André De Barros Teixeira

Dr. Teixeira is Chief R&D and Quality Officer atGoodman Fielder, the leading food industry group in Australia and New Zealandalso with operations in the Asia-Pacific area. Formerly, he was Vice President, International R&D, with Campbell Soup Company and for many years he has consulted on projects through eemPOK, an Experiential Innovation Management company he founded in Belgium. He is also a partner at A4BS, a technology start-up based in Belgium. Previously, he was Vice President, Global Innovation and Development with Interbrew (subsequently InBev) and was with Coca-Cola for 23 years worldwide and among many positions was President for Coca-Cola Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. He is in the board of Globalpraxis in Barcelona, and previously of ProLogis, EskoArtwork and chairman of the International School of Brussels. He is a frequent guest speaker in a number of conferences worldwide and lectures in Innovation Management at business schools.