Voices of Change: Meet the Trailblazing Speakers of IIEX Europe 2026
Featured Speakers
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Stephanie Rabbe
Senior Incubation Manager
Miele & Cie. KG
Session: Miele: From Say–Do Gap to Behavioural Consumer Centricity
Daniel Putsche
Founder & CEO
Horizon
Session: Miele: From Say–Do Gap to Behavioural Consumer Centricity
Dorota Wyrwińska-Piskorska
Senior Consultant
Zymetria
Session: Fears Around AI Disinformation Studied Through AI
Claudia Natasia
Co-founder & CEO
Riley
Session: The Next Billion-Dollar Decisions Will Be Discovered by Machines — and Debated by Humans
Israel Ogunseye
Payments Expansion Manager
PawaTech
Session: Qual Meets Behavioral: Unlocking Fintech in Africa
Monika Karamchandani
Group Leader - Consumer Science - Chocolate, AMEA
MONDELEZ
Session: Gamification in Research: 20 Projective Techniques in 20 Min
Konrad Siwiński
Senior Partner | Team Leader
Minds & Roses
Session: The Smartflation Generation: Always Get What They Want?
Safak Tan
Global CMI Manager
Unilever
Session: How UFS Built Foodservice’s Most Influential Insight Engine
Marjolein van Ballegooij
CEO
Conversation Studio
Session: From Fitting Room Friction to North Star Vision
Cara Wee
Associate Director, Travel Lead
SKIM
Session: A Research Blueprint for Complex Multi-Step Digital Journeys
Andrew Le Breuilly
Chief Product Officer
Purify Intelligence
Session: When Numbers Start Talking: Conversing with Your Quant Data
Adrian Terron
Head, Corporate Brand and Marketing Strategy
TATA SONS
Session: Invincible Loyalty: Human Engagement Fuels Exponential Growth
Sarah Askew
Head of Brand and Innovation
STRAT7
Session: Building the Future of Insight: A Human-First Perspective
Luke Hand
Insight Director
Mail Metro Media
Session: Building the Future of Insight: A Human-First Perspective
Mia Christophers
Director
Brand Genetics
Session: How an AI 'Dream Team' Can Tackle Your Toughest Problems
Petra Langen
Managing Director
The Lifesights Company GmbH
Session: AI Tasting Spoon - AI Finds Patterns. Humans Find Meaning.
Elvan Arslan Bayhan
Global Consumer & Market Insights Lead
Weleda
Session: Transforming a Century Old Purpose Brand for Next Generation
Andreas Nordfors
Managing Director - Marketing Acceleration
Nepa Sweden AB
Session: Unlocking TikTok Creative Performance for Wolt with AI
Kati LaBeaume
Director, Insights & Planning, Product
Oura
Session: The Human Context Layer: How Insight Communities Power AI-Ready Innovation
Olga Shaeva
Head of research
Algorithm Trend Intelligence
Session: Proof of Partner: Who’s Really in the Pilot Seat?
Ruchi Aul
Founder & Director
Knowmera
Session: Sustainability by Design: The New Edge in Insight Leadership
Agnieszka Śpionek
Principal
Mastercard
Session: The Smartflation Generation: Always Get What They Want?
Ewald Schrap
Senior Director Advanced Technology
Voyager Technology
Session: Signal Before Stats In the AI Pressure Cooker
Punit Mittal
Head, Customer Centricity
TATA SONS
Session: Invincible Loyalty: Human Engagement Fuels Exponential Growth
Rosa Halford
Global Insights Manager
Asahi Europe & International Ltd
Session: Asahi Super Dry: A Breakthrough Play in Women’s Rugby
Patrick Mönkemöller
Market Research Manager
Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG
Session: AI Tasting Spoon - AI Finds Patterns. Humans Find Meaning.
Anna Erlandsson
Head of Measurement, Nordics & Central Europe
TikTok
Session: Unlocking TikTok Creative Performance for Wolt with AI
Nikolay Khlopov
Head of Trends & Insights
Algorithm Trend Intelligence
Session: Proof of Partner: Who’s Really in the Pilot Seat?
Fergus Navaratnam-Blair
Vice President, Trends and Futures
National Research Group
Session: Using Generative AI to Decode the Evolution of Childhood
Alan Miyazaki
Senior Data Analyst, Data Sciences
National Research Group
Session: Using Generative AI to Decode the Evolution of Childhood
Alice Martin
Foresight & Segmentation Manager
Air France KLM
Session: A Research Blueprint for Complex Multi-Step Digital Journeys
Saskia van Spierenburg
Digital & E-commerce Strategist
Hunkemöller
Session: From Fitting Room Friction to North Star Vision
Sam Chesson
Senior Client Success Manager
Enlyta Insights
Session: Demo: Stop Scrolling Through Dashboards – Just Ask AI
Guillaume Aimetti
Co-founder
Inspirient
Session: Demo: From Quant Data to Story Slides with AI, Trust, But Verify, Fact-Checking AI-Driven Quant Analysis
Mark Barraud
Marketing Transformation Lead
JAB Pet Services
Session: Trust, But Verify, Fact-Checking AI-Driven Quant Analysis
Thomas Zoëga Ramsøy
CEO & Founder
Neurons
Session: Front-Loading Insights with AI: Predict, Optimize, and Visualize Before Launch
Fabian Gruss
Go-To-Market Lead Germany
Numerator Germany
Session: Beyond Bots & Bias: How Surveys Become More Human Again
Luca Salehi
Sales Director Germany
Numerator Germany
Session: Beyond Bots & Bias: How Surveys Become More Human Again
Sui Lai Kang
Senior Director, Head of Cultural Analytics
Space Doctors
Session: The Other Influencer Strategy: Scaling Cultural Influence
Tamanna Dhamija
Co-founder & CEO
Convotrack
Session: How Video Intelligence Uncovered Hidden Category Truths
Sabine Sassine-Matthys
Marketing Director Innovation & Insights
Weleda
Session: Transforming a Century Old Purpose Brand for Next Generation
Miriam Schwarz
Senior Innovation Insights Specialist
Nestle
Session: Keeping the Human Spark in Early Stage Innovation
Jenny Lindsay
Senior Director, Global Growth (Europe)
buzzback
Session: Keeping the Human Spark in Early Stage Innovation
Tiphany Yokas
Insights and Analytics Director, Confectionery & Innovation MEU
Mondelez
Session: Keeping the Human Spark in Early Stage Innovation
Christina Costa-Connolly
Regional Director, Europe
Infotools
Session: From Silos to Synergy: Shell's Journey to a 360° Customer View
Izabela Klein
Shell Global Brand Tracking Manager
Shell
Session: From Silos to Synergy: Shell's Journey to a 360° Customer View
Cathal Gillen
Co-Founder and Head of Strategy
Distinctive BAT
Session: Standing out on Shelf: How DBAs Drive Equity & Sales
Clara Kelleher
Global Head of Communications
William Grant & Sons
Session: Standing out on Shelf: How DBAs Drive Equity & Sales
Neal Game
Senior Director
M+C Saatchi Consulting
Session: Horseracing Reimagined: From Insight to Action
Dan O'Sullivan
Head of Programme Delivery
British Horseracing Authority
Session: Horseracing Reimagined: From Insight to Action
Cristiana Caldarelli
Regional Consumer Intelligence Lead
IFF
Session: Always-On Engine: Powering Beverage Innovation
Tim Spencer
Chief Data Officer
M+C Saatchi Consulting
Session: Horseracing Reimagined: From Insight to Action
Noleen Cochran
Group Marketing Strategy Manager
Stage Entertainment
Session: How Research Fuels Creativity and World-Class Musicals
Risham Nadeem
Innovation Director
C Space
Session: Keeping It Real: How Synthetic Humans Can Help Us Stay Human
Anh-Thi Mai
Consumer’s Voice Expert
Euroconsumers
Session: Demo: Deep Idea Validation at Speed Across Markets
Robin Queripel
Global Senior Insight Manager
Sage
Session: Keeping It Real: How Synthetic Humans Can Help Us Stay Human
Jane Reynolds
Customer Success Manager
Stravito
Session: Why Good Data Still Fails to Shape Decisions – and How Givaudan Fixed It
Laurence Minisini
Senior Consumer & Market Insights Mngr, Taste & Wellbeing CSI
Givaudan
Session: Why Good Data Still Fails to Shape Decisions – and How Givaudan Fixed It
Alex Dobromir
Product Manager
Product Hub by MMR
Session: The Foundation That Makes AI Safe and Insights Fast
Michiel Van Boxelaere
Business Insight Manager
Brussels Airport
Session: From Snapshots to Full Passenger Stories at BRU
Feranmi Muraina
Digital & Communities Insights Lead
The Magnum Ice Cream Company
Session: Good Enough: The AI Research Standard Nobody Wants to Admit
Anna-Maria Moira
Global Performance Marketing Head
Wolt
Session: Unlocking TikTok Creative Performance for Wolt with AI
Stephanie Douglass
VP, Growth
Quest Mindshare
Session: Signal vs Noise: Market Research as the Conscience of AI
Adrien Louis Weinert
Head of AI Research
Firefish
Session: AI in Research: The False Confidence Problem
Anne-Claire Pierron
CMI Lead Global Dove Masterbrand
Unilever Dove
Session: AI in Research: The False Confidence Problem
Patrick Young
Managing Director, UK
PRS IN VIVO
Session: Right-First-Time: The Case for In-Person Research
Johannes Hartmann
Director Consultancy & Analytics
Innova Market Insights
Session: Demo: Don't Outsource Your Thinking
Daniel Parker-Smith
Creative Director & Founder
EXPLNERS
Session: What Does “Bringing Insight To Life” Really Look Like?
Veronica Bianchini
Sr. Strategic Customer Success Manager, Discuss
Discuss
Session: Closing the Distance: How Haleon Wired Consumer Closeness Into the Way They Work.
Petra Jelic-Masterton
Global Insights, Personal Healthcare
Haleon
Session: Closing the Distance: How Haleon Wired Consumer Closeness Into the Way They Work.
William Rowntree
Client Success Director
SMG
Session: Demo: How Pentland Builds Better Products with Communities
Niamh McCarthy
Senior Insights Manager
Pentland Brands
Session: Demo: How Pentland Builds Better Products with Communities
Carolina Toussaint
Consumer and Market Insights Assistant Manager
Unilever
Session: AI-Led "Design Thinking" For Product Innovation
Suprio Banerjee
Global CI HC Innovation Lead
Unilever
Session: How an AI 'Dream Team' Can Tackle Your Toughest Problems
Emilie Faget
Key Accounts Lead
Appinio GmbH
Session: Demo: How to Get Real Insights Out of Your Synthetic Personas
Cyril Croutelle
Key Accounts Lead
Appinio GmbH
Session: Demo: How to Get Real Insights Out of Your Synthetic Personas
Dave Harrison
Group Head of Commercial Analytics
Nomad Foods
Session: Innovation Success Rates Suck. I Bet Yours Does Too.
Mujde Bulut
Global Head of Strategy, Insights & Analytics (SIA) – Performance Hub
Danone
Session: Consumers Aren’t Lying… Surveys Just Can’t Tell the Truth
Athena Chen
Associate Director, Cultural Strategy
STRAT7
Session: Building the Future of Insight: A Human-First Perspective
Rainier van Rietschoten
Co-Founder / CCO
Veylinx
Session: Innovation Success Rates Suck. I Bet Yours Does Too.
Karen Lynch
Head of Content
Greenbook
Session: 2026 Insight Innovation Competition, 2026 Insight Innovation Competition: Presentation of Awards, Welcome Remarks, Backing the Next Breakthrough in Insights, How to Translate Consumer Insights Into Business Solutions
Elisabeth Schinke
Sr. Client Development Manager
quantilope
Session: Measuring What Matters: Savencia’s Strategy for Brand Tracking Using Mental Availability Insights
Frank Hofmann
Sr. Consumer Insights Manager
Savencia
Session: Measuring What Matters: Savencia’s Strategy for Brand Tracking Using Mental Availability Insights
Paul van Gendt
Co-Founder and COO
i-Genie.ai
Session: Consumers Aren’t Lying… Surveys Just Can’t Tell the Truth
Caspar Overgaauw
Senior Account Director
Dynata
Session: Synthetic Data: Threat, Hype, or the Future of Insights?
Alice Barker
Global Commercial Director - Qualitative Solutions
MMR Research
Session: Seeing the Unseen: Rewriting the Rules of Product Experience
Nelly Mamyan
Co-founder, Client Success
Yasna AI
Session: Demo: Deep Idea Validation at Speed Across Markets
Joseph Rini
Senior Director of Product Management
Market Logic Software
Session: How Philips Accelerates Consumer-Centric Innovation with AI
Sehnaz Arasan
Consumer Insights AI Platform Manager
Philips
Session: How Philips Accelerates Consumer-Centric Innovation with AI
Gabriela Carazato
General Manager France & Benelux
Bolt Insight
Session: GLP-1 Consumer Shift: Friesland Campina & Bolt Insight
Jelle Rhebergen
CMI Manager Europe
FrieslandCampina
Session: GLP-1 Consumer Shift: Friesland Campina & Bolt Insight
Astrid Valentin
Global Social Platform Manager
Nivea
Session: Demo: Research at Market Speed: From Insights to Action
Indra Mauer
Senior Customer Success Manager
Brainsuite.ai
Session: Demo: Research at Market Speed: From Insights to Action
Wim Hamaekers
Co-founder
One Inch Whale
Session: AI, Color Science, Human Insight: Cracking Bose’s Color Code
Uyen Chand
Consumer Research Specialist
Bose
Session: AI, Color Science, Human Insight: Cracking Bose’s Color Code
Yola Khoreva
Senior CMI Manager
LSI B.V. (Jack Link's)
Session: How to Translate Consumer Insights Into Business Solutions
Nadine van Rooyen
Senior Effectiveness Management
WEX Inc
Session: From Insights to Impact: Rethinking What Success Looks Like
Jamie Fulham
Senior Consumer Planner, Portfolio & Market Effectiveness, DACH
Diageo
Session: Demo: How Diageo is Meeting the Growing Demand for Insights
Kathryn James
User Experience Research Manager
Flutter UK&I
Session: Scaling Insights Cross-Functionally: AI Research Playbook
Graham Tomlinson
Head of Product - Sports Discovery
Flutter UK&I
Session: Scaling Insights Cross-Functionally: AI Research Playbook
Lexi Breitz
Director of Research & Customer Insight
Headway
Session: Touching Grass at Scale: How AI-Moderated Research Put the Voice of the User in Every Room
Andrea Gonçalves da Silva
Senior People & Trends Insights Manager
Philips
Session: How Philips Accelerates Consumer-Centric Innovation with AI
Gareth Lewis
Joint Managing Director
Space Doctors
Session: The Other Influencer Strategy: Scaling Cultural Influence
Summer Bell
Senior Director Commerical & Shopper Insights
The Coca Cola Company
Session: Why Watching Beats Asking: What Coca-Cola Learned About Innovation
Amishi Takalkar
CEO and Co-Owner
NAILBITER
Session: Why Watching Beats Asking: What Coca-Cola Learned About Innovation
Irina Ene
Customer Insights Marketing Manager
WEX Inc
Session: From Insights to Impact: Rethinking What Success Looks Like
Katie O'Connor
SVP, Key Accounts
Behaviorally
Session: Bringing AI-Powered Pack Testing into a Global Brand
Cesar Lastra
Insights, Strategy and Innovation Consultant
Royal Canin
Session: Bringing AI-Powered Pack Testing into a Global Brand
Stefan Bardega
Global Head of Performance Marketing
IDX
Session: Backing the Next Breakthrough in Insights
Maxime Rumml
Consumer Insight Manager
Pernod Ricard
Session: Bringing AI-Powered Pack Testing into a Global Brand
Charlotte Kiddle
Chief Research and Partnerships Officer
VST
Session: 2026 Insight Innovation Competition
Jan Laufhütte
VP, Sales - Corporate DE
Dynata
Session: Synthetic Data: Threat, Hype, or the Future of Insights?
Dr. Jasmin Omar
CSPX Consumer Closeness Scientist - Scientific Project Lead
Haleon
Session: Seeing the Unseen: Rewriting the Rules of Product Experience
Ria Shah
Account Executive
Listen
Session: Touching Grass at Scale: How AI-Moderated Research Put the Voice of the User in Every Room
Karen Dowse
Global SVP, Strategic Client Partnerships
Mintel
Session: CPG Innovation: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Chris Todd
Senior insights Director
Mintel
Session: CPG Innovation: What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
Adam Bai
Chief Strategy Officer
Panoplai
Session: Digital Twin & Synthetic Masterclass: Validation + Adoption
Jasmine Matthews
Chief Marketing Officer
Greenbook
Session: 2026 Insight Innovation Competition, 2026 Insight Innovation Competition: Presentation of Awards
Rónán Dowling-Cullen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Bounce Insights
Session: Demo: How Diageo is Meeting the Growing Demand for Insights
Tim Carey
Senior Director, Enterprise Sales Europe
Convotrack
Session: How Video Intelligence Uncovered Hidden Category Truths
Nicole Balsamo
Head of Marketing
Outset
Session: Scaling Insights Cross-Functionally: AI Research Playbook
Danny Russell
Chief Customer Officer
IDX
Session: 2026 Insight Innovation Competition: Presentation of Awards
Dale Evernden
Executive VP Design & Innovation | Founding Partner
Rival Technologies
Session: The Human Context Layer: How Insight Communities Power AI-Ready Innovation
