Combating Retail Shrinkage and Theft

The battle against shrinkage, when a store has fewer items in stock than its recorded inventory, is an ongoing struggle in the retail sector, and its complexities are evolving alongside the industry itself. To better understand the challenges retailers face in combating theft and shrinkage, GLG’s Sidharth Satpathy sat down with seasoned industry expert, Steve […]

Revitalizing Hong Kong’s Status as the Crown Jewel of Luxury Retail in the Next Normal

Once a beacon of luxury shopping, Hong Kong has seen a significant shift in its retail landscape fueled by overall weak demand — with high-end malls seeing drops in occupancy and renowned international brands readjusting their presence. How have brand owners and key real estate players been adapting to and revitalizing Hong Kong’s next normal […]

What Is the Future for Alternative Meats?

Alternative meat products burst on the scene with the possibility to change the way humans think about beef, chicken, and pork. The market for alternative meats saw a slowdown recently, but that doesn’t mean the promise of these plant-based products has gone away. To uncover uncommon insights into the industry, GLG’s Sam Stopps hosted a […]

Inside India’s Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry

India’s middle class is booming, and consumer spending is driving the country’s fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry to new heights. Despite high inflation and rising crude oil and fuel prices, several positive trends are emerging in India’s consumer behaviors. That means several opportunities exist for FMCG companies to tap into exponential growth. But finding the […]

Can Physical Retail Stores Remain Relevant?

Even before COVID-19 dealt a serious blow to brick-and-mortar retail, the space was already struggling as shoppers moved their habits online. The pandemic only accelerated that, with some categories bearing a larger share of the damage. To find out more about the state of physical vs. online stores, GLG’s Sidharth Satpathy hosted a teleconference with […]

A Look at Southeast Asia’s Death Care Industry

The end comes for us all, but funerary services are different the world over. The customers and traditions of one region are often not a good fit for another. To take a deeper look into the funeral industry in Southeast Asia, GLG’s Justin Chan hosted a teleconference with Hung Chye Hoo, the CEO of Singapore […]

Growth of the Indian Pet Care Space

Eddie Izzard, the British actor and comedian, once said, “Cats have a scam going — you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that’s the deal.” According to GLG Network Member Nitin Kulkarni, former director of corporate affairs at Mars Inc., an increasing number of Indian households are discovering the truth in […]

Moving the ESG Needle within Multinationals

If you plug the term “ESG” into Google Trends, you’ll see search interest in it started to rise significantly in January 2022. While you can likely credit this to the impact of COVID-19, social justice movements, a looming economic crisis, and/or a rising concern for the environment, ESG is clearly our future. To get a […]

Survey | Hotel Operators: COVID Impact and Recovery

When the pandemic hit, the world as we knew it essentially shut down. Lockdown orders kept us in our homes, and for most of us, travel was confined largely to a walk to the corner store. A holiday excursion was not only inconceivable; it was impossible. With travel so severely curtailed, the hospitality industry was […]

Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.