Edmond Rock Inra Research Director Dr Rock is the Director of Research of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA, the French National Research Institute of Agronomics) and Project Officer for India & China in its International Relations Office (INRA-CIRAD). In addition to institutional activities, he contributes to work carried out by the Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d’Auvergne (CRHN – the Auvergne Region Research Center for Human Nutrition) as Deputy Director,

Anthony Fardet Human Nutrition Unit, University of Clermont-Auvergne, INRA Research Officer, UMR 1019 It is now necessary to define new paradigms to lay the groundwork for a new, more ethical and sustainable preventative human nutrition. To this end, I propose to examine the consequences of the reductionist and holistic approaches applied to nutrition research, to study the relevance of a new classification of foods based on their degree of

Richard Polak richard_polak@ajg.com Arthur J. Gallagher Executive Vice President of the Multinational Benefits & Human Resources Consulting Practice Mr. Richard Polak is Executive Vice President of the Multinational Benefits & Human Resources Consulting Practice within the Benefits and Human Resources Consulting division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. As practice leader, Richard provides advice to multinational organizations in the areas of international HR as well as compensation and benefits, and

Chris Bruce Twitter: @cdabruce Thomsons Online Benefits Managing Director and Co-Founder Chris Bruce is the managing director and co-founder of Thomsons Online Benefits with Michael Whitfield. Chris led the development of Thomsons benefits administration technology platform, Darwin, as well as core intellectual property such as Intelligent Reward, a unique benefits strategy development methodology. His role spans every aspect of the business, from engaging with clients to software development. This means he is

Eric A. Butler butler@geb.com GEB Director of Global Health and Wellness Eric Butler is GEB’s Director of Global Health and Wellness with a remit to enhance the company’s significant leading position in this area worldwide, building upon ever more insightful global medical reporting capabilities and helping multinational companies explore initiatives to mitigate medical trends and cost drivers. Eric has an undergraduate degree in International Relations from the University of

Ludovic Bayard bayard@geb.com Generali Employee Benefits General Manager Ludovic Bayard is the General Manager of Generali Employee Benefits Network (GEB), headquartered in Brussels. He joined the Generali Group in 1998 as Account Manager in the International  Life  Corporate  business  at  Generali  France.  He  then moved to London at the Generali UK branch where he launched and oversaw the first GEB regional office in London for the International Corporate EB lines.

Dr. Leena Johns leena.johns@maxis-gbn.com MAXIS GBN Head of Health & Wellness Leena’s particular area of interest is health data analytics; she works with Multinational clients, as well as local operations using claims data analytics to derive cost drivers, trends and areas of greatest financial change. She works with the various stakeholders to identify the areas to focus from a management perspective, recommending changes and modifications to policy terms and

Feng He Queen Mary University of London Professor of Global Health Research Feng He is Professor of Global Health Research at the Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Barts and The London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. She qualified as a physician in China. After two years working in clinical posts, she went on for postgraduate training in Cardiovascular Epidemiology and worked on several projects

Prof. Sandy Pepper a.a.pepper@lse.ac.uk London School of Economics Professor of Management Practice Sandy Pepper joined the Department of Management in September 2008 as  an ESRC/FME Fellow. He was appointed Senior Fellow in September 2011 and Professor of Management Practice in January 2013. He previously had a long career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he held various senior management roles, including global leader of the Human Resource Services consulting practice from 2002-2006. Professor Pepper

Natalie Richter natalie@natalierichter.com Natalie Richter Global Management Consultant and coach Natalie Richter is a Management Consultant and coach specialised in Culture and Communication who was lived and worked in Asia, Europe and North America. In her 14 years in Asia she was both an expat and an accompanying spouse working with both local and global companies and universities. In Canada, she consults for a number of global relocation companies

Paul Pittman paulpittman@thehumanwell.com The Human Well Founder Paul founded The Human Well in 2003; a boutique practice providing international and domestic HR advice to boards and senior management. He has more than 30 years of human resource experience and consults on matters focused on improving the return on investment in people. Paul has led successful HR teams including global employee benefits management at Massey-Ferguson, Laidlaw, Japan Tobacco International (formerly RJR

Eric Müller-Borle eric.muller-borle@global-benefits-vision.com Global Benefits Vision Editor & Founder Eric founded Global Benefits Vision and is its editor and CEO. Earlier, he had founded Aquamarine Consulting, a boutique management consultancy providing strategic advice on their global employee benefit activities to insurance companies, paritarian institutions, investment banks, mid- sized brokers and others. He was previously CFO for several AXA divisions and the first CEO of the MAXIS pooling network, an

Andrego Oliveira andrego@icatuseguros.com.br  Icatu Seguros SA Manager – Multinational Corporate Clients Andrego Oliveira is a certified and experienced professional within the Brazilian financial market, assisting high net worth individuals and multinational corporate clients, working primarily with financial planning and investment advisory. Since 2012 at Icatu Seguros, Andrego has carried out duties related to employee benefits and multinational pooling risk within the Swiss Life Network and with Insurope, as well as

Norman Dreger @NormanDreger Mercer Partner and Multinational Client Group Leader, International Region Norman Dreger is leader of Mercer’s Multinational Client Group in the International Region and is a member of the Mercer’s International Region Leadership Team. Norman joined Mercer in 1999 in the Vancouver office as a retirement and investment analyst and transferred to Stuttgart, Germany in 2001, where he worked in the Retirement Business until transferring to the

Jérôme Wiwinius jerome.wiwinius@lalux.lu LaLux-Vie Head of Corporate Clients and International Relations Jérôme Wiwinius is the Head of Corporate Clients and of International Relations at Luxembourg insurance carrier La Luxembourgeoise-Vie, where he spent his entire career, moving through several management positions. He is a member of the Federation of Young Leaders and the Luxembourg country representative of the AIG Global Benefits Network. He holds an Advanced Diploma (DESS) in Management from Robert

Simon Gottschalk simon.gottschalk@unlv.edu University of Nevada, Las Vegas Professor of Sociology I joined the department in 1992 after earning a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, an M.A. from the University of Houston, and a B.A. from the University of Haifa (Israel). Combining critical symbolic interaction theory and qualitative research methods, my interests revolve around understanding the society-psyche link in phenomena as varied as youth cultures, the mass

Matthew Lawrence Aon Chief Broking Officer, Health Solutions, EMEA Matthew has worked in the health industry for 20 years, where he carries out a variety of leadership roles for Aon’s Health Solutions business. As well coordinating and executing the broking strategy for the EMEA region, Matthew leads Aon’s health and analytics capabilities. He advises some of Europe’s largest and most complex employers on the financing of their benefit programmes,

Mark Votruba mark.votruba@case.edu Case Western Reserve University Associate Professor of Economics and Medicine Associate Professor of Economics at Case Western Reserve University with faculty appointments in the Weatherhead School of Management and the Center for Health Care Research and Policy at MetroHealth Medical Center. Director of Graduate Health Programs at Weatherhead School of Management. Co-authored paper that won the 2012 Arrow Award for Best Paper in Health Economics.

Claire Steves claire.j.steves@kcl.ac.uk Cing’s College London Professor of Health Finance Dr Claire J Steves MA (Cantab) MBBS MRCP PhD (female) is a Senior (Clinical) Lecturer at Kings College London and Locum Consultant Geriatrician at Kings College Hospital. She graduated first class from Cambridge University in 1997, and went on to pursue clinical studies in the heart of the East End of London, graduating with multiple distinctions in 2000. She trained in the prestigious St Thomas’s

Leslie Lemenager leslie_lemenager@ajg.com Gallagher Regional President, International Ms. Leslie A. Lemenager, CEBS, CFP, is Regional President, International, of the Benefits and Human Resources consulting division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (Gallagher). Responsible for expanding the division’s international capabilities, Leslie focuses on developing the business in four key areas including organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, productivity and efficiency, and the Gallagher culture. Her expertise in U.S. domestic and international compensation

John McLaughlin Aon’s Assessment Solutions Commercial Director John is the Commercial Director for Aon’s Aon Assessment Solutions and has worked across Europe, APAC, South America, and North America. John’s passion for designing innovative workforce strategies has seen him help organisations across the globe understand what digital means in their specific context and to design talent strategies to help achieve their digital transformation goals and meet the future world of

Danny Dorling University of Oxford Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography Danny Dorling joined the School of Geography and the Environment in September 2013 to take up the Halford Mackinder Professorship in Geography. He was previously a professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked in Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds and New Zealand, went to university in Newcastle upon Tyne, and to school in Oxford. Much of

J. Patrick Gallagher Jr. Gallagher Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr. began his career with Gallagher as an intern in 1972, started working for the company full time in 1974 as a Production Account Executive and was promoted to Vice President-Operations in 1985. He was elected to the Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Board of Directors in 1986. In 1990, he was named President and

Connor Bamford Queen’s University Belfast Research Fellow, Virology Connor is a virologist with over a decade of experience in studying how the immune system defends humans and other animals against disease-causing microbes like viruses, such as the hepatitis C virus, influenza virus and Zika virus. Connor recently moved to Queen’s University Belfast as a ‘Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) Early Career Research Fellow’ to continue his research into the

Fatih Eser fatih@collaborativeperks.com Collaborative Perks Key Account Manager Fatıh Eser, Key Account Manager at Collaborative Perks since 2017 is responsible for clients in Germany, Austria and Turkey. He is a graduate of Economics.

Christian Yates University of Bath Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology I’m a Senior Lecturer in Mathematical Biology and also an author. In my first book, the Maths of Life and Death (https://amzn.to/2MkmdcM) I explore the true stories of life-changing events in which the application (or misapplication) of mathematics has played a critical role: patients crippled by faulty genes and entrepreneurs bankrupt by faulty algorithms; innocent victims of miscarriages of

Jeremy Smith University of Tennessee Governor’s Chair, Biophysics Prof. Jeremy C. Smith has led research groups in France, Germany and the United States. After education at Leeds and London University in 1985 he became a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer with Nobel Laureate Martin Karplus at Harvard University. In 1989 he established a biomolecular simulation group at the Commissariat a l’Energie Atomique in Saclay, near Paris. In 1998 he became