Nard is an innovator, entrepreneur and strategic thought leader. After his study of Human Nutrition he worked for the food industry 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 and health. This led him on a path of ‘personalised nutrition’, involving co-founding Happ (a personalised nutrition platform) as their Chief Science Officer, founding NCNC Nutritional Consultancy, many public appearances and working for Foodvalley NL as their Lead Personalised Nutrition.