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Opportunities for Luxury Fashion Brands in the Metaverse

In the digital world of the Metaverse, luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Balenciaga are starting to recognise the revenue opportunity as analysts anticipate the market for virtual luxury goods could reach $50 billion by 2030. Nathan Foley recently hosted a teleconference with Isabelle Aguerre, GLG Network Member and former co-founder and CEO at […]

Inflation Is Hitting British Pubs Hard

Britain’s biggest pub operators are facing strong headwinds because of soaring energy and supply chain costs and labor shortages. GLG’s Xavier Peluso recently hosted a teleconference with Paul Pavli, GLG Network Member and former Managing Director at Punch Taverns, to discuss the U.K. pub industry post-COVID-19, the new dynamics and challenges facing pub companies, and […]

How Food Technology May Help Feed the World

Everyone has to eat. But feeding the world is getting much more challenging as the population continues to grow with cultivatable land shrinking. Luckily for humanity, innovation and technology can help to mitigate the negative impact on the world’s food supply. In fact, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, software and biotech companies have effectively partnered […]

Amazon’s Emergence as an Integrated Carrier

The growth of Amazon in the logistics space has been nothing short of phenomenal. To find out where the company is headed, Alec Gustafson of GLG’s Energy and Industrials Team spoke with industry expert Dean Maciuba. Highlights of the conversation, edited for space and clarity, follow. Dean, would you please start by outlining Amazon’s current […]

Beauty in Asia Gets a Makeover

The Asia Pacific (APAC) beauty and personal care market is one of the fastest-growing and diverse markets in the world. Driven by consumer demand for products that cater to Asian-specific needs, such as halal-certified beauty products, or for environmentally friendly options, the APAC market is expected to grow to $250 billion US by 2026. As […]

Electric Power Tools and Accessories: A Global Overview

Power tools constitute a global and growing $70 billion business, to which you can typically add another $20 billion for accessories such as drill bits, saw blades, coated and bonded abrasives, and other items that are a typical part of power tool usage. The Electric Power Tools Market Before considering the outlook for the business, […]

The Outlook for Retail Drone Deliveries

The delivery of retail merchandise via drones represents a paradox. Everyone seems to agree that drone delivery will play a huge role in last-mile deliveries, largely because of its potential cost advantages. However, at present, there remain obstacles in the areas of flight concerns, consumer habits, regulation, infrastructure, and trust. The Economics of Retail Drone […]

Beauty Industry: 2022 Outlook

The global beauty market, particularly in brick-and-mortar channels, faced significant challenges in the past two years, particularly due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. But this industry is resilient and has seen a radical transformation. The sector has grown through expansion through digital channels and a shift to premium and specialty products. Globally around 25% of […]

Trends in the At-Home Fitness Market

The at-home fitness market got a shot of adrenaline from COVID-19 as the world shut down and many consumers searched for an outlet to alleviate pent-up frustration and to counteract cabin fever. Mary Figuers Stallings of GLG’s Private Equity Content Team sat down with Paul Sutter, former EVP, Digital Product and Engineering for Beachbody, to […]

Growth Potential in the Cannabis Industry

Prior to diving into details on the cannabis industry and its growth potential over the next decade, it is important to clarify exactly what I mean when I say, “cannabis industry.” In the U.S., the cannabis industry has two distinct sectors. One is industrial hemp and the other is marijuana, usually called cannabis because of […]

An Update on China’s Luxury Hotels

This article is adapted from a presentation made in Mandarin on a GLG Asia-Pacific teleconference. As a result of translation, it may not reflect some of the nuances of the original content. While accounting for only about 8% of the Chinese hotel market, the luxury segment is vibrant and growing. By way of comparison, medium- […]

UPS, FedEx, and USPS: What Delivery Company Is Faring Best This Holiday Season?

As the holidays draw closer, last-mile delivery is surely on the mind of every business that transports goods. So how are the largest companies in the space, particularly UPS and FedEx, faring after the challenges of 2020? Recent earnings calls from both companies provided some hints. “The earnings calls for both UPS and FedEx were […]

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.