Dr. Mariette Abrahams
Thought- leader, Speaker, Entrepreneur and Researcher in Personalized nutrition, Health and Wellness
Bridging the gap between food, health and tech through thought leadership and data
Mariette is passionate about
Nutrition & Behaviour change
AI & Technology
Society & ethics
What clients say
Working with Mariette at Qina has been a very good experience. She brings valuable consumer insights coupled with deep scientific knowledge and manages to leverage her vast network of experts and tools at great speed. Plus, her reports are nicely designed. I am looking forward to more projects with her!
Marie Breysse
Head of Innovation
Working with Mariette has been a great experience. With her curious and open attitude she exactly understood our needs and was able to help us with valuable expert knowledge, an impressive network and amazing speed.
We feel we are in for a longer partnership with her."
Dr Janne Prawitt
Scientific Director of Health & Wellness
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Speaking is a way to influence and effect change through words and visuals in a way that inspires the audience to want to act immediately - Mariette
Interest, Beliefs and Values
I believe that we are at the cross roads of the 4th industrial revolution. AI, wearable technologies together with a major shift towards prevention is driving unprecedented change across the Food, Health, Pharma and Consumer health industries not seen before.
My purpose is to give a voice to those who are at risk being left behind, to inspire executives, entrepreneurs and the next generation of experts and to address the uncomfortable truths that come along with necessary change to make health and nutrition accessible, equitable and affordable.
Keynote speaker
Mariette regularly speaks at industry and scientific events on the global stage covering her favourite topics on AI in nutrition and health, innovation and the future of food and health. With over 150 talks under her belt, she is a confident, engaging and experienced presenter, moderator and expert panelist. She regularly speaks at corporate events which span R & D workshops, seminars, Innovation days, Investor and board meetings.
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The future of health belongs to those who can effortlessly combine science, data and technology to simplify healthy living in a way that anyone can benefit - Mariette
Keynote topics
The risks and opportunities of technology in personalized nutrition and health
How AI is disrupting industries at the intersection of food and health
Food, health and prevention 2050
I was blown away by your talk at Vitafoods in May. You brought the personalised nutrition space to life for me. Thank you
Innovation director - Kerry
Advisory Board Member
Personalized Nutrition Initiative (PNI)
An initiative to advance the science and credibility of personalized nutrition
As a board external advisory board member, Mariette contributes her market insights and data from the Qina platform.
QUISPER
A multisided platform connecting the ecosystem players in Personalized nutrition into one hub (now closed)
As a board member and director, Mariette contributed her expertise in Personalized nutrition as well as her market insights and access to her global network.
Guest lecturer
The overall feedback of your Keynote presentation and Behaviour design thinking workshop was really very good.
Prof Christian Sina University of Lubeck
I’d like to take a moment to express our appreciation for your keynote at the 2025 Nutrition Insights conference held at the Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Your presentation was incredibly inspiring and motivational, with great audience engagement. It truly resonated with the attendees and contributed significantly to the success of the event.
Prof Ana Pinto University of Lisbon
Published researcher
Entrepreneur
Mariette has a mixed background in nutrition (BSc Nutrition & Dietetics), business administration (MBA) and research PhD. This together with her interest in technology and a good dose of creativity, she has managed to create a new niche in tech- enabled personalsed health leading from the front.
She has over 26 years experience in clinical and medical nutrition working in senior roles across the clinical and industry setting . She has worked with dozens of multinational food and ingredient brands, startups and non-profit organizations on innovative projects blending nutrition, data and digital tools. She founded Qina in 2019 after getting frustrated with the lack of focus on nutrition science and behaviour change in tech solutions.
AI nutrition, technology in prevention & product development, AI ethics have made Mariette a strong voice in the industry advocating for responsible use of AI and transparency.
I am at my best when I help teams...
Leverage science to create products that have an outcome
I believe that having a scientific basis is a "must have", not a "nice-to have". Using nutrition science, behavior change theory, strategies, techniques and validated tools, companies can create solutions a demonstrated outcome.
Align internal teams so they can get unstuck
The time is now to challenge the "business as usual" mantra. Innovation is at super low levels and consumers expect personalization. This means all internal stakeholders need to understand and align on the "why" in order to move projects from ideation to flawless execution.
Move at the speed of the market to stay relevant
Data is gold and in order to stay ahead and predict consumer needs, leveraging AI tools in combination with domain expertise is non-negotiable. In a rapidly moving industry staying focused, lean, agile, specialised and tech-supported means we help clients move at the speed of the market.
I have a lot of trust in Mariette's expertise and knowledge of the PN landscape. Second, I think that the database of companies is a unique and powerful tool that can help others sort the PN landscape.
Joshua Anthony - Nlumn
We were looking for market analysis to determine applications of an emerging technology, and Mariette—using Qina—was able to rapidly identify pain points, solidify real and urgent use cases, and provide rigorous scientific evidence to drive genuine market insight. We were impressed by the completeness of her analysis and ability to provide structure in a fast-moving industry.
William Zhang - Cornucopian capital
Thanks so much, again, for this incredible report and the presentation of the main findings today. I find this space so interesting, and I appreciate the complexity and the opportunities so much better as a result of your work
Head of Global nutrition & Wellness
Media consultant
Mariette is regularly sought out for her perspective and insights into key topics impacting the industry as well as the projects she works on as part of Qina. From the evolution of supplements to the Food as medicine movement and the ethics of AI in personalised nutrition and health, she is the leading industry voice.
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Passionate is the first word that comes to mind when thinking about Mariette. She is a dedicated scientist and a great speaker, very knowledgeable about personalized the nutrition topic, both from an academic and a commercial perspective. I appreciated her professionalism and I highly recommend working with her”. Head of Science & Nutrition CPG
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