Ep. 258 - [Singapore] How to Bet on Long-term Innovation with Aparna Venkatesh, Collaborative Innovation Lead for Buhler

Today I’m interviewing Aparna Venkatesh, the Collaborative Innovation lead for Southeast Asia and Oceana at Buhler where she leads collaboration on innovation strategy in emerging opportunities for sustainable foods and novel food technology applications For those that don’t know, Buhler is a swiss multinational business-to-business giant. Though they do a ton of things, if you’ve worked in the food industry, you would know that they do a lot of process equipment. Arpana goes into a lot more detail about the many industries that Buhler innovates in and properly educates me on the origins and capabilities this company has. Aprana also has had a decade of experience working for the Singaporean government and was one of the scientists that began the process of approving cultivated meat in Singapore. So we deep dive into the technological advancements in both cultivated and plant-based meat and we discuss just how important a proactive government is when it comes to pushing this technology. We also discuss how companies can invest in long-term innovation, especially with the help of Buhler. Shownotes, discussion about current news and reflections on Momofuku Ando: http://myfoodjobrocks.com/258Aparna   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices