Knowledge Hub

• Leading the Ensuring Supply business stream through Nestlé owned factories and co-manufacturers, his role is to define the industrial strategy for an optimal operational development of the Market and encompass the areas of CapEx management, Maintenance, Industrial performance / Continuous improvement/operation excellence, TPM, QA – food safety, Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, water resources, Safety health and environment, industrial relations, Innovation-Renovation / new products development.

• Jean-Pierre has 25 years of experience in Food and Beverage business as Seasoned Technical Manager, with the last 15 years in on-the-ground operations in Europe (Belgium, France), North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and Asia (Sri Lanka, China and Vietnam).

  Ms. Bui Thi Loan

• Sustainability Manager of Heineken Vietnam
• Bachelor degree by National University of Social Sciences and Humanities of HCMC
• Bachelor degree by National University of Economics of HCMC
• Sustainability certificates by CSR Asia (Sustainability, Partnership, Shared Value,…) and by EY Singapore (GRI sustainability reporting)
• Leadership training by Heineken Academy
• 2005 – 2011: Working in HR Department of Heineken Vietnam
• 2011 – now : Part of sustainability winning team of Heineken Vietnam

• Strongly being dedicated to initiate and realize Heineken Vietnam’s sustainability agenda, create positive impacts for the People, Planet and Prosperity for a better Vietnam
• Completing and presenting Heineken Vietnam’s 1st GRI based sustainability report in 2014 in the context where sustainability report was just counted on the fingers of one hand in Vietnam
• Contributing to bring Heineken Vietnam to the top in list of most sustainable manufacturing companies under CSI100 ranked by VCCI
• Being nature lover with high spirit of sharing and extremely passionate in environment protection and community support

• Deputy Director General of Plant Protection Department.
• Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BSc.) in Agricultural Faculty in Can Tho University
• Master of Agricultural science (Ms.) in Agricultural Faculty in Can Tho University
• Training about Integrated Weed Management in tropical area at Kasetsart University – Bangkok – Thailand
• Training about assessment of the pesticides resistance of brown plant hopper (BPH) in net house condition at International Rice Research Institute – IRRI in Los Banos, Phillipines

• Having been involved in the agricultural sector: doing research, transferring new agro-techniques and plant protection technology to farmers and technicians.
• Having contributed towards significant changes in farmers’ knowledge, attitude and practices in agronomic and environment practices. In particular, the “Three Reduction, Three Gains” program which reduced farmers fertilizer, seed and insecticide use by 9%, 10% and 30% respectively. This program was presented in Vietnam’s Golden Rice Award in 2003. This program was recognized by the Alliance of Development Communication and received the 2007 COM+ Award. It also received the commendation certificate from ONEWORLD Broadcast Trust based in the UK in 2008.
• Being in charge of “Protecting Environment With Farmers” program as head of management members from 2016.
• Collaborator in the IPM network on rice in Mekong delta, the co-operative project of IRRI, Vietnam and IRRI in Southern Regional Plant Protection Center, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam,
• Collaborator of the Bio-diversity in rice in Mekong Delta, the co-operative project of IRRI, Vietnam and IRRI in Southern Regional Plant Protection Center, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam,
• Collaborator of the Three Reductions in rice in Mekong delta, the co-operative project of IRRI, Vietnam and IRRI in Southern Regional Plant Protection Center, Tien Giang Province, Vietnam,
• Collaborator of Entertainment-Education of Plant Protection on Voice of Ho Chi Minh City. Supported by the World Bank and IRRI
• Collaborator of the IPM on Citrus orchards in south Vietnam, the co-operative project of Western Sydney University, Australia, from 2006-2008.

• Coordinator at Vietnam Business Council for Sustatinable Development (VBCSD), Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI)
• Senior Advisor for development projects at ADB, DANIDA, VECO, AAV and JICA (1999 – 2017)
• Project Manager of the “Integrity and Transparency in Business Initiative in Vietnam”, coordinating the entire activities of Global Compact Vietnam at VCCI

• Nearly 20 years of experience with considerable contribution to the policy advocacy for fostering a sound business environment for private sector
• Graduated from Thuy Loi University and Hanoi University in 1995, certificate of Social Audit (SA 8000) – SAI, USA, certificate of Corporate Social Responsibility – Asian Institute of Management, and Sustainable Business Management – Shumacher College, UK
• Hundreds of oral presentation at international conferences

• Chief Scientist at the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF) in Norway – one of the leading applied multidisciplinary research institutions in Europe with more than 2000 professional employees from more than 70 countries
• and MSc. of science from the University of Oslo;
• Doctor in Philosophy of science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
• Studies in Business administration at Edinburgh and Heriott Watt University, UK

• Adjunct faculty teaching the regular course “State of the Art of Hazardous Chemicals Management” and supervision of Master and PhD students. Regional research in South East Asia – Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Faculty for Environmental Engineering and Management, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Thailand
• Special Advisor & Senior Scientist, technical assisting and applying R&D in international projects in SINTEF
• Research Director managing and administrating research & project activities in Environmental Technology, i.e. project design and development, customer relations, quality assurance, marketing, planning, manning, recruitment and personal administration, budgeting and economy, reporting etc in SINTEF Environmental Technology
• Having been working globally with Circular Economy & Resource Efficiency for 30 years. One of the pioneers in Co-processing & treatment of wastes in resource and energy intensive industry
• Having tested and documented the possibilities of using local cement kilns for destruction of hazardous organic chemicals in many countries (also in Vietnam) and been instrumental in developing regulatory frameworks and guidelines for numerous Governments, UN-bodies and international organisations
• Having been instrumental in implementing co-processing practice in several Asian countries; for example, working with the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment since 2005 and with the Indian Central Pollution Control Board and the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change since 2010.
• Having published crucial R&D findings on the possibilities and limitations of co-processing of wastes with >100 peer reviewed publications, author of several books and book-chapters, >300 scientific reports and >200 oral presentations at scientific conferences.