacture & wholesale of confectionery since 1898. Uncle Joe’s is now the umbrella brand for hundreds of products supplied worldwide.

John Winnard MBE

Managing Director

Sharron is New Product Development Manager at Calbee UK

Founded more than 65 years ago, Calbee Inc is one of the largest snack companies in the world with more than 3,800 colleagues across 12 different countries.

Sharron Robinson

New Product Development Manager

Alex is Commercial Director Iberia at Coty

Coty is a world leading beauty company making cosmetic, skincare, fragrances, hair color and styling brands loved by many.

Alex Baron

Commercial Director

Mikko is Vice President, Export Business at Fazer

Fazer is a Scandinavian manufacturer of bread and bakery products that operates in 8 countries and exports to more than 40. It employs over 10,000 staff.

Mikko Lindqvist

Vice President, Export Business

Alberto is Marketing Manager at Vicky Foods

Vicky Foods is a family-based group of companies specialised in manufacturing bread and pastry products, children’s foods and spreadable pastes. The group operates in 39 countries.

Alberto Garcia Romero

Marketing Manager

Based in the UK and Spain, Silvia is Innovation Director at Gama

Gama operates in more than 46 countries around the world through its network of 100+ analysts and researchers.

Silvia Ruiz

Innovation Director