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The Effects of COVID-19 Will Likely Further Cement Amazon’s Dominance in Retail

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon had been dominating e-commerce, controlling 49% of U.S. spending online as of 2018. Its share of U.S. retail (5%) is more modest but still staggering considering the number of legacy companies it competes with. The pandemic has set in motion the acceleration of e-commerce adoption, which will surely benefit […]

COVID-19 May Mean Opportunity for the Indian Consumer Health Industry

On June 24, India reported 15,968 new coronavirus cases, a new single-day record, according to government statistics. That brought the nationwide total of cases to 456,183. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ruled out another nationwide lockdown. What does the surge of COVID-19 cases in India mean for the country’s consumer health sector? To find […]

A Shake-Up Is Coming for Quick-Service Restaurants after COVID-19

The COVID-19 shutdown forced many companies to shutter or change the way they do business. Restaurants were especially hard-hit; shelter-in-place orders closed dining rooms and made it impossible for most to do business as usual. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) – a natural fit for takeout meals – were possibly the best suited to weather the storm. […]

Australian Travel, Tourism, and Leisure amid COVID-19

One of the challenges that Australia has always faced is people’s perceptions of our nation and of our economy. They view the Australian economy as still being strongly aligned with resources and extractives. This is partly true. Lately, we’ve seen strong growth in the value of Australia’s goods and services exports. In the 2018-19 year, […]

J.Crew Needs to Make Big Changes to Survive Post-Bankruptcy

J.Crew Group’s bankruptcy filing in early May, the first of a national retailer since widespread store closures related to the coronavirus pandemic took effect, comes after years of challenges battered the company. The parent company of the J.Crew and Madewell brands operates in a sector of the retail economy that simply isn’t what it was […]

COVID-19’s Impact on the Office Supply Market

The world of work is different right now. With so many offices closed and teams working from home, traditional demand for office supplies has taken a sharp dive. The office supply industry is already in seeming decline, and COVID-19 has accentuated this. With uncertainty in the air, the question is how permanent these changes might […]

COVID-19’s Effects on the Consumer Packaged Goods Business

In the short run, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way Americans shop. Some changes may be longer-lasting, and to find out what those might be and how they could affect the consumer packaged goods (CPG) business, GLG spoke with Kevin Ryan, Founder and CEO of Malachite Strategy and Research. His CPG experience includes serving […]

What Does COVID-19 Say about the Future of Retail Grocery?

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the retail grocery business, but Brittain Ladd believes this is just the beginning. The former director of Amazon Fresh and current consultant to Amazon and Kroger says that big changes to grocers’ business model are coming. GLG recently met with him to discuss what he sees […]

The Box Office Reaction to COVID-19

As many communities ban large public gatherings in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a cross-section of businesses may suffer. One of those is the motion picture business. In our March 13 teleconference, GLG’s James Passeri spoke with David Ownby, formerly an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Regal Entertainment Group, for his views […]

A Look at China’s Fresh Produce Retail Marketplace Amid COVID-19

Mainland China’s current fresh produce marketplace is a mix of the old and the new. The journey from traditional farm produce markets to fresh produce supermarkets to fresh produce e-commerce, the latter of which emerged in 2016-2017, hasn’t been a straight line. In fact, all three formats currently co-exist. This article is translated from Mandarin […]

Uncharted Waters: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Cruise Industry Mar 4

The cruise industry has seen immense setbacks since even before many of the passengers and crew on board the Diamond Princess became infected with COVID-19 in February. On March 8, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advised people to avoid long flights and cruises. To understand the industry’s situation better, Lotta Nygren of […]

China’s Role in Global Generic Pharmaceutical Supply Chain

To discuss the potential impact of COVID-19 on the generic pharmaceutical market, and especially the effect of quarantines and travel bans on supply chains, GLG recently met with Steven Lynn, the former Director of the Office of Manufacturing and Product Quality at the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research’s Office of […]

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.