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CREATE
October 9-11, 2024
Omni Nashville HotelNashville, TN

Lauren Fernandez
CEO & Founder at Full Course
Speaker

Profile

Ms. Fernandez’s expertise spans all aspects of restaurant and franchise operations and development, consumer product development, and brand licensing. Ms. Fernandez brings to the board room multi-national experience in heavily regulated markets, including international mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Her deep experience comes from assignments as supporting M&A and Intellectual Property counsel for the $50B acquisition of Alcon, working with federal regulators in over 20 countries. She has worked in over 140 countries establishing franchise partnerships, licensing programs, distribution and supply chains for both food and drug companies. Her storied career as counsel and in executive leadership has provided her the experience to guide companies in growing new revenue streams, adeptly steering them around regulatory hurdles and other risk.