Understanding the Hydrogen Value Chain

The global hydrogen market is experiencing significant change, as green carbon is introduced to a market long dominated by high-carbon hydrogen for industrial applications. Predictions for green hydrogen growth are astronomical. Just how much growth depends on whom you ask. I believe there’s not going to be as much growth as others have predicted, but […]

Auto Body Repainting Market and the Challenge of Anti-Collision Technology

The safety improvements implemented by automobile manufacturers seem to be working to help drivers avoid collisions. For the last couple of decades, car accidents have been on the decline. This has had an impact on another business, the repair and repainting of damaged automobiles, which is seeing increasingly less work. Labor and materials remain costly, […]

What Happens if Russian Gas Stops Flowing?

Despite Europe’s talk of weaning itself from Russian energy, many European countries probably can’t do it anytime soon. The prospects for replacing Russian energy with greener solutions is far off. Russia likely wants to keep its gas flowing to Europe because it depends on European sales. That said, the situation in Ukraine is volatile. It’s […]

The Outlook for Australia’s Oil and Gas Industry

A look at Australia’s fossil-fuel industry should be put in a global context, and in viewing the oil and gas industry globally, it’s worthwhile to draw parallels to a theory about human motivation developed by American psychologist Abraham Maslow in 1942. The Hierarchy of Needs Known as the hierarchy of needs, Maslow saw motivation as […]

Impact of Russia/Ukraine on the Window Casing Industry

The Russian-Ukraine war has struck a blow to Profine, a leading German manufacturer of window profiles — the casings surrounding new windows and doors — made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). In Europe, about 75 million profiles each year are sold to homebuilders and to home renovators, with annual market growth between 3% and 5% over […]

The Impact of Russia-Ukraine on the Closures Industry

The business of making bottle caps and other closures for alcoholic beverages is a corner of the manufacturing world that few people notice. But a confluence of events sparked by the Russia-Ukraine war has brought attention to this specialized business and to one of its major players, Guala Closures, a multinational corporation headquartered in Milan, […]

The Largest Barrier to Hydrogen May Be Transporting It

Hydrogen, a feedstock for many industrial processes, will enable the green energy transition due to its capability for “sector coupling.” But while hydrogen supplies may be plentiful, much of the challenges in incorporating this more sustainable fuel into the world’s supply will be in transporting it. In specific regions of the world, costs of hydrogen […]

Steel Market: The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will impact the global steel market, particularly in Central Europe. Both countries export steel and other metallurgical products. While China accounted for more than half (53%) of the world’s steel production in 2021, Russia and Ukraine produced 5%, or 97 million tons of steel. Because of the war in Ukraine, the […]

European Recycling Braces for Massive Changes

Recycling in the European Union is about to get interesting, and David Attenborough, the iconic BBC documentarian, may bear some responsibility for what’s happening. In 2017, Attenborough narrated the film Blue Planet II, which warned about the problem of plastic in the oceans. The story became a catalyst for the EU to draft its single-use […]

Why India’s EV Evolution May Happen Soon

On average, between 18 million and 20 million two-wheel vehicles are sold in India every year (ignoring COVID years). What people tend to ignore is that out of these vehicles, roughly 25% to 30% are scooters and the rest are motorcycles. This poses a challenge for India’s shift to electric vehicles, as there has been […]

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 […]

Electric Vehicles Quick Look: Policy and Regulations

The timeline of the electric vehicle (EV) stretches back further than you might expect. The first commercially viable electric car was created in 1884 by Thomas Parker, known as “the Edison of Europe.” Parker was ahead of his time, seeking to find a vehicle that could be powered by something cleaner than coal, oil, or […]

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.