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Jonathan Yan
Drink Talks
Partner & Head of Food & Beverage Practice
Roland Berger

15 years experience in consulting with focus on Consumer Goods & Retail.

Subject-matter expert in food and beverage sector with frequent media interview on industry perspectives, including Reuters, FT, SCMP, and China Daily.

Deep expertise in growth strategy, branding, channel strategy, M&A and PMI, talent & org, and change management.

Recent experiences in working with leading food and beverage groups on multiple topics (e.g., end-to-end transformation for a local food & beverage conglomerate, China market entry for a European Dairy group, business review and M&A support for a flavouring & nutrition group).

Author of multiple whitepaper and reports, including overseas expansion, revenue growth management, future nutrition trend and alternative protein, etc.


Event Introduction
Drink Talks
 · 04/27 (Day 1)
Wow, Drink It Up!
Trends & Insights
09:30
Enterprise Playbook — AI Transformation White Paper for the Beverage Industry

AI is reinventing every beverage link—concept, flavor, production, channel, consumer. PepsiCo rolls out Salesforce Agentforce, embedding autonomous AI agents. ChaPanda's "AI + DevOps" model uses LLMs to lift R&D efficiency by 24%. Live cases fuel a practical Beverage AI Transformation White Paper that merges trends with step-by-step guidance.

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