Jorge Gil-Martinez Email & Phone Number

Rotterdam, South Holland, Nl

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

- Leadership of a cross-functional Global R&D Team delivering to all BUs within the organization, including support to Operations, Algae Ingredients, Sustainable Food Solutions and Lactic Acid Specialties.- Connection of Technical Programs with business pulls to ensure commercial success of our R&D efforts.- Strategic design and execution of long term transformational innovation programs.- Building and connection of Key Competences to business needs, including Bio-process development (strain development, fermentation, process technology), Analytics and Data Science, to maximize their relevance and delivery into our Strategic Sustainable Growth.

Purchase, New York, Us

- Leadership of the Bioconversion Program, aiming to deliver disruptive and incremental growth to the organization by the implementation of 'State of the Art' biotechnological tools, with special emphasis into enzymatic and fermentation technologies. - Management of a global team of scientists with the mission to connect with Research Centres, Universities and strategic partners to optimise our existing food and beverage production processes and to deliver true innovations to our portfolio. - Strong engagement into the PepsiCo Sustainability Program, including the leadership of key consortium and projects financed by public funds (H2020, LIFE, Eurotar, BBI), with focus on sustainable packaging and circular economy/by-product upcycling.

Purchase, New York, Us

- Leadership of the enzymatic and fermentation conversion technical programme within the Nutrition Category, with the mission to enhance the nutrient density of Pepsico's products, aiming to create strategic advantage trough the development of an extensive ecosystem in bioconversion.- Emphasis on disruptive cereal processing to unlock health effects and/or functionalities and disruptive fruit and beverage processing for resource efficiency optimisation.

Leuven, Be

- Technical leadership of the Global By-Product Program with the mission to develop disruptive processes to optimise value creation and minimize environmental impact from leftovers from brewing processes. Engagement in the design of a global strategy to commercialize products (B2C) and ingredients (B2B) from brewing by-products with food and packaging applications- Fundamental development and Intellectual Property protection of the technology to up-cycle brewing by-products into functional food and beverage ingredients and packaging materials, including the coordination of consortium, key partnerships and public funded projects. - Active participation in the decision making process to design a global strategy for the creation of a disruptive business to commercialize products (B2C) and ingredients (B2B) from brewing by-products.- As remarkable contribution, I patented the technology enabling the launch of Take Two Foods (https://www.taketwofoods.com/), the first commercial beverage made from brewing spent grains, and Evergrain Ingredients (https://evergrainingredients.com/), the commercial platform for barley based food ingredients.

Leuven, Be

- Responsible for scouting, selecting and implementing relevant biotechnologies to deliver cost saving opportunities, including resource and process optimization. - Responsible for the enzymatic technical program, aiming to deliver disruptive growth by developing innovative products and processes. - Strong engagement into the Better World Program with emphasis on Sustainability and circular economy.

Naas, Ie

- Leadership of the R&D Fermentation team, aiming to develop cost efficient tailor-made enzymatic solutions for the F&V and pharmaceutical industries. - Functional ingredient development: soluble fibres, pre & probiotics, plant based proteins. Clinical studies for hard health claims.

Seville, Seville, Es

- Leadership of the Biochemistry team within Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies, aiming to develop the fundamental science and process for second generation ethanol, inclusing enzyme development for lignocellulosic and solid waste ethanol, and C5 yeast for viable ethanol fermentation. - Coordination with internal stakeholders within Regulatory, Supply Chain and Strategy for on full in time delivery of a viable industrial and commercial process at Abengoa's plants

Seville, Seville, Es

- Member of the Biochemistry team within Abengoa Bienergy New Technologies, aiming to develop the enzymatic and fermentation technology for a viable second generation ethanol production process. - Responsible for laboratory ISO Certification and product EPA DfE Certification

Sevilla, Sevilla, Es

- Assistant Professor, Techniques in Biochemistry, University of Sevilla. - Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, University of Sevilla.

Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, Es

Post-Doctoral position at the Spanish National Research Council (http://www.csic.es/home), responsible for the Protein Chemistry & Engineering Service in the Institute of Biochemistry and Photosynthesis (http://www.ibvf.csic.es/). Contributions:- Protein Engineering: production, characterization, purification and application of proteins.

Madrid, Comunidad De Madrid, Es

- Cum Laude PhD Thesis on characterization and manipulation of microalgae metabolism for biotechnological applications- Contribution to 29 international Congresses and Symposium and Scientific Publications

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Biochemistry

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Biotechnology

Master Of Cell/Cellular And Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics And Biotechnology