AI as Your New Investment Partner

As AI transforms investment strategies and the role of asset managers, leaders across the financial services industry are uncovering new ways to capture opportunities at speed. Yet as automated agents take on more tasks (including monitoring, rebalancing, and reporting), questions around oversight and accountability are growing.   To explore what’s next, GLG brought together three leading […]

Federal Guidelines Reshape U.S. Data Center Expansion

A recent GLG webcast delved into the evolving landscape of data center expansion in the United States, focusing on the influence of recent federal guidelines. The discussion, led by Dr. Terry Cook, a seasoned expert in technology and global semiconductor supply chains, outlined how federal initiatives could accelerate data center development. With an emphasis on […]

Data Center Evolution: Unlocking the Next Era of Compute

The demand for data centers has skyrocketed in the past two years as companies race to build out infrastructure for bigger Generative AI workloads. With no end in sight for demand growth, investors are already running into sobering constraints on the supply side, including data center capacity, the finite availability of energy, and the limits […]

eBook | Finding Your Place in an AI-Driven Future

Unlocking the Potential of AI in Your Business AI is everywhere, and leaders are increasingly tasked with responding to its demands. However, at the start of any industry movement, gaps must be identified to avoid wasting time and resources. This brings up the critical question: How can you translate the AI hype into actionable insights for […]

DeepSeek – Impact on the AI Market

As companies around the world race to keep up with the latest developments in AI, Chinese firm DeepSeek jolted the space on January 23 when it debuted its “R1” large language model (LLM), sending reverberations across markets. To understand the wide-ranging impact of DeepSeek-R1’s launch, GLG’s Evan Moore sat down with industry veteran William Fong, […]

eBook | Inside the Semiconductor Industry: Key Trends and Expert Insights

The semiconductor industry faces a transformative era driven by hyperscale data centers demanding higher performance, AI workloads expanding across diverse devices, and the burgeoning need for edge computing capabilities. A recent GLG survey helped us outline trends shaping semiconductor design and fabrication, catering to the evolving demands of device and equipment manufacturers.  As a result, […]

Digital Health Platforms Buy and Build

The concept of connected care has created integrated platforms that house software-based products, offerings and services related to healthcare. The aim is to keep people healthy through predictive diagnoses, to optimise the delivery of patient care through offerings that show a clear benefit, and to respond to growing demands for cost saving solutions. So what […]

ERP Software Industry Outlook

Amid rapid technological evolution, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) industry is grappling with new challenges and opportunities. To better understand the current state of the ERP software industry and how AI and other trends are impacting ERP providers, GLG’s Yining Su interviewed industry expert Dr. Wolfgang Faisst, co-founder and CEO at ValueWorks.ai and Senior Advisor […]

Navigating the Landscape of Generative AI: A GLG Survey Reveals Enthusiasm, Concerns, and Areas of Focus

In recent years, the advent of generative AI tools have sparked considerable excitement across various industries. Businesses are increasingly recognizing the potential of large language models (LLMs), image-generation tools, and related technologies to revolutionize their operations. However, concerns about potential risks have emerged alongside this enthusiasm. A recent GLG survey shed light on the attitudes […]

Apple Vision Pro — Can It Fuel the Traction of Mixed Reality?

The world has been abuzz with excitement and anticipation since Apple announced the impending launch of its new “spatial computing” device, Vision Pro, especially given the tech giant’s record of accomplishment in delivering disruptive innovations. Priced at a whopping $3,500, the Vision Pro serves to target a niche consumer demographic in its initial release and […]

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.