ERIKA MINK
Vice President Public Affairs
TETRA PAK INTERNATIONAL

Erika Mink is the Vice President Public Affairs at Tetra Pak, a global market leader in food processing & packaging solutions with more than 25.000 employees. She heads the groups Public Affairs and advocacy worldwide and has a longstanding experience in the areas of sustainability, packaging, food security and economic development.

She represents Tetra Pak vis-a-vis the EU Institutions and Intergovernmental Organisations as well as international industry bodies such as the Consumer Goods Forum and the Global Dairy Platform.

Prior to joining Tetra Pak, Erika worked for a leading international consulting firm where she provided advice to clients in industry, governments and financial institutions in the field of environment policies, clean technologies, technology transfer, capacity building and institutional development. She has worked in Europe, Latin America and Central Asia.

Erika Mink received her M.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences, Giessen-Friedberg, School of Environmental Engineering and Industrial Hygiene (Germany) and studied Engineering at the University of Maryland (USA). She is scholar of the Hans-Böckler Foundation.

FLORIAN EDER
Editor, Brussels PLaybook
POLITICO

Florian Eder writes POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook. Prior to joining POLITICO as a managing editor in 2015, Florian was EU correspondent for Die Welt, covering EU politics and policies from Brussels where he arrived at the peak of the euro crisis in 2011. Florian spent three years in Die Welt’s Berlin newsroom as an editor and previously worked as Italy correspondent for the Financial Times Deutschland.

Email: feder@politico.eu
Twitter: @florianeder

MARTIN NOLAN
Senior Director Legal, Public & Regulatory Affairs
SKYSCANNER

Martin Nolan is Senior Director of Legal & Public and Regulatory Affairs at traveltech business, Skyscanner.  He joined Skyscanner in 2017 following his role as General Counsel of a fin-tech focused cyber security business.

Within Skyscanner, Martin and his team devise Skyscanner’s Public and Regulatory Affairs strategy, and he advises on matters of policy and regulation and their potential impact on disruptive technology businesses, the platform economy and the travel industry.

Engagement with key stakeholders in London, Brussels and Washington are a key part of their public affairs strategy, in order to help shape existing and new regulatory matters, focused on aviation distribution issues and problems/initiatives affecting technology platform businesses more generally.  Martin is on the board of The Travel Technology Association in Washington, as well as the Brussels based EU Travel Tech, both leading travel industry trade bodies.

In addition to Public and Regulatory Affairs functions, Martin also advises on the interaction of regulation with consumer-facing products, as well as a range of other legal matters affecting Skyscanner.  He also provides legal support to start up businesses housed in local technology incubators.

MARTIN BRESSON
Publics Affairs Director
INVEST EUROPE

Martin leads Invest Europe’s advocacy work representing the interests of the association’s private equity, venture capital, infrastructure and long-term investor members in Brussels.

He joined Invest Europe in 2020 from Rud Pedersen PA where he was Partner & Group Head of Financial Services. Before pursuing a career in the private sector, Martin worked as Minister Counsellor at the Danish Permanent Representation during the Danish Presidency where he negotiated and led the work on financial services and internal market files and as Director for EU affairs in the Ministry of Business and Economic affairs.

Martin holds a Master of Law degree from the University of Copenhagen, as well as post-graduate diplomas in both Business Administration and in Negotiation and Dispute Settlement.