Mette Johnsen
Mette Johnsen is CEO of Spora, where she works to change the world through gastronomy. With a career spanning business innovation, biosolutions, and leadership towards the future of foods, she brings together science, insights, and culinary practice to catalyze new solutions to global food system challenges. In her work and leadership, Mette is driven by one conviction: sustainable food of the future must be good for the planet, good for our health, and always delicious.
Before establishing Spora in 2023 together with Rasmus Munk, Founder of Alchemist and Spora, Mette spent 14 years at Novozymes in a range of commercial leadership roles across business building, alternative proteins, and customer co-creation.
Talk description:
The future of food will not be won by the most sustainable technology alone. It will be won by solutions people genuinely desire to eat because they are extraordinary in taste, meaningful in identity, and capable of bringing us back within planetary boundaries. In her talk, Mette explores why the winners of tomorrow's food system will be those who combine science, gastronomy, design, and business, rather than optimizing in silos.
