Nard is an experienced networker, business developer, innovator, entrepreneur and strategic thought leader in (personalised) nutrition. After his study of Human Nutrition at Wageningen University, he worked for the food industry in international positions for more than a decade as a liaison between business and science. He then joined Dutch innovation organisation TNO to lead their Nutrition and Health business line and set up the world’s largest public-private research consortium on personalised nutrition & health. This led him on a path of ‘personalised nutrition’, involving co-founding startup Happ as their CSO, founding NCNC Nutritional Consultancy and many public appearances.