Our network
All of our events are only possible because of our network of speakers, advisors, partners and attendees who continue to help develop and inform our series, ensuring that we remain the industry's most premier and relevant innovation series.
Read more about the global Undruggables Series community below
Advisory Board
The Global Advisory Board is a prestigious group of individuals with extensive experience in the animal health industry. This group is responsible for guiding the production and development of the global Animal Health Innovation Series.
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Laurent Genet
Laurent Genet joined Nutreco in 2007. He has held a variety of senior management positions in Europe and Asia related to livestock and aquaculture nutrition, health and farming.
Earlier in his career, Laurent worked internationally for the largest French feed producer. He is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Laurent also studied at both the London Business School in the UK, and Affärshögskolan in Norway from which he earned qualifications in business management.
With a key focus on innovation, Laurent has contributed to Nutreco’s overarching purpose of feeding the future in numerous ways. He spearheaded the company’s first operations in Southeast Asia for both Trouw Nutrition and Skretting, as well as introducing shrimp as a new species for Skretting. Laurent also led the creation of NuFrontiers – Nutreco’s corporate venturing arm. Latterly, he has been heavily involved in identifying and bringing forward new initiatives in the fields of digital technologies, biotechnologies and alternative proteins. With 30 years of experience in animal nutrition, health and farming gained around the world, Laurent has a very clear understanding of the need to be able to look beyond current circumstances in order to prepare for the future.

Sébastien Huron

Jean-Luc Michel
After graduating from the University of Pharmacy of Lyon with a Doctorate and from EM Lyon Business School with an MBA, Jean-Luc Michel started his career by creating his own consultancy company. He joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1991 spending 10 years developing a solid expertise in consumer healthcare and nutrition. During this period, he held a variety of senior marketing and sales management positions in France at Monsanto (Searle) and at Johnson&Johnson / Merck & Co where he was an Executive Committee member of the French subsidiary.
In 2001, Jean-Luc joined Merial, a leader in the animal health industry, where he held some key senior roles, such as EMEA Marketing Director of the Companion Animal Global Enterprise; Head of Marketing EMEA; Executive Marketing Director (Pet Business) in the US; VP, Head of Pet Vet Business Unit; and in 2016 joined the Executive Committee of Merial as Head of Global Commercial Development.
After the acquisition of Merial by Boehringer Ingelheim, Jean-Luc was appointed Head of Global Companion Animal Strategic Business Unit and became a member of the Executive Committee of the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Business Unit.

Kathy V. Turner
Ms. Turner has been Corporate Vice President of IDEXX since May 2014 and leads the Company’s Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) Companion Animal Commercial Operations. Prior to joining the Company, from 1987 to May 2014, Ms. Turner held various leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, Inc., a broad-based healthcare company that manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, medical products and diagnostics. Most recently, Ms. Turner was Divisional Vice President of European Commercial Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2011 to 2014, and prior to that, Divisional Vice President of Global Strategic Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising from Syracuse University.

Linda Rhodes
Dr. Rhodes has 28 years of accomplishments in human and animal drug discovery, development, biomedical research, and clinical veterinary medicine.
Dr. Rhodes was educated at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) and Cornell University (PhD). She has 28 years of accomplishments in human and animal drug discovery, development, biomedical research, and clinical veterinary medicine. She has an extensive background in physiology, veterinary medicine, and molecular biology. As a senior research fellow at Merck Research Laboratories for 10 years, she led pre-clinical biology evaluation of several marketed human drugs. Dr. Rhodes practiced clinical veterinary medicine for five years, with experience in both companion and farm animal practice. She worked for Merial Ltd. as director of development projects, leading project teams developing novel compounds for a variety of indications and headed new technology assessment, leading the evaluation of licensing opportunities. In April 2001, she formed AlcheraBio, a consulting, marketing, communications and contract research firm specializing in developing new drugs for animals, working with biotechnology and animal health companies, with clients in the US, European Union, Canada and Australia. AlcheraBio was acquired in 2008 by Argenta, and in 2011, Dr. Rhodes accepted a position as CEO of Aratana Therapeutics, a company developing innovative new medicines for dogs and cats, and subsequently, when the company became public (PETX) served as its Chief Scientific Officer. During her tenure, development was completed on three new pet therapeutics: two new molecules with novel mechanisms of actions were approved by the FDA, and a third drug had FDA registration completed and was approved in August, 2016. She is currently retired and an independent consultant. She is a member of the Board of Directors of ImmuCell (NASDAQ: ICCC) and the Alliance for Contraception in Dogs and Cats, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Found Animals Foundation. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate Animal Science program at Rutgers University.

Glenn David

Alan Mackay

Dave Ross

Thomas Zerzan

Laurent Genet
Laurent Genet joined Nutreco in 2007. He has held a variety of senior management positions in Europe and Asia related to livestock and aquaculture nutrition, health and farming.
Earlier in his career, Laurent worked internationally for the largest French feed producer. He is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. Laurent also studied at both the London Business School in the UK, and Affärshögskolan in Norway from which he earned qualifications in business management.
With a key focus on innovation, Laurent has contributed to Nutreco’s overarching purpose of feeding the future in numerous ways. He spearheaded the company’s first operations in Southeast Asia for both Trouw Nutrition and Skretting, as well as introducing shrimp as a new species for Skretting. Laurent also led the creation of NuFrontiers – Nutreco’s corporate venturing arm. Latterly, he has been heavily involved in identifying and bringing forward new initiatives in the fields of digital technologies, biotechnologies and alternative proteins. With 30 years of experience in animal nutrition, health and farming gained around the world, Laurent has a very clear understanding of the need to be able to look beyond current circumstances in order to prepare for the future.

Sébastien Huron

Jean-Luc Michel
After graduating from the University of Pharmacy of Lyon with a Doctorate and from EM Lyon Business School with an MBA, Jean-Luc Michel started his career by creating his own consultancy company. He joined the pharmaceutical industry in 1991 spending 10 years developing a solid expertise in consumer healthcare and nutrition. During this period, he held a variety of senior marketing and sales management positions in France at Monsanto (Searle) and at Johnson&Johnson / Merck & Co where he was an Executive Committee member of the French subsidiary.
In 2001, Jean-Luc joined Merial, a leader in the animal health industry, where he held some key senior roles, such as EMEA Marketing Director of the Companion Animal Global Enterprise; Head of Marketing EMEA; Executive Marketing Director (Pet Business) in the US; VP, Head of Pet Vet Business Unit; and in 2016 joined the Executive Committee of Merial as Head of Global Commercial Development.
After the acquisition of Merial by Boehringer Ingelheim, Jean-Luc was appointed Head of Global Companion Animal Strategic Business Unit and became a member of the Executive Committee of the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Business Unit.

Kathy V. Turner
Ms. Turner has been Corporate Vice President of IDEXX since May 2014 and leads the Company’s Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA) Companion Animal Commercial Operations. Prior to joining the Company, from 1987 to May 2014, Ms. Turner held various leadership positions at Abbott Laboratories, Inc., a broad-based healthcare company that manufactures and markets pharmaceuticals, medical products and diagnostics. Most recently, Ms. Turner was Divisional Vice President of European Commercial Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2011 to 2014, and prior to that, Divisional Vice President of Global Strategic Operations for the Diagnostics Division from 2007 to 2011. Ms. Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing and advertising from Syracuse University.

Linda Rhodes
Dr. Rhodes has 28 years of accomplishments in human and animal drug discovery, development, biomedical research, and clinical veterinary medicine.
Dr. Rhodes was educated at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (VMD) and Cornell University (PhD). She has 28 years of accomplishments in human and animal drug discovery, development, biomedical research, and clinical veterinary medicine. She has an extensive background in physiology, veterinary medicine, and molecular biology. As a senior research fellow at Merck Research Laboratories for 10 years, she led pre-clinical biology evaluation of several marketed human drugs. Dr. Rhodes practiced clinical veterinary medicine for five years, with experience in both companion and farm animal practice. She worked for Merial Ltd. as director of development projects, leading project teams developing novel compounds for a variety of indications and headed new technology assessment, leading the evaluation of licensing opportunities. In April 2001, she formed AlcheraBio, a consulting, marketing, communications and contract research firm specializing in developing new drugs for animals, working with biotechnology and animal health companies, with clients in the US, European Union, Canada and Australia. AlcheraBio was acquired in 2008 by Argenta, and in 2011, Dr. Rhodes accepted a position as CEO of Aratana Therapeutics, a company developing innovative new medicines for dogs and cats, and subsequently, when the company became public (PETX) served as its Chief Scientific Officer. During her tenure, development was completed on three new pet therapeutics: two new molecules with novel mechanisms of actions were approved by the FDA, and a third drug had FDA registration completed and was approved in August, 2016. She is currently retired and an independent consultant. She is a member of the Board of Directors of ImmuCell (NASDAQ: ICCC) and the Alliance for Contraception in Dogs and Cats, serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Found Animals Foundation. She is an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate Animal Science program at Rutgers University.

Glenn David

Alan Mackay

Dave Ross

Thomas Zerzan
Featured Speakers
Insight into the market dynamics that are having the greatest impact on an industry is what drives our business and its this understanding that allows us to identify and secure the thought leaders who have a true 'vision' to offer. This is a small sample of some of those visionaries that are helping shape the future of Undruggables.

Matthew Disney

Aubin Michalon

Behnam Nabet

Charles Lin

Eric Fischer
Eric Fischer, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School and a Principal Investigator in the Department of Cancer Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. His research focuses on understanding the complex mechanisms that underlie function and regulation of multi-component ubiquitin ligases and their role in disease. His work further focuses on new therapeutic approaches such as targeted protein degradation. He co-directs the DFCI Center for Protein Degradation and has been recognized for his pioneering work on the structure of cereblon and the mechanism of action of thalidomide.

Francois Fuks

Jane Withka

Neil Cashman

Dr Razvan Nutiu

Poulikos Poulikakos

Steve Bellon
Strategic Partners
From the market leading Biotech and Pharmaceutical Companies to the most well respected CROs, CMOs, Consultants, M&A Advisors, Private Equity, Incubators, Accelerators and Distributors, our Strategic Partners continue to play a pivotal role in how we help shape the future of Undruggables. For more information on how to become a strategic partner, please visit our Marketing Solutions page
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