Alessio Ciulli
Matvey Smirnov
Nard Clabbers
José Luis Cabañero
José Luis has been active in the innovation and new technologies industry for almost 30 years, working with international corporations as Cisco, Oracle, BBVA and Unisys as EMEA and LATAM new markets and emerging sectors development business director.
Educated as a Computing Engineer at Extremadura University, he completed his tech studies with business and culinary studies at Stanford University — Executive Program – Le Cordon Bleu in Madrid — Diplôme de Cuisine – Reims Champagne- Ardennes University – Diplôme Universitaire DUGGAT – and Haas Business School Berkeley University – Venture Capital Executive Program.
Tom Littlejohns
Tom joined the Nuffield Department of Population Health in 2014 to work as an epidemiologist for UK Biobank, a large cohort of half a million participants. This role involves providing scientific review of research applications, helping scientists maximise the use of the resource as well as contributing to enhancing the dataset (i.e. grant proposals).
Tom also collaborate on several research projects in UK Biobank to explore the determinants and consequences of a range of health-outcomes, with a focus on cancer, gastrointestinal conditions, kidney stones and dementia. Before joining the department completing a PhD on ‘hormonal risk factors for late-onset dementia’ at the University of Exeter Medical School.
Nick Popovici
Nick is passionate about transforming the restaurant industry through innovative technology. In January 2016, he founded Vita Mojo, a SaaS platform for the restaurant industry. He believes that when it comes to food, everyone is different. We have different tastes, appetites, goals and DNA. Vita Mojo platform empowers customers to personalise their experience and food around their unique needs. While behind the scenes it is focused on automating human repetitive tasks via intelligent algorithms and robotics. Before Vita Mojo Nick spent 8 years in finance as a Portfolio Manager for BlackRock and most recently for Schroders.
Joel Burgess
Joel Burgess is the founder and CEO of Nutrifix - a personalised nutrition app that locates healthy meals nearby tailored to your body’s needs. Joel is on a mission to take away the stress of healthy eating by making personalised nutrition a reality and available to everyone. Nutrifix is developing the first app that combines nutritional advice with meals on the high street.