Plant-based
Taste mastered

Seth Goldman is Co-Founder of Eat the Change™, a brand that empowers consumers to make dietary choices aligned with their concerns around climate and health. Eat the Change™ recently launched a line of organic mushroom jerky as part of this mission. Seth is also the Co-founder of PLNT Burger, Honest Tea and Chair of the board of Beyond Meat. He has been widely recognized for his entrepreneurial success and impact, including Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year in Greater Washington, the Washington DC Business Hall of Fame, Beverage Industry magazine’s Executive of the Year, Beverage World’s #1 Disruptor and Partnership for Healthier America’s CEO of the Year.

Edmond Scanlon was appointed Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer in October 2017. Edmond is a highly experienced leader in the global food and beverage industry having spent almost 20 years in senior roles across the Group. Edmond brings a strategic mindset to drive Group performance and growth as well as significant financial and operational expertise. Edmond joined Kerry’s graduate programme in Ireland in 1996. Over his career he has held leadership roles in the Group’s Flavours and Applied Health and Nutrition businesses as well as heading up the Group’s activities in China and the Asia Pacific region.

From chef and restaurateur to television personality, product developer and consultant, Spike is a force to be reckoned within the culinary world.

In 2008, Spike opened up the first restaurant in his culinary empire on Washington DC’s Capitol Hill: Good Stuff Eatery. His burger joint quickly became a favourite of political elites, including President Barack Obama. This success inspired a cookbook (The Good Stuff Cookbook) and led to multiple locations across the country and overseas. Following the opening of Good Stuff Eatery, Spike opened up We, The Pizza, Béarnaise and Santa Rosa Taqueria. Spike’s newest restaurant, PLNT Burger, is dedicated to crafting and redefining some of America’s favourite foods without the use of any animal products.

FlavorWiki is a digital market research company that is revolutionizing the way the food industry collects, analyzes and leverages consumer insights across all relevant purchase drivers. The FlavorWiki Platform combines advanced data and machine learning techniques with easy-to-use features that facilitate digital communication with consumers, colleagues and suppliers around the world.

Founded in 2017, FlavorWiki has evolved into a 30+ people organization servicing some of the world’s largest multinationals as well as the food industry’s most innovative start-ups. Today FlavorWiki, supported by a skilled team of professionals, provides the most agile and innovative digital platform for consumer understanding, product testing and digital marketing in the industry, worldwide.

Daniel is a keen digital enthusiastic working towards democratizing the world of consumer understanding and building a better purchase experience for consumers around the world.

Therese is wife to Paul and Mum to two little rays of sunshine Lily, four years old and Tom, two years old. She has a Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgrSc) in Food Science from University College Dublin (UCD) and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Therese joined Kerry’s graduate programme in 2005 and over the past fifteen years has held a number of technical, commercial and leadership roles. Eighteen months ago she took on the role of Chief Technology Officer for Kerry’s business in Europe & Russia where she leads the RD&A team to inspire food and nourish life, partnering with our customers to co-create sustainable nutrition solutions. She is a non-executive director on the board of Beaumont Hospital Foundation and GS1 Ireland.
Therese believes in keeping life simple and getting the basics right!