Tom Hennessy has spent the last 30 years living and working in the United States where he owned and managed a number of businesses predominantly in the health care sector.  Tom was also an Adjunct Professor teaching entrepreneurship to graduate students at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Most recently, Tom was president of his own health care consulting business where he advised the United States Government on requests from states for federal funds related to designing, developing, and maintaining large IT systems tied to federal social service programs.

Professor John Nolan has over 20 years of experience (115 peer-review scientific papers) working with eye and brain carotenoids for human health and function. In 2018, he won the prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant where he conducted the Central Retinal Enrichment Supplementation Trials (CREST). This work confirmed the scientific discovery that the use of meso-zeaxanthin, in conjunction with lutein and zeaxanthin (the three nutritional pigments that are found at the back of the eye), can enhance vision in healthy subjects and in patients with early age-related macular degeneration. His current research interests include the study of key nutrients for cognitive function and brain health with a major goal of identifying ways to reduce risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Alfonso Prado-Cabrero obtained his Bachelor (Hons) in Biochemistry from the University of Navarra (Spain) in 1999, and completed his PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Department of Genetics of the University of Seville (Spain) in 2006.  Previously, Alfonso has worked in the areas of carotenoid biosynthesis, cardiac metabolism, and cancer genetics. Along with his role of Lead Technical Officer for Supplement Certified Ltd, he currently works in the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland where his interests include the development and commercialization of a macular carotenoid-enriched yoghurt and the mass production of zooplankton.