
Kim Olofsson
Global Head of R&D,
AAK
Kim is the Global Head of R&D at AAK, a world leader in specialty oils and fats within a variety of industries such as food, nutrition and cosmetics, where he is leading the company's long-term innovation, including new product and technology development, open innovation, and strategic external R&D collaborations. As an experienced industrial R&D leader with a general passion for bringing early-stage research to scale, he is focusing on enabling cutting-edge science and novel technologies to bring healthier, tastier and more sustainable ingredients to the market. Kim has a MSc in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Biotechnology from Lund University, Sweden.