Speakers
Meet the speakers at WNC Brussels 2026

Alessia Centioni
Co-founder and President, European Women Alliance (EWA)

Anthony Paliouras
General Manager, Honeywell’s Connected Logistics; Managing Director, Movilizer GmbH

Axel Klein
Director, People and Psychoactive Drugs

Beatrice Timgren MEP
Member of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Brady Brim-DeForest
CEO & Co-Founder, Secundo

Brett O'Donnell
President, O'Donnell and Associates, Ltd.

Brindusa Taranu
Head Product Safety Surveillance, PMI

Carolyn Beaumont
General Practitioner & THR educator, NicotineFacts

Charlie Weimers MEP
Vice Chairman, ECR Group

Cheryl K. Olson
Regulatory Scientist, Womble Bond Dickinson

Chris Gemmell
Chief Product & Innovation Officer, Greentank Technologies

Chris Junker
Group Head of Life Sciences, BAT

Christa Pelsers
EU Head of Fiscal Affairs and International Trade, British American Tobacco

Christopher Snowdon
Head of Lifestyle Economics, Institute of Economic Affairs

Clarisse Yvette P. Virgino
Philippine Representative, Coalition of Asia Pacific Tobacco Harm Reduction Advocates (CAPHRA)

Clive Bates
Director, Counterfactual

Colin Brazier
Broadcaster and Journalist

Danielle Tower
Group Head of Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, BAT

David Bass
Master of Ceremonies

David Bertram
Managing Director, EUK Consulting

David Duncan
Director, Silver Dene Consulting

Delon Human
Specialist Family Physician; President, Health Diplomats

Derek Yach
Global Health Advocate and Independent Consultant

Donato Raponi
Owner, D.Raponi Consulting

Douglas Ming Deng
Professor, Yunnan University

Ehsan Latif
Director, Centre for Integrative Public Health Management

Elaine Round
Senior Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, Reynolds American

Ermelinda Hajdari
Founder & Managing Director, ALBAN Global

Eve Wang
Executive Director, Smoore International; VP, Shenzhen Smoore Technology Co. Ltd

Flora Okereke
Group Head of Global Policy, Insights & Foresights, BAT
Francesco Gaglioppa
EU Affairs Director, JTI

George Adams
Associate Professor of Medicine

Giovanni Li Volti
Director of the Center of Excellence for the Acceleration of Harm Reduction (CoEHAR)

Grant Churchill
Professor of Pharmacology and Tutorial Fellow in Medicine, University of Oxford

Haley XU
Vice President, Zinwi Bio-tech Co., Ltd

Hayley Van Loon
CEO, Crime Stoppers International

Helena Digard
Head of Analytical Services, BAT; President, CORESTA

Howard Pugh
International Crime and Anti-Illicit Trade Consultant, Howard Pugh Consulting

Hugo Azinheira
Executive Director, Global Research & Innovation, Filtrona

Jana Siouzou
Senior Vice President EMEA, Körber Technologies
Jasjit S. Ahluwalia
Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Jason Carignan
Chief Commercial Officer, Chemular
Jeffrey Zamora
Creative Producer & Communications Strategist, Asovape Costa Rica

John Clayton
External Affairs Vice President, JTI

Jonathan Fell
Head of Research & Engagement, Hexis Capital Management

Jon Nash
Co-founder, Prime Radiant

Joseph Thompson
Group Science & Regulatory Affairs Director, Imperial Brands

Karina McQuillan
Global Head of Toxicology, BAT

Karin Jacobson
Science Advocacy & Engagement Director, Japan Tobacco International (JTI)

Kellsi Booth
Chief Legal Officer, Black Buffalo Inc.

Konstantinos Farsalinos
Senior Researcher, School of Public Health at the Universities of Patras and West Attica

Marco Falcone MEP
Member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs

Marco Vadagnini
Director

Maria Papaioannoy-Duic
Founder, R4V (Rights4Vapers)

Marina Murphy
Senior Director, Scientific Affairs, HAYPP GROUP

Mark Burton
California Capital Partners, Partner

Mark Tyndall
Public Health Expert, Author and Independent Consultant

Martin Cullip
International Fellow, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Michiel Reerink
International Corporate Affairs Director & Managing Director, Alliance One International

Mihaela Raescu
Faculty of Dental Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest

Miranda Kinney
SVP, Global Head of Corporate Affairs & Impact, Pyxus International, Inc.

Nancy Loucas
Executive Coordinator, CAPHRA

Nathalie Darge
Director General, Tobacco Europe

Nermeen Varawalla
Business Leader in the Healthcare & Life Sciences

Niccolò Balzini
Regional Corporate Affairs Director for Europe, Imperial Brands

Paola Pocci
Chief Consumer Officer, Imperial Brands

Patricia Kovacevic
General Counsel, Global Regulatory Expert, RegulationStrategy / CryoMass Technologies Inc

Peter Beckett
Co-founder, Clearing the Air

Pietro Fiocchi MEP
Vice-Chair, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Rhodri James
Chief Sales Officer, Yoti

Roger Bate
President of the Center for Global Health Accountability and a Fellow at the International Center for Law & Economics

Rohan Andrade de Sequeira
Consultant in Cardio-Endocrinology, The Revival Clinic

Rupert Wilson
Owner and Managing Director, Strategic Business Consulting

Ryan Selby
Inventor & Entrepreneur, Emerald Innovations Ltd.

Shaun Murray
Head of Scientific Regulatory Affairs, Imperial Brands

Simon Clark
Director, FOREST

Sinclair Davidson
Economist

Steffy Thevar
Journalist, Times of India

Sudhanshu Patwardhan
Director, Centre for Health Research and Education

Summer Hanna
Global Head of Scientific Regulation, BAT

Tadas Lisauskas
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Greenbutts

Tikki Pang
Former Director of Research Policy and Co-operation, World Health Organization

Tim Phillips
Founder, Tamarind Intelligence

Tom Hirons
External Affairs Director, JTI

Vincent Byrne
Global Anti-Illicit Trade Operations (AITO) Director, JTI

Vincent Keaveny
Senior Adviser, DLA Piper; Lord Mayor of London 2021/22, DLA Piper

Waqas Khan
Chief Executive Officer, CLEW

Willie McKinney
Founder and CEO, McKinney Regulatory Science Advisors, LLC.; CEO of McKinney Specialty Labs, LLC

Xavier Kris
Growth Capitalist, IMX Funds Limited (Abu Dhabi)

Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi
Director of Research and Thought Leadership, Global Health Focus