The Pandemic Has Accelerated Downward Trends in Higher Education

Colleges and universities will face a challenging fall semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have already decided to introduce a hybrid system in which around half of their students will be allowed on campus but must take all their classes online from their dorm rooms. Other students will remain at home. The pandemic is […]

Higher Education in a Post-Pandemic World

COVID-19 has hit colleges and universities hard. To keep students and faculty safe, campuses had to transition to remote learning almost overnight, a situation that persists as we make our way through this pandemic. And now, with a major recession looming, these institutions are grappling with unexpected financial challenges. How might this play out? GLG […]

How Might COVID-19 Impact Apple’s Supply Chain

GLG sat down with Jay Goldberg to discuss his insight into how COVID-19 might impact Apple’s supply chain. Jay is the founder of D2D Advisory, a consulting firm that helps clients achieve their long-term strategic financial goals. He has held senior strategy and corporate development roles with Qualcomm and Peregrine Semiconductor. Previously, Jay was a […]

Hedge Funds and AI: A Quick Look

Hedge Funds and AI: A Quick Look This post is the third in a series about the impact of artificial intelligence in various industries. For each, we asked a GLG Network Member to share insight from their unique perspective. Here, Jean Lehmann, CEO of Cyber Capital HQ, writes about how AI is impacting hedge funds. […]

The State of AI in the Workplace eBook

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming technology —and with it, the workplace. How will that revolution shape the future business, and will it be good for workers, innovation, and growth? To get a clearer sense of the changes already underway, GLG conducted a survey in September – November 2019 of senior executives across three key sectors: […]

AI Converges on Life Science

How Will It Help Medical Professionals of the Future? This post is the first in a series about the impact of Artificial Intelligence is having in our world. For each, we asked a GLG Network Member to share insight from their unique perspective. Here, Matthew Lungren, MD MPH, Associate Director of the Stanford Center for […]

AI Impacts the Contact Center

This post is the second in a series about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on various industries. For each, we asked a GLG Network Member to share insight from their unique perspective. Here, Scott Sachs, President SJS Solutions, LLC, writes about the how AI is changing the way the contact center operates. Today’s call centers […]

The AI-Powered Car

Before autonomous cars become the norm on American freeways, many cars will incorporate aspects of AI to keep drivers and passengers safe. Roberto Sicconi, Co-Founder and CTO of Telelingo and former Program Director of IBM’s Watson team, discusses AI software that learns drivers’ behaviors to keep their attention on the road. About Roberto Sicconi Roberto […]

How AI’s Learn to Listen

The next phase of speech recognition (SR) technology is all about context, says John Burkey, a former Apple and Siri developer. The latest generation of AI-enabled SR technology goes beyond simply hearing and processing language. It takes into account things like the speaker’s location, history, and interests, allowing for more intelligent, nuanced conversations. Burkey explains […]

How Technology has Empowered Navy SEALs

Scott Moore saw many advancements in military technology in his 30 year career as a Navy SEAL – none as revolutionary, perhaps, as the use of drones for special operations. While controversial, drones provide a measureable strategic advantage for gathering intelligence, which allows military units on the ground to make better tactical decisions. As the […]

AI for the CFO

AI can help businesses better optimize their working capital, according to Winnie Cheng, Co-Founder and CTO of Flowcast, a platform that enables funders to efficiently inject liquidity at every stage of their company’s supply chain. Cheng argues that machine learning’s ability to examine big data at micro levels is revolutionizing the way CFOs understand performance […]

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.