Ihab Amin
President MENAP
Mondelēz International
FoodTech Summit 2026
Meet the industry pioneers
Discover the leaders, innovators and experts shaping the future of food and beverage manufacturing.
FoodTech Summit Keynote Speaker
Global Leaders Series Speakers
Paul Polman
Business Leader, Investor, Philanthropist
Former CEO of Unilever
Ken Goldberg
William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Professor of Engineering at UC Berkeley AI Research Steering Committee
Chief Scientist I Ambi Robotics
John Elkington
Executive Chairman | Volans
World authority on corporate responsibility and sustainable capitalism, a bestselling author and entrepreneur
Massimo Marioni
Moderator (ex-CNN & Fortune)
FoodTech Summit Speakers
H.E Khalifa Al Hajeri
CEO
Emirates Growth Fund
Abdelghany Eladib
President & General Manager IMEA
SIG
Abhijoy Dasgupta
Product Supply Director
Savola Foods Company
Alison Watson
Director – QHSE
Silal
Alix de Zelicourt
General Manager
Talabat Mart
Ananya Narayan
CEO
Hunter Foods
Anna Aletti
Regional Director Private Brand & Imports
Talabat
Dr. Arif Kalantar
Advisor to the Director General
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority (ADAFSA)
Ashvin Subramanyam
CEO International Business
Orkla India
Ashwin Nayanar
Co-founder
VOCCA
Aurelio III German
Managing Director
Sharjah Coop
Aya Assaf
Co-founder
Koala Picks
Bruce Woolner
Director
Kai Gourmet Foodstuff Supply LLC, AE
Chantal Charbel
President
Agthia Group Pjsc
Christine Assouad
Chair
CarniStore
Claire Kanj
Founder & Creator
Marsh'N'Mallow
Daniel Gomez
Managing Director
PAVIS Engineering
Dr. Dariah Lutsch
Director Global Insights Research Food & Beverages
Symrise AG
Deniz Yamanel
BEO Confectionery
Nestle
Dhruv Dhawan
Co-founder & Executive Director
Nadura* Plant Proteins (FSL)
Diaa Abulela
Technical Director Africa, Middle East & Central Asia
Symrise AG
Ebtesam AlKaabi
Senior Vice President, Sales
Jebel Ali Free Zone, A DP World Company
Fabio Campanile
Global Head of Science and Technology
Givaudan
Fabio Grilli
Managing Director, Gulf Countries
Ferrero
Ghada Abdelkader
Senior Vice President
Crescent Enterprises
Gilles Tisserand
Global Vice President Corporate Sustainability
Tetra Pak
Girish Kumar
Director, Culinary Middle East
Griffith Foods
Hesham Yehia
Acting CEO
Camelicious
Hussam Yacoub
VP Sales TMEA
Tate & Lyle
Jeffrey Beyer
Managing Director
Zest Associates
Jens Sievert
Director- International Design and Branding
Daymon
Juan Mejia
Regional Marketing Director, EAME
IFF
Karim ElFiqi
Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
PepsiCo
Karolos Travassaros
Chief Portfolio and Strategy Officer
Emirates Growth Fund
Kathy Lee Johnston
Chief Chocolate Officer
Mirzam Chocolate Makers
Khaled Kamal
Middle East Africa Enterprise Planning Director
Mars
Dr. Ki Won Um
Vice President Taste – RD&A APMEA
Kerry
Kunal Pagarani
Managing Director
Pure Food Processing Industries LLC
Laura O'Connell
Marketing Director Africa, Middle East, Central Asia
Symrise AG
Laura Pighin
Asia Oceania Africa Marketing Director
CPW (Cereal Partners Worldwide) Nestlé and General Mills
Maha Ben Slimene
Agri Food Sector Director
Australian Trade & Investment Commission (Austrade)
Mahendra M Barve
Vice President, New Product Development, Chocolates and Confectionery
ITC Food Division
Maher El-Tabchy
Founder & CEO
Tabchilli
Mahmoud Adham
Founder and CEO
10x Scaleups
Maurizio Clementi
President Taste, Texture & Health
dsm-firmenich
Milad Rouhana
Managing Director
Perfetti Van Melle
Milana Boskovic
Chief Marketing and R&D Officer
Al Ain Farms
Morten Berg Thomsen
Director, Regional Head of Ocean Contract Products, IMEA
A.P. Moller - Maersk
Muna Rahim
Founder & Creator
CrACKLES Sweets and Candies
Naema Abdallah
Strategic Regulatory Affairs Manager
Symrise AG
Nassim Merah
Director of Automation & Digital Sales Enablement
Tetra Pak
Neha Jamani Dhawan
Co-founder & Culinary Medicine Chef
Nadura* Plant Proteins (FSL)
Nichlas Olofsson
Former Board and Member Vice Chairman
Coop Trading
Dr. Nouf Al Ali
Director of Health Promotion Department
Ministry of Health & Prevention UAE
Pankaj Sajnani
Commercial Head-GCC, Grocery Food & Frozen
Choithrams
Paolo Bonsignore
Senior Managing Director
EDI - Eccellenze d'Impresa
Raghav Rao Parnandi
Pre-Sales Leader, Digital Solutions
Johnson Controls
Reinier Weerman
General Manager MENA
Flora Food Group
Renee Born
International Presenter and Moderator
Rob Weston
Founder
HSAT and CropGPT
Roger Jann
Founder and Managing Partner
Nature4Growth
Rosario Ciancimino
Vice President Global Product Mgmt
SIG Group
Sabine Sassine
International Presenter and Moderator
Sahar Razmkhah
Director, Creation & Design
IFF
Saleh Lootah
Chairman
UAE Food Cluster
Samiran Ghosh
Director - Segments, Taste, Texture & Health, IMA Region
dsm-firmenich
Sandeep Devgan
Founder & CEO
Stonefield Flavours
Seda Solmaz
CEO & Founder
Idea Atelier
Shipra Bhatt
Fractional CMO
Momentum Marketing
Shoaib Awan
SVP- Innovation Research & Development
Almoiz Industries Ltd
Shobhit Malhotra
CEO - International Business
iD Fresh Food
Sudhakar Gupta
Managing Director and Strategic Growth Partner
Angel Advisory LLC-FZ
Sudhakar Tomar
President
India Middle East Agri Alliance / BSAF
Sumit Malik
Director of R&D
Al Hatab
Viktoria Lebedeva
Head of Commercial
DHL Global Forwarding
Vivek Upreti
Vice President – Bakery, Confectionery, Meat & Speciality Ingredients
Food Specialties Limited
Walid Bakr
Head of Strategy & Business Development, MEA
Bühler Group
Yazen Al Kodmani
General Manager
Emirates Bio Farm
Youssef Hawash
Founder
Cocobites
Zeyneb Larabi
Partner, Lab Hub Studios and Global Travel Retail Director & Advisor
Lab Hub Studios / VALRHONA