the futureprint tech ambassadors

Frazer began his working life in recruitment, then publishing, then events and has over 25 years of experience running events in diverse markets. Since 2003, he has operated within the printing industry by joining FESPA and led an ailing exhibition business in decline and turned it around into the market-leading business success it is today. In 2011, he and Marcus Timson formed FM Brooks, a JV with Mack Brooks Exhibitions, to launch new shows for new print markets. The InPrint Show is now the leading globally recognised event for industrial Print technology.  In 2019, he sold the business to RELX.

Dr. Simon Daplyn is the Product & Marketing Manager for Sun Chemical.

Having studied and worked in digital print for over 20 years, Simon has held roles in product development, commercialization, sales and marketing of a wide range of digital inks with a focus on aqueous technologies.

Simon joined Sun Chemical in 2020 and is responsible for product management and marketing within the digital inks division, helping to define the product strategy for Sun Chemical in digital print markets with a view to supporting the adoption of inkjet technology and sustainable technology developments.

Martin Burns has extensive experience in product management and marketing within the ink technology sector, currently serving as Market Manager for OEM Inks and Digital Market Sector Manager for EMEA & ASPAC at Nazdar Ink Technologies 

Peter Brown is a physicist by training who has spent much of his career inventing, developing and implementing innovative manufacturing techniques, with a focus on digital deposition and precision coating. Specialisms include printing of challenging functional fluids, particularly those that cannot be printed using conventional industrial inkjet printheads. Peter is responsible for leading 42 Technology’s business development and pro-active networking activities regarding our Manufacturing Innovation capability, with a personal focus on US-based clients. Peter has a PhD in the physics of semiconducting polymers from the University of Cambridge.

Experienced Development Specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the printing industry.

Nils Gottfried is Senior Sales Manager for BHS Corrugated GmbH. He holds a degree in Printing Technologies and has over thirty years of experience in the Graphic Arts industry. Before joining BHS Corrugated in 2021, Nils was Product Marketing Manager for Fujifilm Graphics Europe portfolio of Packaging and Wide Format InkJet solutions and worked for GMG Color a leading colour management software company. He worked as well for the Smurfit Kappa Group, as an engineer for print related projects at the corrugator and converting.

Dario Urbinati, CEO of Gallus Group since 2022, brings 17 years in global graphic arts leadership. He first joined Gallus in 2003, spending nine years—latterly as Managing Director for Southeast Asia—driving growth and cultural change. He then led Narrow/Mid-Web operations at a major Chinese press maker and, as Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at ACTEGA Metal Print, helped launch its sustainable metallization technology. Returning to Gallus in 2021 as Chief Sales & Service Officer, he has delivered the company’s first pure digital inkjet label press, advanced carbon-neutrality efforts, and opened the Gallus Experience Center in St. Gallen.

Head of Department (Inkjet Printheads) for Seiko Instruments. Experienced Sales Executive with a focus in the inkjet printing industry. Strong sales professional with a Master of Science (M.Sc.) focused in Automation Engineering from Fachhochschule Aachen and a MBA (online) from PowerMBA.

Charles Lissenburg is an accomplished sales and marketing executive with extensive experience in the print and imaging technology sectors. Currently serving as the Director of European Sales & Production Services at Keypoint Intelligence since January 2025, Charles has held several senior leadership positions, including Sr. Sales Director at EFI and Chief Commercial Officer at SPGPrints B.V. Previously, Charles served as General Manager EMEA at AVT and General Manager Production & Industrial Printing at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH. Charles's career features significant roles at EFI, where responsibilities included Vice President of Worldwide OEM Sales. Academic credentials include a degree in Business Economics from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and completion of the NIMA - C written exam.

Beate van Loo-Born is a corporate executive specializing in financial services, data, and sustainability, with a background that includes leadership roles at UBS, the Swiss Stock Exchange, and the non-profit Climate Arc. She became the Group CFO of the German precision manufacturer Physik Instrumente (PI) in January 2025. 

With a degree in Integration Engineering and having spent her whole career in the world of print and coatings, Holly uses her breadth of knowledge and passion for these technologies to provide scalable solutions that fit the applications.

Els Mannekens is an organic chemist who received her PhD in Medicinal Chemistry in 2001. She has now worked at ChemStream for 14 years as senior formulation chemist and specialises in the development of UV-curable inkjet inks for both 2D and 3D IJ printing applications, in the development of stable nano-pigment dispersions and in the synthesis of superabsorbent polymers.

Marc Graindourze has a PhD in Physical Chemistry of the University of Leuven and joined Agfa in 1988. He has been R&D Project Manager for various projects in the graphic arts industries, including product development of graphic films, proofing materials, inkjet media and inkjet inks.
In 2008 he has taken up the role of Business Development Manager and since 2018, the role of Business Manager for industrial inkjet inks & fluids.
Marc enjoys connecting industries and inkjet system integrators with the world of ink chemistry to result into the implementation of inkjet for a wide variety of applications,
including interior decoration, packaging, direct-to-product printing, and many more.

After nearly two decades with HP, Raziel brings a blend of market expertise, customer facing experience and strategic vision. With a career that began serendipitously in HP’s Indigo division, his passion for innovation is palpable.

A pragmatic activist in the commercial application of inkjet technology with some of the world's best-known manufacturers of printers and printheads, Richard is well-known in the industry. He questions thinking and the way things have been done to discern where industrial inkjet can deliver real benefit.