Dr. Jules Taylor-Pickard, a nutritionist, obtained her Ph.D. specializing in piglet gut health, physiology and immunity. Taylor-Pickard is currently the European business director for Alltech. Within this role, she directs the European commercial and research strategies, provides technical support to the sales force and initiates, and supports and interprets multispecies research activities, focusing on providing solutions to optimize animal performance and efficiency. Previous roles she has held at Alltech include global Mycosorb® manager and pig technical manager for Europe. Prior to Alltech, she worked with pharmaceutical applications in the monogastric sector.