Jerome Pellaud

Jerome Pellaud, Global Head of Supply for Beyond Beer at ABInBev since August 2022, entered the world of beer and beverages through flavor and fermentation. A chemist by education and a brewmaster, he received a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry from the University of Basel (Switzerland). He moved to Belgium in 1998 to pursue a post-doctoral study on fruity sulfur flavors from hop and produced by yeast during fermentation at the Brewing Technology Lab of the University of Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), the same University where Jerome gained certification in Brewing and Malting.

Jerome joined Anheuser-Busch InBev in January 2000 as a Senior Scientist in the Brewing Science Department in Leuven, Belgium, before joining the Global Product Development Team in 2005. He was tasked to build the first Exploratory Product & Process Development team in 2006 where he was responsible for yeast & fermentation, sensory and consumer science as well as product development. In 2008 he became Global Director for Exploratory Product and Packaging Development. In early 2015, Jerome led the creation of the new Global Craft and Specialty beer division within ZX Ventures and, in 2019, built the new Adjacencies division within ZX Ventures, before becoming General Partner of the ZX Ventures Beverage Fund for Europe and Africa in January 2021.