Session
We close out the day with a sweeping discussion between some of bioolutions biggest advocates. They will reflect on the themes that emerged throughout the day, and look towards the future of biosolutions in a shifting geopolitical context.
Anders joined Novo Holdings A/S in 2017.
Anders is Managing Partner and Head of the Planetary Health Investments team.
Prior to joining Novo Holdings, Anders was employed as VP in Xellia Pharmaceuticals heading up the Global Product Supply. Other previous employments include EVP, Global Product Supply at Leo Pharma A/S and VP Global Supply Chain at Novozymes A/S.
Anders holds a PhD in Biotechnology and a MSc in Chemical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark as well as a graduate diploma in Business Administration (International Business) from Copenhagen Business School.
George was elected to Parliament in 2010 after a 15 year career in the Cambridge cluster founding high-growth technology companies.
George has served in the last three Governments as UK Trade Envoy, the first UK Minister for Life Science, Chair of the Prime Minister’s Policy Board and Minister of State for Decarbonisation, Disconnection & Digitalisation at the Department for Transport. In 2022 he was appointed as Minister of State for Science, Technology, Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. In 2023 George was appointed as Minister of State in the newly-created Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. He previously led the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (TIGRR). As Founder of the 2020 Conservatives Group of MPs, author of Britain Beyond Brexit and Chair of the Conservative Policy Forum, Freeman is a leading Conservative voice for a New Generation of Conservative Reform, Regeneration and Renewal after the divisions of Brexit and the Covid recession.
Sofie is the Former minister of Higher Education and Research and former member of the Danish Parliament for more than 10 years. She is now an enthusiastic ambassador for biosolutions and for the industry which provides so many of the answers to how we can live sustainably in the future. Sofie is eager and impatient to get many more of the solutions to market in Europe.
Sofie is a Political Scientist by education and slso has a Masters degree in European Politics and Administration from College of Europe, Bruges.
