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Anna Bjurstam has spent 30+ years shaping the modern wellness industry — and with Wahayla, she's taking that work into its next chapter.

Wahayla, her new wellness and longevity company, takes its name from the words for power of the heart. It is the vehicle through which Anna intends to evolve wellness and longevity in the world — building on everything that came before, and pushing the field toward what comes next.

Her path has been anything but linear. In 1997, armed with a Master's in Finance and an unusual appetite for risk, she helped bring S.A.T.S. to Sweden and turned it into Scandinavia's leading fitness chain. In 2000 she became co-owner of Raison d'Être, and as sole owner from 2011 grew it into the consultancy behind more than 200 spas in 70 countries — shaping what luxury wellness looks like from Bhutan to the Bahamas. The company was acquired by Pegasus Capital Advisors, and later by IHG in 2019.

From 2013 to 2026, Anna was Wellness Pioneer at Six Senses, where she led the work that made it the world's leading hospitality group in wellness — a defining chapter of her career. Among many initiatives, she spearheaded the development of Six Senses Place, the brand's urban membership club. More than a decade at Six Senses proved her thesis that rigorous science and soulful hospitality aren't opposing forces but the same discipline. Wahayla is where that thesis goes next, advising hotel groups, fitness brands, and medical clinics who want to sell years, not just nights.

She is also co-founder of V Social Club (now AgebackCo), a longevity, hyperbaric, and biohacking lifestyle club, and co-founder of Rosebar Longevity. She has served on the Global Wellness Summit board since 2007 and personally invests in the founders and ideas she believes will define the next decade of the field.

What sets Anna apart is what she refuses to leave out. Three decades of Vipassana, Siddha Yoga, shamanic practice, plant medicine, and a BioGeometry diploma sit alongside a working fluency in longevity science, quantum physics, and business strategy. She is equally at home in a boardroom, on a keynote stage, or tending a fire ceremony — and she argues, persuasively, that the wellness industry's future depends on people who can move between all three.

Martin Kremmer is a renowned speaker and biohacker dedicated to leveraging biological aging tests to prevent disease, build resilience, and extend healthspan for executives and elite athletes. Recognized as a leading figure in the Nordic biohacking community, he has devoted over 5,000 hours to studying human performance, biology, and stress physiology. As the CEO and Chief Health Coach at Freeage, he spearheads a data-driven approach to optimize healthspan, using biological aging tests to guide personalized interventions for Special Forces, Olympic champions, Tour de France cyclists, high-profile executives, and politicians, enhancing their resilience, focus, and vitality in demanding careers. Since 2019, he has coached hundreds of individuals and continues to do so, applying cutting-edge biomarker insights to prevent age-related diseases and boost longevity. Over many years, Martin has shaped the national scene of proactive health through organizing health-oriented events and talks, notably co-founding CPH Health Week and remaining involved to ensure the latest science and knowledge are surfaced properly.

With a 21-year career at a Big-4 company as a Global Director, Martin mastered the intersection of data, human behavior, and performance, providing extensive global travel (100+ days per year) experience in stress management, jetlag mitigation, and thriving under high-pressure conditions, with his expertise also spanning product innovation and design. Since 2012, his passion for biohacking has evolved into a mission to personalize health optimization through biological aging tests, leveraging epigenetics, blood-based markers, DNA, and hormones to fine-tune metabolic health, energy levels, and nervous system balance. A turning point came in 2019 when he took the TEDx Copenhagen stage to share insights on biomarker-driven healthcare, solidifying his mission to bring this science to a broader audience through Freeage’s innovative health testing services.

Sabinije von Gaffke is an internationally recognized and award-winning moderator, speaker and entrepreneur operating at the forefront of longevity, science, AI and human potential. She is Founding Partner of Super Human, an exclusive, invitation-only global summit and network, Co-founder of BrainGym.co, and Founder of HUMAN™️.

Recognized for leading high-level, cross-disciplinary conversations with many of the world's foremost experts, Sabinije moderates and speaks on international stages at the intersection of longevity, science, technology and human potential.

Beyond the stage, she collaborates with leading organizations across longevity, hospitality and private communities to design human-centered longevity ecosystems that integrate science, strategic partnerships, meaningful experiences and human connection.

Her work is grounded in systems thinking and ecosystem design, integrating scientific advancement, infrastructure and human development—reflecting a broader vision of moving beyond optimisation toward coherence as the foundation for sustainable human potential. Her philosophy is simple: Longevity isn't simply about living longer. It's about expanding the human experience and unlocking human potential.