In 2001, appointed member of the Executive Board and from 1 October 2005 Chairman of the Executive Board/CEO. Joined HEINEKEN in 1984 and held various management positions in Rwanda (Sales & Marketing Manager), Democratic Republic of Congo (General Manager), Poland (Managing Director), and Italy (Managing Director). Executive Board responsibility for HEINEKEN Regions and Global functions: Human Resources, Corporate Relations, Supply Chain, Commerce, Legal Affairs, Strategy, Internal Audit and Company Secretary.

AGK holds a M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology from Copenhagen University and a Diploma Master Brewer exam from Scandinavian School of Brewing.

AGKs work experience comprises technical management positions working for Carlsberg 1984 till 2004. In this period AGK worked as Beer Process Manager, Packaging line manager, Brewhouse Manager and Technical Director for two Carlsberg breweries in Italy. 2004 – 2014 AGK was Director of Scandinavian School of Brewing in Copenhagen.
Since DEC 2014 AGK is currently Deputy Director for the Danish Technical University Bachelor of Engineering Studies Institute with 17 different study lines and >2500 students in Copenhagen.

AGK has since 1985 published 25 technical papers comprising brewhouse technology, review of the Balling Formula, Lean in Breweries, Future Brewery 2020 and in 2018 – together with Professor Ludwig Narziss from Weihenstephn, 5 papers on corporation between QA and Master Brewers.

Managing Director at the Doemens Academy, teacher for Brewing Technology and responsible for the worldwide Beer Sommelier education at the Savour Academy Division of Doemens. He holds a Ph.D. in brewing science from the Technical University Munich-Weihenstephan. After six years scientific and educational profession at the TUM he got Head Brewmaster and Technical Director in a German brewery. Since 2009 he is a member of the Doemens Academy and World Brewing Academy faculty. Beer is profession and passion for him.

Big Drop’s founder, Rob Fink, is no stranger to challenging well-established business models. In 2010 he co-founded City law firm, Fenchurch Law having spotted a gap in the market for bringing claims against insurance companies.
Rob applied similar upside-down thinking for his next career turn when he found himself bucking the trend of his native City lunchtime drinking culture by seeking out low alcohol drinks. Massively underwhelmed, he wondered, why doesn’t anyone make alcohol-free beer that tastes just as good as full-strength beer?
It turns out there wasn’t a good answer to this and founded Big Drop Brewing.
Ironically, being an industry outsider gave him a massive advantage as a trailblazer. With no preconceived ideas about what brewing should be, Big Drop was the first brewer ever to focus exclusively on AF beer and the first to apply left-field fermenting techniques that meant no alcohol needed to extracted from the end product to meet the required maximum 0.5% ABV.

Since joining the BBPA in 2010, my role within the Policy Team has been to develop the scientific and technical activities and policies of the Association. This remit encompasses the many technical issues that are associated with beer production and the brewery supply chain, from grain to glass, including; brewery asset management, food safety for pubs and breweries, product quality and assurance and product labelling. I also drive the BBPA’s beer and wholesomeness agenda.

I have had extensive commercial and scientific experience throught my career in the brewing industry. Prior to the BBPA, I worked at Young and Co’s Brewery in London and then Campden BRI, where I was involved in both academic and commercial research projects as well as undertaking consultancy and troubleshooting issues relating to brewery production and product quality, beer dispense hygiene and new product development.