David Brandes is the co-founder of planetary, a Swiss based biomass and precision fermentation contract manufacturer. planetary set out to build bioprocessing capacity globally in order to produce protein at scale, without any animal involved.

David has over 10 years of marketing and sales experience, as CCO of Migros Food Online, Switzerland's largest food retailer, and as engagement manager at McKinsey & Co and as the co-founder of the Belgium cell-based meat brand Peace of Meat.