Nici Bush is a global member of the Mars Leadership Team and in her role as Chief Innovation, Science and Technology Officer for Mars, she has oversight of Research and Development (R&D), including Science and Technology, Innovation, Quality and Food Safety, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, the Mars Global Food Safety Center and the Mars Advanced Research Institute. She is Secretary of Mars' Technology Committee ' a committee of the Mars Board driving evidence-based and scientific conversations on key areas such as health & wellbeing, nutrition, supply chain resilience and sustainability. Nici's career at Mars spans three decades, multiple business disciplines and numerous regions and countries. She has deep expertise in manufacturing operations and supply chain, R&D and General Management across Mars Snacking, Petcare and Food & Nutrition. She also spearheaded the enterprise 'Future of Work' program embedding lessons from the pandemic to create a set of flexible work practices positively impacting the Associate experience and business results for years to come and is an active champion of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion agenda, specifically supporting people with disabilities and women in leadership.