Global Annual Summit

Ingmar Hoerr, PhD, MBA, Co-Founder / Chairman of the Supervisory Board founded the biopharmaceutical company CureVac in the year 2000 in Tuebingen. His entrepreneurship was motivated by a surprising discovery during his doctoral research. Experiments conducted for his research showed that the mRNA molecule class can be injected into tissue directly and is capable of expressing genes into proteins effectively as well as generating a strong specific immune response, contrary to what had previously been believed. From this key discovery, in his role as CEO he built up a company that was the first ever to treat a human subject with an mRNA drug and that is now a leading biopharmaceutical company. Since its inception, CureVac has received approximately $420 million (€400 million) in equity investments. Ingmar Hoerr received his PhD from the University of Tübingen and his MBA from Danube University, Krems, Austria. He currently advises the European Commission as member of the EIC Advisory Board and is juror of the founder prize Weconomy. Since March, he serves on the „Founding Board of Agency of Disruptive Innovations“.

Camilla Fayed is the originator and founder of Farmacy. Having always been passionate about healthy eating and conscious living, Camilla began her journey into the world of plant-based living after the birth of her first child. Having immediately experienced the powerful healing benefits of a plant-based lifestyle herself, following extensive research and travels, Camilla was inspired to create Farmacy; a place where she could share her philosophy on nutrition and help bring the conscious eating revolution to London. Camilla’s aim with Farmacy, was to make healthy eating fun, in a beautiful setting. Since its launch in April 2016, the flagship Notting Hill restaurant and bar, has become renowned for its innovative and delicious organic dishes, as well as it’s exciting array of choice plant-based comfort foods. Labelled as the ‘friendly face’ of plant-based eating in London - Farmacy champions the notion that ‘food is medicine’ and supports both local farming and sustainability. Under Camilla’s direction, the Farmacy team work hard to constantly experiment and evolve. Along with the regular introduction of new seasonal dishes and superfood ingredients to the menu, last summer, Camilla and her executive chef team created London’s first 100% plant-based, CBD themed afternoon tea offering - an instant success. This January, Camilla launched her first, semi-permanent, Farmacy pop-up shot bar, at Selfridges, as part of their #EatHappy campaign. Camilla has spoken at several conscious living related events and debates and last November acted as the UK’s plant-based spokesperson on BBC Worldwide, as part of a debate dedicated to World Vegan Day. Passionate and committed to biodynamic farming and permaculture, in May 2017 Camilla, launched the ‘Farmacy Kitchen Garden’ - a biodynamic plot of land in Kent, previously dedicated to growing food for just her family that she expanded to become the restaurant’s dedicated local supplier. The produce from the garden is delivered weekly to the restaurant in an electric van. Following the release of the Farmacy Kitchen cookbook this Summer, Camilla is keen to open several other Farmacy restaurant sites across London and expand the brand worldwide.

Rose Damen is a Non-Executive Director and a shareholder at the family-owned Damen Shipyards Group. The group is the world leader in specialist shipbuilding including superyachts as well as advanced naval ships, high-speed craft for coast guards, and complex offshore construction vessels. The group comprises 50 companies in 28 countries, including 35 shipyards, and with 12,000 employees. Damen delivers over 200 ships annually. In 1927 the Damen brothers founded their first shipyard in the Netherlands. Part of the third generation of Damen family ownerships, Rose heads Damen’s yachting division – which includes Amels, Damen Yacht Support and SeaXplorer. Damen owns the largest superyacht facility in the Netherlands and is world-renowned for the very highest quality superyachts above 50 metres in length. The yard has delivered more than 60 Amels superyachts, including its Limited Editions range up to 83 metres in length, and also operates a busy Refit division. Before joining Damen Shipyards full-time in 2014, Rose earned an MBA from INSEAD, with a focus on entrepreneurial management. This followed five years’ experience in fund management at Intrinsic Value Investors (IVI), a London-based institutional investor. Before joining IVI, Rose worked for a non-governmental organisation in Sri Lanka, and completed an internship at ABN AMRO Jakarta. Besides living and working in Asia, Rose also has Asian family roots. Rose holds a degree from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and has also passed all three CFA exams. She is a founding trustee of the Dutch Masters Foundation and a member of the development board of the National Maritime Museum in Amsterdam. Rose enjoys outdoor sports and has sailed around the world. Together with her sister Annelies Damen, Rose was winner of the 2017 Enterprising Women of the Year Award for the category over $100 million in annual revenues.

Dr Joshua Ellul was appointed as the first Chairman of the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, an authority of the first of its kind aiming to instil higher levels of assurances into innovative technology arrangements such as Blockchain and Smart Contracts. He is also the Director of the Centre for Distributed Ledger Technologies at the University of Malta, which has launched a unique multi-disciplinary taught Masters in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. His research interests include Blockchain, DLTs, Smart Contracts and Virtual Machines and their integration with the Internet of Things.