Julianne Ponan, Creative Nature
Julianne Ponan
Founder
Creative Nature

Julianne was diagnosed with severe anaphylaxis at two years old, she has multiple allergies to all peanuts, treenuts, sesame, chickpeas and more. She is the founder and CEO of Creative Nature a Top 14 allergen free brand, through her own experiences and challenges living with allergies she focused on Creative Nature to be at the forefront of ‘free from’ innovation, pushing the boundaries and launching a range of free from foods with good nutrition. Creative Nature has grown from strength to strength launching the brand into Sainsbury’s, Ocado, Co-op, Asda, Tesco and exports to 14 countries including the UAE. Julianne is an allergy advocate fighting for change, making people with allergies lives easier and less stressful, and regularly featuring their stories on her blog. She has spoken at the Houses of Parliament, is a judge for the Free From Food Awards and an ambassador for the Anaphylaxis Campaign. Julianne was recently on the Forbes 30 under 30 List, she was voted by the public as the Guardian's Leader of the Year. Julianne’s company Creative Nature has won Scale Up of the Year in the FSB National Awards and fought off fierce competition of over 2000 businesses Nationally to take the title of the FSB Business of the year and Overall Winner of the night in 2018. Julie Cleijne Founder & CEO Sustainable Kitchen Consultants Ltd Karen Woodford Managing Director of The Safer Eating Company Ltd Kate Dowse Food Blogger, Gluten Free Recipe Creator and Freelance Writer Gluten Free Alchemist Kerri Fidler Head of Food Quality and Delivery Coop Levison Di Raffaele Lisa Rogers Head of Food development Just Love food company Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne Chair of Scotland Food and Drink Scotland Food and Drink Marc Warde Owner/Director Niche Free From Kitchen trading as Bare Food, Libero Special Meals and Noot Mark Robinson Business Development Smurfit Kappa Marnie Searchwell Proprietor Marnie Searchwell Handmade Cakes Matthew Ford Operations and NPD Creative Nature Natalie Hopkins Founder/ Trainer The Allergy Badge Nathalie Newman Nia Louise Olivia Abrahmsohn Product Developer and Sensory consultant Tastebud Tickler Olivia Lewis Founder The Free From Black Book Paige Wood Category Manager Dr Schar Peter Hargreaves Philippa Christer Event Director IFE, International Food & Drink Event Pippa Sharp Innovations & Awards Coordinator Asda Rebecca Smith Blogger & Free From Recipe Developer Glutarama Rob Brice Founder CRAVE Robin Longden CEO Rollagranola Ruth Holroyd Blogger and author What Allergy Sarah Summers Brand Manager Doves Farm Foods Sarah de Wit Simon Williams Chief Executive Anaphylaxis Campaign Simon Wright Founder OF Plus Ltd Sophie Wright Marketing Manager, IFE Montgomery Group Sue Warren Strategic Development Director Unismack Susan Gafsen Director and Founder Pep & Lekker Tanya Ednan-Laperouse Co-Founder The Natasha Allergy Research Foundation Tom Treverton UK Portfolio Director F2F Events Ltd Victoria Lee NPD Consultant Victoria Lee UK Ltd Zahra Hadi NPD and Innovation Specialist Eatzwithzee