2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Anna Bjurstam Wellness Pioneer & Senior Strategic Advisor, Six Senses & Raison d’Etre, Sweden Anna Bjurstam has been a leader in the wellness industry for the last 25 years. Being a shaman with a biogeometry diploma, having a master´s degree in finance, and with a passion for quantum physics and science, Anna’s experience spans over a variety of wellness fields.…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Melisse Gelula Co-Founder, Well+Good; Founder, Memoiring, United States Melisse Gelula is the co-founder of Well+Good, an award-winning media company, as well as a sought-after wellness expert. She published The Well+Good Cookbook, which features the recipes of wellness luminaries. In 2018, Melisse was named one of the nine Most Creative Entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine. Prior to Well+Good, she was the editor…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Sarah Livia Brightwood Szekely President, Rancho La Puerta, Mexico Sarah Livia Brightwood Szekely oversees operations at Rancho La Puerta, the pioneering 3,000-acre resort and spa founded in 1940 and located in Tecate, Baja California. For 30 years, Sarah designed the gardens and buildings at the resort and created its organic farm and culinary center. She is president of the Fundacion…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Louie Schwartzberg Filmmaker & Director, United States Louie Schwartzberg is a renowned filmmaker and director known for creating breathtaking imagery using time-lapse, high-speed, and macro-cinematography techniques. He is the director of the award-winning documentary Fantastic Fungi featured on Netflix and the film Gratitude Revealed, a cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of gratitude. His streaming…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Olivia Houghton Beauty, Health & Wellness Trends Analyst, LS:N Global, United Kingdom Olivia Houghton holds the role of deputy editor at LS:N Global, the consumer foresight and futures innovation platform of The Future Laboratory. She is responsible for creating agenda-setting content which involves identifying, monitoring and scrutinizing global consumer and lifestyle trends. Contributing regularly to esteemed publications including Vogue and…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Neil Jacobs CEO, Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas, Singapore Neil Jacobs is the CEO at Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas. Under his leadership, the company has opened resorts in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations and enabled people to experience the brand’s values in urban environments, from London to New York. Previously, he was president of global hotel operations…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Gundeep Anand Founder & Creative Director, The Last Stand, United Kingdom Gundeep is a Director and photographer from West London, whose passion is community and socially led projects. Having been involved in a variety of roles from Civil Engineering to sports coaching, Gundeep’s life was changed when his passion for promoting social change for good and filmmaking collided and he…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Greg O’Hara Chairman, WTTC, United States Michael Gregory (Greg) O’Hara is the Founder and a Senior Managing Director of Certares. Prior to forming Certares, he served as Chief Investment Officer of JPMorgan Chase’s Special Investments Group (“JPM SIG”). Prior to JPM SIG, Greg was a Managing Director of One Equity Partners (“OEP”), the private equity arm of JPMorgan. Before joining…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Nina Kohler Strategy & Design Leader, Kohler, United Kingdom Nina Kohler is a strategy and design leader at the Hospitality Group of the Kohler Co., which spans seven properties, including this year’s Summit location, the iconic Old Course Hotel. The family-owned Kohler Co., founded in 1873, has been renowned for creativity and leading-edge design for 150 years. Nina has spent…
2024 Global Wellness Summit Speaker Jane Withers Design consultant, curator & writer, United Kingdom Jane Withers provides design-led strategy, concept development, curation and creative direction to international cultural and commercial clients through Jane Withers Studio. With a background in creating acclaimed exhibitions and events at prestigious venues like the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Academy of Arts, she is well-versed in using design to…
