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There Are Few Bright Spots for Europe’s Construction Industry

The European construction industry before the pandemic was in its seventh year of recovery. That might sound like a strong, long-lasting recovery, but average growth from 2014-19 was only slightly above 2% per year, which is rather low in a period of economic upswing, especially after the severe financial crisis that ended in 2009. As […]

Waste Management in the Time of COVID-19

The waste management space isn’t easily interrupted, even by global phenomena such as the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Adrian Peace, former Senior Vice President of Emerging Business Operations for Republic Services. In the following Q&A, he discusses current challenges to the industry, as well as what to expect from it in the coming decade. Following […]

Are Electric Vehicles on the Cusp of Mass Adoption in APAC?

With governments around the world seeking to reduce carbon emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) are seeing increased adoption. While internal combustion engines will still be with us for the foreseeable future, a sea change is likely coming when EVs will dominate the roadways. To learn about the current state of EVs in the Asia Pacific region, […]

Challenges and Opportunities in the Water Treatment Industry

From global warming to the COVID-19 pandemic, the water treatment industry faces several long- and short-term challenges — which are also creating opportunities. GLG recently explored both with Tom Stanley, formerly the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Suez Water. Following are a few select excerpts from our broader discussion. What key trends or […]

How Hydrogen Fits into European Energy Future

Europe’s demand for hydrogen as a fuel source has grown significantly since the 1970s, according to the International Energy Agency, but it has yet to be adopted in sectors where it’s arguably most needed, including energy production and transportation. To learn more about hydrogen, GLG spoke with Brendan Bilton, a member of the Parliamentary Group […]

Europe is Leading the Way in Electric Vehicle Adoption

Electric vehicles are set to see increased adoption as regulations restricting carbon dioxide emissions become standard across Europe, batteries become more efficient, and the cost of purchase falls. Because it seems like electric vehicles may have reached a tipping point, GLG conducted a video panel with Philippe Chain, former Chief Electric Vehicle Strategist at Renault […]

Robotics in Industrial Automation

Industrial robots have long been used in the automotive, electronics, and many other industries, but they are now becoming an integral part of the rapidly growing warehousing and logistics market. And with artificial intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly prevalent in these systems, we’re seeing robots that can learn from their experience and become “smarter” and more […]

Impact of COVID-19 on European Airlines and Market

[Ed Note: GLG worked with Skyscanner to update this article with new information after the webcast.] European airlines, severely affected by the virtual freeze on travel as a result of the coronavirus, started to see a pickup in activity in July. In fact, about 50% of normal demand came back, seemingly indicating a positive trend […]

Need for Speed in Advanced Industrials

Why accelerated time-to-market has become a new normal Tech and CPG companies have long understood the advantage of accelerating the time-to-market. Even as they face rapid product cycles, shifts in customer preferences, and disruptive technology innovations, speed remains a paramount concern in the battle for market share. As industrial companies push into new domains, speed […]

Sinking Oil Prices in the Time of COVID-19

When the markets opened on Monday, March 9, in Asia, oil prices crashed by more than 30% from Friday’s close of $31 a barrel. That was the lowest price since early 2016, before the OPEC-Plus alliance was founded. To get a better grasp on the oil market’s volatility and how coronavirus played a role, GLG […]

How Coronavirus Might Impact the Shipping Industry Mar 10

One of the most immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been on Chinese manufacturing, which had effectively shut down around Lunar New Year. It’s picked back up slightly since then, but that drop contributed to decreased demand for shipping around the world. To get a better picture of the global shipping industry, GLG’s Ceren […]

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.