Nard is an experienced networker, business developer, innovator, entrepreneur and strategic thought leader in (personalised) nutrition and health. After his study of Human Nutrition in Wageningen, he worked for the food industry in international positions for more than a decade as a successful liaison between business and science. He then joined TNO to lead their Nutrition and Health business line and set up the world’s largest public-private research consortium on personalised nutrition & health. This then led him to co-founding the startup Happ, as their CSO, founding NCNC Nutritional Consultancy and many public appearances on the broad topic of nutrition innovation.