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Nandini Prabhakar
Head of Operations, Singapore - Meatable
Nandini Prabhakar is an accomplished scientific leader with vast experience of over 15 years spanning academia and industry. A Nutritional biochemist/ Immunologist by training, she has a strong track record of leading teams in upstream bioprocessing technology and driving molecules from discovery to clinical phase in traditional biologics specifically in viral vaccines.
Specific to cultivated meat, she has the distinction of a few “firsts” As Scientific Head, she headed the manufacture of the world’s first cultivated meat product in a Singapore based CDMO for commercial launch during the challenging pandemic period. She oversaw design and construction of the first, commercial cultivated meat manufacturing facility.
Subsequently, she was the first R and D leader at ThermoFisher to secure an internal funding for Cultivated meat media development. In this capacity, she also led a Bioproduction services team as subject matter expert to lead innovation and increase profit ability through external service projects.
In her current role as Head of Operations, Singapore, she implements operational strategies and scaleup operations at Meatable’s local manufacturing partner. Drawing upon her skills in people management, risk management, process optimisation and negotiations, she has implemented strategies that have resulted in successful scale up production of Meatable’s product in a few short months. She continues striving to implement cost reduction strategies through close collaboration with technical teams based at Meatable’s headquarters. Currently, she is leading Meatable’s regulatory efforts for approval of their product in Singapore as well as in outreach programmes across the region.
