Johnny leads the Asia Pacific arm of Pilot44, a leading corporate venture building studio with offices across the USA, Europe and Asia, and a focus on helping large organizations to accelerate their innovation and technology strategies. Working across varying industries including, Pharmacy, Finance, Banking, FMCG, Alcohol, Insurance and Logistics, Johnny leads corporate innovation projects to land agile hands-on pilots, and build entirely new brands and business ventures.
Prior to joining Pilot44, Johnny spent the last decade building his expertise at Unilever. Over the years Johnny lead iconic brands such as LYNX, Magnum Ice Cream and Ben & Jerry’s. Most recently he was the Global Head of The Unilever Foundry, the company’s global platform for partnering with the world’s best startups to accelerate innovation on a global scale. With an initial focus on marctech, Johnny’s remit with the Unilever Foundry expanded to working across multiple verticals and functions within Unilever. As one of the leading FMCG experts on corporate innovation, Johnny has scouted thousands of startups, driven over 100 pilot projects with pioneering technologies, and advised corporations on their innovation design programs and investment.
