10th European Foodservice Summit
Setting a Course for a New Horizon
Speakers
David Bosshart
Switzerland
Dr. David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consumption, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. Since 2020 he has been President of the G. and A. Duttweiler Foundation.
Marcus Cload
Great Britain
One of the original founders of Strada restaurant group. The same entrepreneur team created a new concept called Côte bistro and bought a business named Bills produce store (food and foodservice). Cload has a degree in Art history and architecture.
Christian Gansch
Austria
Musician and Manager. He worked as a conductor with numerous orchestras and produced 190 CDs which gained awards. He created a coaching concept, which demonstrates the similarities between orchestras and company structures. Gansch studied piano and violin in Vienna.
Mikhail Goncharov
Russia
Founder and co-owner of the QSR brand ‘Teremok’. He is one of the leading entrepreneurs in the Russian restaurant industry. Recently Goncharov started a new concept named ‘Bitte-grill’ (meat). He received his university degree in mathematics.
Christopher C. Muller
Boston, USA
Chris Muller is a leading academic expert in the field of restaurant management. His research has focused on multi-unit organizations, development and growth, and the training of multi-unit managers and leaders. He has held positions at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, UCF’s Rosen College, Boston University, and is currently Courtesy Professor of Executive Education at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality. He is an author and has lectured around the globe.
Kjell A. Nordström
Sweden
Dr. Kjell A. Nordström is the enfant terrible of the new world of business. One of the most influential management gurus (Harvard Business Review in 2011). Kjell is a keynote speaker on all continents. Best-selling books, i.e. ‘Karaoke Capitalism’ (translated into 23 languages) and ‘Funky Business Forever’.
Jochen Pinsker
Germany
Jochen Pinsker is Senior Vice President Foodservice Europe of this leading foodservice market research company, where he has been working for nearly 20 years. NPD is the source for information on consumer purchases of commercially prepared meals, snacks & drinks. Tools: Crest, sales track & supply track.
Kevin Todd
USA
Divisional Director of Mitchells & Butlers plc. Before he has led well-known brands in the UK hospitality industry. Todd has an International MBA from Nottingham Business School and is an Alumni of Harvard Business school where he studied the Advanced Management programme.
Marije Vogelzang
Netherlands
A pioneering eating designer, Marije Vogelzang develops new concepts, creates art installations and curates exhibitions. Since 2014, she has led the Food Non Food department at the Design Academy Eindhoven. In 2016, she founded The Dutch Institute of Food&Design. Her projects have sparked discussion across the globe.
Norbert Walter
Germany
Former chief economist, Deutsche Bank, and member of the "Committee of Wise Men" on regulation of European security markets. Director at Kiel Institute for World Economics before joining Deutsche Bank, where he also headed up the Think Tank DB Research. Norbert Walter founded Walter & Töchter Consult at the end of 2009.
Gretel Weiss
Germany
Gretel Weiss is co-founder and publisher of the two leading trade magazines – food-service (since 1982) and foodservice Europe & Middle East (since 1998). She is a recognized expert with insider knowledge of the chain-restaurant industry. Her background is farming, university degrees in Nutritional Science and Economics.
James Woodbridge
Responsible for the strategic positioning of Germany and Western Division Europe in the market and the development of innovative concepts. Woodbridge also worked for McDonald’s New Zealand and Hungary.
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