Benjamina Bollag

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Benjamina Bollag is the Founder and CEO of Uncommon, a Cambridge-based food tech startup dedicated to improving people’s health and the health of our planet. Formerly known as Higher Steaks, Uncommon specialises in cultivated meat and has developed innovative proprietary technologies to tackle the challenges of cost and scalability in this industry. They are credited with creating the world's first prototypes for cultivated bacon and pork belly. Prior to her role at Uncommon, Benjamina Bollag co-founded a London-based B2B electronics company. She also gained experience at Stratasys, PepsiCo’s joint venture with Strauss and an ed-tech startup. Benjamina Bollag holds a Master of Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.