Mark Meek

With over 25 years’ experience in the publishing and business information industry, including 10 years at the Guardian and then the Independent newspapers, Mark has led a number of high growth companies, including Datamonitor (CEO), Progressive Digital Media (CEO) and OVUM Technology (MD). Meek joined IWSR as CEO in 2013.

Mr. Leo Mou

Julien Hitce

“Biocatalysis has emerged as a powerful route toward products that combine both performance and sustainability. And new developments will bring new opportunities: a great promise for green synthesis!”

Juan E. Velasquez

Juan E. Velasquez is currently a Group Scientist at the Corporate R&D Organization of The Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). Since joining P&G in 2011, his research has focused on the discovery and development of novel enzymes and other biomaterials and their application in consumer products.

“Enzymatic technologies have transformed the detergents industry by enabling superior, quicker, and environmentally friendlier cleaning solutions. But the journey just started. The rapidly evolving techniques on enzyme engineering will continue accelerating innovation and improving the lives of consumers for generations.”

Phil Norminton

Chris Todd

Chris is an experienced consumer insights specialist who works day-to-day with global clients across the Food & Beverage, Home Care and Personal Care categories to inform their Innovation, Strategy and Marketing decisions using social data and trend prediction methodologies.

Jared Dennis

As a Senior Team Leader, Jared's primary role at BASF Enzymes LLC is to develop and implement robust platforms for enzyme discovery, evolution, and bioresources management. This includes integrating laboratory automation, digital workflow tracking, and state of the art molecular biology technologies with the design-build-test-learn framework for the optimization of commercial enzymes. BASF Enzymes develops, produces, and markets a diverse portfolio of enzymes products used in animal nutrition, baked goods, bioenergy, home care and industrial and institutional solutions as well as pulp and paper and oilfield solutions.

"We are currently in an unprecedented era in which we can design, engineer, and evaluate enzymes at will, bound only by the limits of our creativity.  By intelligently surveying these vast genetic landscapes we have the exciting opportunity to unlock sustainable solutions to a variety of global industrial challenges."