Nick Hazell
Founder & CEO, v2food
Nick Hazell is an experienced food innovator, lecturer and consultant who
is CEO & Founder of Australian startup v2food. Launched nationally in
October 2019, v2food has developed plant-based meat, building on a close
collaboration with CSIRO to create tasty, sustainable and healthy products.
Hazell holds a Master of Manufacturing from Cambridge University. He worked
in aerospace and chocolate manufacturing before moving into research and
development in the food industry, working at global multinationals in The
Netherlands and Australia. He was R&D Director at Masterfoods and at
PepsiCo Australia and New Zealand, working on products like Grain Waves,
Red Rock Deli, Sunbites and Smiths. He lectures in the Bachelor of Creative
Intelligence and Innovation at UTS and has consulted to CSIRO and the meat
industry.