Science|Business makes new management appointments to further growth

BRUSSELS, 30 June 2016 - Science|Business, a media and communications company focused on research and innovation, named a managing director, vice chair and director of finance as part of a new management structure reflecting the company’s growth.

Maryline Fiaschi, a French communications professional, was named to a newly created position of managing director. She has been with Science|Business for five years, during which time she was a director supervising several parts of the business, including the university-industry network, the company’s annual conferences and awards, and major consultancy portfolios. Fiaschi will lead the company’s management and strategy.

Richard L. Hudson, an American journalist and co-founder of the company, takes a new position as vice-chair and editor-in-chief. He has been CEO and editor of Science|Business since its 2004 founding, and was previously managing editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe. Hudson will continue to develop the company’s key relationships within the European innovation community, and will lead content development.  

Sophie Pevtschin was named director of finance.  A Belgian national, she has worked in finance with the company since 2010.

Said Richard Flaye, Science|Business chairman: “Over the past decade Science|Business has built a solid reputation across Europe’s innovation community – becoming the best source of intelligence, networking and strategic advice about European research and innovation. The new management team – which will expand further – remains dedicated to helping companies, universities and government agencies progress in the European market.”

Founded in London in 2004, Science|Business is dedicated to helping Europe innovate by connecting university leaders, business executives and policy makers. We do this through:

• Connecting leaders in the European innovation community. It manages a network of 45 organisations including leading research universities, companies and agencies. These include Cambridge University, NTNU, ETH Zurich, Aalto University, University of Bologna, TU Berlin, Microsoft, Dow, Sanofi, Toyota, Tekes, Innovate UK and Eureka.
• Intelligence and communications services –including an online news service focused on research and innovation in Europe, and a twice-weekly e-bulletin sent to 17,000 key contacts within the EU innovation community and beyond.
• Specialised communications services to members and non-members, advising on strategy, tailoring messages and executing communications campaigns targeted to leaders in the European innovation community
• Exclusive events with top-level representatives from leading technology multinationals, universities and EU institutions.
• Original policy research on healthcare, energy, ICT, education and EU affairs, in order to promote a more conducive climate for innovation in Europe.

Editors notes

Maryline Fiaschi combines experiences in media and European affairs. After six years managing EU education programmes with the European Commission, Maryline entered the media business in 2007 in Shanghai. She held business development positions at the Shanghai Daily and, back in Brussels, at EU affairs media company EurActiv before joining Science|Business in 2011. Today she is also an external evaluator for several EU education and R&I programmes. Maryline holds degrees from Université La Sorbonne, Università di Bologna and Université catholique de Louvain.

Richard L. Hudson has been a leading science and technology journalist in Europe for more than 30 years. As managing editor of The Wall Street Journal Europe from 1997 to 2003, he helped lead a redesign of the title in 2000. He co-founded Science|Business in 2004. He is also co-author of a best-selling book with Yale/IBM "fractal" mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot: "The (mis)Behavior of Markets: A fractal view of risk, ruin & reward": Basic Books 2004. He is a graduate of Harvard, and a former Knight Fellow at MIT.