Team
Network and work closely with industry leaders, partners and mentors on new solutions, ideas and concepts that you can bring to life with Essity
The Organizers
Selected startups will liaise closely with the core team behind EVolution.
Kai Thornagel
Director
Essity Ventures
Ben Yoskovitz
Founder
Highline Beta
Maria Alvarez de Sotomayor Vergana
Strategic Planning Analyst
Essity
Omar El Araby
Program Coordinator
Highline Beta
Mia Konew
Innovation Mentor
Dark Horse
Fried Grosse-Dunker
Innovation Mentor
Dark Horse
The Essity Team
Throughout the EVolution event, you will work closely with these squad teams, senior leaders and mentors on your co-creation challenge of choice.
Magdalena Hörle
Lead Product Developer
Feminine Care
Peter Blomström
Director Brand Services B2B Professional Hygiene
Suntken Joey
Global Brand Director
B2B Professional Hygiene
Gerard Guinane
Vice President
IT Strategy and Business Technology
Marcel Schmidt
Global Brand Director
Bathroom Tissue
Darko Matijevic
Global Brand Innovation Manager
Consumer Tissue
Tanja Grubner
Global Innovation, Marketing & Communications Director - Feminine Care
Gabor Kovacs
Global Master Brand Director
Consumer Tissue
Martina Röck
Global Innovation Director - Incontinence
Stefanie Merz
Global Innovation Director - Incontinence
Jason Kaplanis
Global Marketing & Communications Director - TENA Women
Christian Otto
Data & Analytics Evangelist
Duncan Phillips
Vice President - Baby and Feminine Care
Stacey van Hooven
Vice President
Legal
Thierry Lot
Global Brand Director - Incontinence Care
Mattias Abrahamsson
Vice President
Incontinence Care
The Jury
You'll present your concept to a panel of C-level executives and industry experts.
Karina Vazirova
Co-Founder
FemTech Lab
Volker Zöller
President
Consumer Goods
Essity
Tuomas Yrjölä
President Global Brand, Innovation & Sustainability
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Robert Sjöström
President
Global Operational Services
Essity
Our Partners
Throughout the event, you'll be able to connect with our key partners, including investors and domain experts.
Entrepreneurial innovation hub reinforcing tech-based business creation at the interfaces of engineering, natural, life and data sciences and medicine
Marina Leonie Moskvina
Head of Digital Health
Healthcare
Hybrid venture studio and venture capital firm
Hussam Ayyad
Chief Accelerator Officer
Veronica Malinski
Director of Marketing
Impact venture, hub and accelerator on a mission to improve the lives of 1 billion women globally
Katia Lang
Co-Founder
Tatiana Klimanova
Accelerator Director
Global FemTech community and equity free FemTech start-up acceleration program
