OUR Team
Bettina Brinkmann
pRESIDENT
PHD in Philosophy, Media & Cultural Studies. Executive with a broad expertise in management, international business development, global product launches and media production and former head of TV at the European Broadcasting Union. Co-Founder of an OTT platform and adviser on strategic partnerships, brand management, international productions and global campaigns. On the board of SFATA (Swiss food-tech association). In the management team of two international animal-welfare projects. Advisor for SSP Operations, engaged in the field of wind-energy.
DHANESH KOTHARI
VIce-president
Serial technology entrepreneur, judge, mentor and advisor to startups at several prominent Swiss startup support programmes.
Founder of pi2Life which is a digital platform to increase the market share of impact investment and sustainable vegan, plant-based, cruelty-free, alt protein & alternatives to animal testing solutions globally across categories.
Formerly co-founder and CEO of Beyond Animal, which was the first-ever online networking and investment platforms for the Alt Protein companies.
Prior to which 20 years in corporate IT roles including Global IT Vice President at Swiss banks in Switzerland and technology consulting companies in the USA.
Ronen Bar
Co-founder
B.Sc. in Biology and Mass Communication. Chairperson of the board of directors at The Modern Agriculture Foundation, an Israeli non-profit that established a boom in clean meat innovation and former VP of Business Development at clean meat startup SuperMeat.
Daniela Kurz
Head of Marketing & Communications
Master of Business Administration. Marketing and Communications professional, passionate about promoting cell-based and plant-based animal products alternatives. Vast experience in building strategies and campaigns for businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Flavio Rump
Head of Academia and Policy Relations
Flavio Rump holds a BSc in Electrical Engineering at ETH and is currently an MSc Candidate for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics at ETH Zurich. He is an entrepreneur and angel investor and cofounded several companies, amongst them DeinDeal.ch, Switzerland’s most successful group-buying platform. He’s spent several years in Silicon Valley, advising and investing into several high growth startups and he is passionate about politics.
Tomas Turner
Coordinator for Swiss Romande
Tomas is currently finishing a Master’s in Material Science and Engineering at EPFL. An experienced leader in several student associations, Tomas is the reference point for FV in the French part of Switzerland. He is a passionate listener, loves passing time with people and currently exploring a start-up career in the development of alternative proteins.