Professor Asim Duttaroy BS MS PhD DSc FICN
Asim discovered the anti-aggregatory effect of the tomato extract (Fruitflow®), whilst undertaking research at the Rowett Research Institute. He is currently Professor of Nutrition at the Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo. Prior to this he was Principal Scientist & Group Leader of Lipid Transport & Metabolism Group at the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen. He has also been Director of Insulin Research at Efamol Inc. in Canada and has held research positions at VA Medical Centre, Ohio; Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio; and the Thrombosis Research Centre, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia.

Professor David Richardson MSc PhD FIFST FRSM RNutr
David advises Provexis in the field of health claims and functional food regulation. Prior to being an independent consultant, he was the Group Chief Scientist with Nestle UK Ltd. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the University of Reading. David was formally a member of the UK committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA); has chaired the EU Concerted Action Programme (PASSCLAIM) to develop a process for the scientific substantiation of health claims; and was on the Council of the UK JHCI (Joint Health Claims Initiative).

Professor Iain Broom BSc MBChB FRCP(Glas) FRCPath
Iain is a Research Professor in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. He is Head of Metabolic Medicine and Obesity at the Aberdeen Centre for Energy Regulation & Obesity and he is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen. He is also a Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine at Grampian University Hospitals NHS Trust, a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Aberdeen and Deputy Director of the Surgical Nutrition and Metabolism Unit in the Departments of Surgery and Clinical Biochemistry.