Our expert contributors
Dr Susan M. Kleiner, PhD, RD, is a visionary educator and motivator speaking nationally and internationally on topics in the field of nutrition, health and performance. She consults with businesses interested applying the evidence to product research and development, educational marketing and growth potential. She has consulted with many professional teams and team members, including the Seattle Storm, the Miami Heat, Olympians and elite athletes in countless sports. Dr Kleiner has authored eight books, including the bestseller The New Power Eating®, The Good Mood Diet®, and The POWERFOOD Nutrition Plan.
Gary Kleinman has been involved in sports and entertainment his entire professional career. For the past few years he has been dedicated to the esports and gaming community, first by creating a digital media network focused on the lifestyle and culture of gaming, and then transitioning to Skinz.gg, which he co-founded to assist and enable gamers to power their performance.
Dr Jeroen A. Wouters, PhD, coordinates and facilitates research and innovation in the field of sports and nutrition. He is a food technologist by training and obtained his doctorate in food microbiology at Wageningen University. Dr Wouters is also an international director at the food innovation cluster FoodvalleyNL. In this role, he provides guidance and support to stimulate innovation and cooperation in food and nutrition.
Dr Sara De Pelsmaeker, PhD, graduated as a bio-engineer in Food Technology and Nutrition in 2009 at Ghent University. During her doctoral work at the department of Agricultural Economics, she gained extensive knowledge on business development and economics. She started her career at Coca-Cola where she worked as sensory specialist. In 2018, she joined Rousselot as a product and business development manager to support the Rousselot business in North-West Europe. In 2021, she is focusing on the global business development of Rousselot Health & Nutrition segment. In her role, she works together with existing and potential customers to find the perfect solution for new collagen-based launches.
After initially training as a doctor, specialising in obstetrics and gynaecology with sub-specialist interests in reproductive endocrinology and nutrition, Dr Adam Carey left the NHS in 1998 to deliver nutritional and lifestyle solutions to improve personal performance health and wellbeing. In his capacity as ESSNA chair and CEO at CorLife and Corperformance. Dr Carey works to deliver solutions for the elite sport space. ESSNA is the trade association representing the interests of the sport nutrition sector across the European Union.
Rick Miller provides expert perspective insight into emerging innovations and opportunities within the specialised nutrition sector. He has an established clinical background in dietetics and performance nutrition from his 15-year career in hospitals and working with professional teams and athletes up to Olympic level. Miller is experienced within FMCG, FSMP and supplementation sectors, supporting NPD, regulatory affairs and scientific communication to multiple global brands.
Former professional goalkeeper Fabian Broich worked for pro football club Schalke 04 and for the Astralis Group, one of the most successful esports organisation in the world. He has a bachelor’s in psychology from Winthrop University and is finishing his master’s thesis in Psychology of Sports and Exercise at the German Sports University of Cologne. Broich focuses on a holistic performance approach integrating sleep, physical activity, nutrition and sports psychology into the new field of esports.
Nicholas Morgan works closely with companies in sport, active and lifestyle nutrition regarding their approach to strategy and innovation. He began his career as an exercise physiologist in elite sport before working at GSK and then subsequently establishing his own company in 2010. His primary focus is understanding how the science, the consumer and the market integrate, and supports many companies across the supply chain to identify how to get in, do better or establish where next in a market based on their business objectives.