Stevia World

John Bhatt serves as the Regional Vice President of Industrial Biotech, North America at Novasep. John is responsible for the industrial markets in North America such as nutraceuticals, sweeteners, high intesity sugars, fermentation, bio-industries, and food and beverage.   His function (in collaboration with his colleagues in France) is to provide process development studies for different [...]

Javier Sáinz is a Chemical Engineer and holds a Master of Science in Bioprocess Engineering, both from the Catholic University of Chile. He has been working for more than a decade in bioprocess development and production for natural extracts, starting in the Wine Association of Chile and moving later into high value natural extracts.
From 2002 [...]

Prof. Silvio Claudio da Costa is a professor of biochemistry at the State University of Maringá – Brazil. He is also the Coordinator of the Studies in Natural Products, a group multiciplinar (Nepron) State University of Maringa, which has worked with stevia in the last 30 years.
He participated in the project that resulted in the [...]

Angus Flood is the Executive Vice President for Strategic Development with Wisdom Natural Brands. He has 20 years experience in the  natural products industry, having worked with category leaders in both the B2B and B2C categories to develop markets and leading natural brands in the US, EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Angus has a wide portfolio of [...]

Jason Hecker is Director of Marketing for PureCircle, heading up global marketing activities for the company.
Throughout his career, he has helped businesses across the United States and internationally to accelerate growth through sound business strategies. Jason has held a number of senior positions in consulting and brand management with some of the world’s leading consumer [...]

Dr. Sidd Purkayastha, Technical Director of PureCircle USA brings more than 20 years experience in the Sweetener industry to his position.
Before joining PureCircle, Sidd was with Tate & Lyle R&D, where he developed and marketed innovative ingredient technology, managed domestic and global technical projects on food ingredients and wellness platform.
He has broad knowledge of the [...]

James Kempland leads the strategic marketing division for GLG. He brings a diversity of experience in high intensity sweeteners, agriculture and supply as well as marketing for consumer package goods. He has worked for and with firms such as Monsanto, NutraSweet, Kraft, Procter & Gamble and other leading multinationals within the food and beverage industry.
He [...]

David Bishop has more than 25 years of experience in international business including organizational, educational, and managerial responsibilities. He has lived and worked as an expatriate in a cross cultural/cross linguistic environment for more than 15 years and has completed assignments in over 40 countries.
He holds a Master of Science in Management from Georgia State [...]

Webinar Recording: Stevia – Taking the Next Steps
Duration: 1 hour
Held in conjunction with Stevia World Americas, a 1 hour webinar, “Stevia-Taking the Next Steps” was held on 17 Feb 2010.
During the webinar, GLG Life Tech Corporation’s David Bishop, EVP of International Affairs and James Kempland, VP of Marketing pinpointed 6 key areas that the sector [...]

“One year on, PureCircle says, “stevia becoming mainstream”
OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS – January 27, 2010 –It’s been a little more than a year since the zero-calorie, all-natural sweetener, Reb A attained GRAS status in the U.S. for use in food and beverages. Regulation of stevia in the U.S. and other parts of the world ignited a [...]

Stevia World Americas is just 2 weeks away, this will be your last chance to register, especially if you are keen to network with the who’s who in the stevia industry.
This conference has attracted a good mix of industry players and end-users,  please see pie-chart below for the detailed breakdown:

Do join us at Stevia World [...]

Webinar Title: Stevia – Taking the Next Steps
Date & Time: Wednesday, 17 February, 7PM – 8PM (New York)
*Thursday, 18 February, 8AM-9AM (Hong Kong)
*Thursday, 18 February, 11AM-12PM (Sydney)
* due to time difference
Held in conjunction with Stevia World Americas that meets on 25 & 26 February in Atlanta, Georgia, this one-hour Webinar features insights from GLG Life [...]