Lauren Rogers is an independent sensory science consultant in the UK with more than twenty years of practical experience. She is a member of the Society of Sensory Professionals, the Institute of Food Science and Technology's Sensory Science Group, the Sensometric Society and is also a member of the ASTM Sensory Evaluation Committee (E18).

Joanne Hort is Fonterra Riddet Chair in Consumer and Sensory Science, and Director of the Food Experience and Sensory Testing (Feast) Lab, at Massey University in New Zealand. She was previously SABMiller Chair of Sensory Science at the University of Nottingham in the UK. She was a founding member of the Institute of Food Science and Technology's Sensory Science Group and the European Sensory Science Society.

Sarah E. Kemp is a chartered sensory and consumer scientist with more than 35 years of experience in academia and industry. She has held senior positions at companies including Givaudan-Roure, Unilever Research and Cadbury Schweppes, as well as running her own consultancy business. She is a founding member and past Chair of the Institute of Food Science and Technology's Sensory Science Group and Chair of BSI Committee AW/012 Sensory Analysis.

Tracey Hollowood as former Director of Sensory and Consumer Research for Sensory Dimensions Ltd, she has over 25 years of academic and industrial experience and has been published extensively. She established the UK's first Post Graduate Certificate in Sensory Science and managed Nottingham University's Sensory Science Centre. She was a previous Chair of the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) Midland Branch and the Sensory Science Group (SSG).