As CEO of MAXIS GBN, Mattieu Rouot oversees relationships with more than 500 multinational companies in over 120 countries around the world. He joined MAXIS in May 2020. Mattieu was instrumental in the creation of the MAXIS GBN joint venture in 2016 and served on the MAXIS supervisory board from its inception.

Jane Parker University of Reading Associate Professor, Flavour Chemistry Jane Parker is associate professor in Flavour Chemistry and manager of The Flavour Centre. Having spent the last 15 years working on collaborative projects with the food industry, Jane has considerable understanding of the needs of commercial customers. Her expertise is in the area of flavour chemistry and the mechanisms by which key odour compounds are formed during thermal processing.

Simon Gane City, University of London Consultant Rhinologist and ENT surgeon Simon Gane is a consultant Rhinologist and ENT Surgeon at the Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and Moorfields Eye Hospital. He specialises in nasal sinus surgery, including the frontal sinus, anterior skull base and interface with the orbit. His research interests include human olfaction, Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia and is an honorary Research Fellow

Peter Rogers University of Bristol Professor of Biological Psychology Peter Rogers is Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol, UK. He trained in biology (BSc) and experimental psychology (MSc) at the University of Sussex. He completed his PhD at the University of Leeds, and postdoctoral research at the universities of Leeds and Manchester, moving to the Institute of Food Research, Reading in 1990. He moved to the University of Bristol in

Andrew Cunningham andrew.cunningham@aon.com Aon Chief Commercial Officer, EMEA, Health Solutions Andrew is the Chief Commercial Officer for Aon’s Health Solutions business in EMEA, covering 29 countries. Working closely with Aon’s Global Benefits practice, Andrew has been serving multinational clients and prospects at Aon since 2003, holding a variety of positions including Senior Healthcare Consultant, Healthcare Manager, Healthcare and Risk Benefits Manager, Risk Practice Principal, EMEA Sales Director and most

Pasquale Gorrasi gorrasi@geb.com Generali Employee Benefits Director of International Lines After graduating in Economics at Venice University, he started his career in the finance industry. He joined Assicurazioni Generali in 1990 as Junior Underwriter in the Surety Bond Department where he spent about 9 years, achieving the position of Senior Underwriter. Pasquale left Surety Bond Department to join the International Non-Life Corporate department where he held the responsibility for

Hal Sosabowski University of Brighton Professor of Public Understanding of Science Professor Hal Sosabowski holds a Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Brighton in the UK. He has an international reputation for performing high-end exhibition science, most recently at the All Russia Science Festival in Moscow and the Abu Dhabi Festival of Science. He has also toured Europe extensively. He was the first scientist

Sara Jo Nixon University of Florida Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry Dr. Nixon’s work uses comprehensive behavioral assessments including neuropsychological testing, brain electrophysiology (electroencephalography and event-related potentials), and clinical research interviews. Her team is currently conducting a NIAAA funded R01 directed to clarifying the intersection of cognitive and emotional processing in men and women who are either seeking treatment for a substance use disorder or do not meet these criteria

Wendy Wood University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Provost Professor of Psychology and Business Wendy Wood is a social psychologist whose research addresses the ways that habits guide behavior – and why they are so difficult to break – as well as evolutionary accounts of gender differences in behavior. Professor Wood has been Associate Editor of Psychological Review, Journal of Personality and Social

Ian Hamilton University of York Associate Professor, Addiction and Mental Health Ian investigates the impact drug use has on individuals and populations. Focusing on the social, health and political issues related to drug and alcohol use. He writes a regular column for The Independent, provides opinion pieces for the British Medical Journal as well as publishing academic papers. Prior to becoming an academic Ian worked as a mental health

Sally Marlow King’s College London Addictions Researcher Sally Marlow is a research scientist based at King’s College London with a particular interest in the relationships between addiction, mental health and the arts. She is also a broadcaster, and recently developed and presented The Science of Addiction for BBC Radio 4.

Bandy X. Lee Yale School of Medicine, Yale University Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Bandy Lee is a forensic psychiatrist and an internationally recognized expert on violence. She is the editor of “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 37 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” published in 2017 and updated in 2019. Trained in medicine and psychiatry at Yale and Harvard Universities, and in medical anthropology as a

Monica Kalia Neyber Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Monica Kalia is the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Neyber, a multi-award-winning Fintech focused on improving the financial wellbeing of hard-working people in the UK. Monica currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the UK’s leading debt charity, StepChange, as well as a number of Government steering groups dedicated to driving financial inclusion, including Innovate Finance’s Strategy Group –

Hans Callebaut mestach@geb.com Vivium Commercial Director Employee Benefits Hans started his career in the insurance sector where he has always been active till today in Sales, Sales Management and General Management roles. In his role as Deputy General Manager Sales with AG Insurance he was also responsible for the pooling business with IGP and Insurope where he was part of the Advisory Board (IGP) and the MCOM (Insurope). In 2019 he joined

As soon as I received the proposal from the Editor be part of the next issue of this magazine, I started wondering: “Coming from Argentina, what kind of article could be interesting enough for a worldwide perspective”. I toyed with many different ideas in my mind, until realized that sharing my latest experience of changing from the consultancy world to the corporate one could turn out to be a universal theme, regardless the market you come from. Thanks to this request, I have started an introspective journey that I would like to share with you. Here we go!

Thierry Mestach mestach@geb.com Generali Employee Benefits Chief Network Officer Thierry Mestach is GEB Chief Network Officer. He and his team are managing the partnership with over 130 GEB Network Partners across more than 120 countries and he also manages the International Lines department of GEB, providing solutions to international mobile employees. Thierry has been in the Employee Benefits industry for more than 30 years in various commercial and senior management

Paolo Lippi lippi@longuevueanalytics.com LongueVue Analytics Founder Paolo Lippi graduated in 1988 at the University of Paris II ASSAS in Social and Economic Administration, and in 1989 was awarded the DESS in “Gestion des entreprises“, at the University of Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris. He also has a specialisation in Actuarial Sciences (Maths & Statistics), CNAM Paris in 1991, and studied Stochastic Finance underProfessor Devolder, UCL in Brussels in 2007. Paolo started working