Matching Alternative Protein businesses with the best talent from around the globe for the benefit of humans, nature, and animals
Our vision is a world where every single person has enough healthy, delicious, and affordable food, produced sustainably without harming our planet and its inhabitants.
Our mission is to facilitate this by matching Alternative Protein companies with top talent from around the world.
The people that drive Tälist
We’re an international team of experts, using our deep industry knowledge as well as hiring expertise to facilitate best matches between talents and Alternative Protein jobs.
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Pia Voltz
FOUNDER & CEO
Pia is the Founder and CEO of Tälist. With her combination of extensive HR expertise, entrepreneurial drive, and industry knowledge, she found herself in the perfect position to tackle the talent bottleneck within the Alternative Protein industry. She’s also co-founder and board member of CellAg Germany. Pia grew up close to the Alps with a love for hand-crafted cheese and can’t wait for guilt-free alternatives to mountain cheese.
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Nils-Oliver Boldt
CO-FOUNDER & CTO
As Tälist’s technical co-founder, Oliver brings profound expertise in IT and operations to the team and translates our mission of accelerating the Alternative Protein industry into an efficient and innovative talent solution. Oliver is enthusiastic about contributing to the resolution of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. He’s looking forward to animal free alternatives to blue cheese.
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Friederike Grosse-Holz
INDUSTRY ADVISOR
Friederike finished her PhD in bioinformatics and protein biochemistry and worked as a Consultant at BCG before becoming Director at Blue Horizon. She co-authored several articles on the Alternative Protein industry.
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Dwayne Holmes
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
With a background in molecular & stem cell biology, Dwayne headed the quality assurance and regulatory efforts of Mosa Meat before joining New Harvest as Director of Responsible Research & Innovation and running Uncharted Futures, a biotech consulting service.
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Parendi Birdie
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
Holding a degree in Biochemistry, Parendi worked to build cultivated meat startups Mission Barns and GOOD Meat from the ground up. She’s an advisor to Tälist, Alt_Collective, and Food System Innovations, with previous roles in R&D, marketing, and business development.
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Lauren Mee
TALENT SOLUTIONS ADVISOR
Lauren is the Founder and CEO of Animal Advocacy Careers, a US-registered charity that tackles the talent bottleneck within Animal Advocacy. Before that, she helped FMCG clients use market research to make more informed business decisions.
Events and Media
As experts in both the Alternative Protein industry and hiring, the Tälist team frequently makes public appearances in media and at events. Get more insights by browsing our list of past events and media coverage.
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