World Agriculture Forum - Innovating for Sustainable Future

World Agriculture Forum

Council Members

Dr.P.Chandra Shekara

Director General
Centre on Integrated Rural
Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)

Bangladesh

Dr. Suthad Setboonsarng

Board Member
Somboon Advance Technology PCL. (Somboon Group)

Thailand

Dr. Jimmy Smith

Director International Programs -Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Maryland

USA

Dr. Geneviève Pons

CEO and Vice Chair
Europe Jacques Delors

Belgium

Dr. Helena Leurent

Director General
Consumers International

Switzerland

Maria Helena Semedo

Former Deputy Director General Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Italy

Eduard Muller

President and Rector
University for International Cooperation

Costa Rica

Dr. Per Brodersen

Director
German Agribusiness Alliance

Germany

Chariton Namuwoza

Chief Executive Officer, National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda
President AfrONet and CEO NOGAMU

Uganda

Cristian Barcan, SEA

Head, Global Sustainability Strategy
Sr. Director, Corteva Agriscience

Indianapolis, USA

William S Niebur

President & CEO
Niebur Advisors, LLC

USA

Shuichi Tokumoto

President, Agri Corporation TREE & NORF Inc
Chairman,
JapanBiotechCropNetwork

Japan

Amy Coughenour

President & CEO
Cadasta Foundation

Japan

Ronnie Murungu

Regional Director
Africa and Middle East International
Youth Foundation

Canada

Rutger Groot

Group Board Chairman
East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer

The Netherlands

William Murray

President & CEO at
National Coffee Association

USA

Mary Boote

Chief Executive Officer
Global Farmer Network

USA

Hon. Prof. Ruth K. Oniang'o

Founder
Rural Outreach Program Africa

KENYA

Prof. L. O. Sanni

Executive Director
Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute

Nigeria

Suddha Chakravartti

Director
CUTS International

Switzerland

Dr. Jennifer Blanke

Board Member
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)

Switzerland

Charlie Arnot

CEO, Look East &
Founder, Center for Food Integrity

USA

Saskia Osendarp

Executive Director
Micronutrient Forum

The Netherlands

Dr. Sigu Muringaseril

Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO at
AgroScience Capital AG

Switzerland

Sandra Pires

Vice President of Programs African Fertilizer
and Agribusiness Partnership (AFAP)

South Africa

Sara Boettiger

Advisory Board Member, Export-Import Bank of United States
Senior Advisor, The Climate Board

USA

Richard Gilmore

President/ CEO
GIC Group

USA

Richard Damania

Chief Economist, Sustainable Development Practice
World Bank

USA

Dr. Victor Afari-Sefa

Research Program Director ICRISAT

India/ Ghana

Dr. Samuel De Marie

Director- Executive MBA Program for Leaders in Food, Agriculture and Biosystems
Iowa State University

UK

Ertharin Cousin

Founder & CEO
Food Systems for the Future

USA

Albert Engel

Director General, Sectoral Policies Department
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Germany

Haifa Al Kaylani OBE

President & Founder
The Arab International Women's Forum

United Kingdom

Shona Sabnis

Vice President, Public Affairs
Corteva Agriscience

USA

Sonia Lo

Managing Partner, Chalsys Impact LLC

USA

Andrew D. Powell

CEO, Asia BioBusiness Pte. Ltd.
Senior International Industry Advisor, Edingburgh Innovations

UK

Adam Richardson

CEO China, Global Head of NPK Trade
FertiStream

UK

Robynne Anderson

President
Emerging ag

Canada

Dr. Sarada Krishnan

Director of Programs
Global Crop Diversity Trust

Germany

Dr. Scott T. Massey

Chairman and CEO
Global Action Platform

USA

Stein Chingen Haugan

Managing Director
fertiMetrics pte ltd

Singapore

Saswati Bora

Global Director of Regenerative Food Systems
The Nature Conservancy

USA

Harshdeep Singh

President & Chief Commercial Officer
Paradeep Phosphates Ltd

India

Rod Bassett

Managing Director
Capiconic

UK

Abdou Tenkouano

Director General & CEO
International Centre of Insect
Physiology and Ecology (icipe)

Kenya

Lyonpo Kinzang Dorji

Former Prime Minister

Bhutan

Prof. Sayed Azam-Ali

CEO
Crops for the Future

UK

Sherif Hosny

Chief Executive Officer
Mishkat Agtech

Egypt

Dr. Suma Reddy

Co-Founder, Riffle Ventures
CEO, Gather Agriculture
Board Member, GrainPro

USA

Prabdeep Bajwa

Global Commercial Head
Vegetables
Syngenta

USA

Dr Roya Khalil

Director of Research & Development
Incitec Pivot Fertilisers

Australia

Faissal Sehbaoui

Managing Director
AgriEdge

Morocco

Andres Rafael Valencia Pinzon

Former Minister of Agriculture Columbia

Columbia

Rodomiro Ortiz

Faculty Professor and Chair of Genetics & Plant Breeding
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Sweden

Gerbrand Haverkamp

Executive Director
World Benchmarking Alliance

The Netherlands

David Carpintero

Director General
ePURE - European Renewable
Ethanol Association

Belgium

Lino Miguel Dias

VP, Global Strategy Lead Fruits Bayer

Germany

Dr. Essam Yassin Mohammed

Director General
WorldFish

Malaysia

Dr. Teresa Babuscio

Board Member, Agricultural Crop Liscensing Platform

Belgium

Harko Koster

Global Lead Climate & Food Systems
SNV

The Netherlands

Anke Kwast

VP Regenerative Agriculture & Climate Frameworks
Yara International

Germany

Gustavo Sosa

Founder and Scientific Director INBIOAR-Global (BVI) LTD & INBIOAR SAS

Argentina

Juergen Keil

Global Director Strategic Supply Chain - Food & Bio, Cargill

The Netherlands

Elisabeth Köstinger

Founder & Managing Director e⁺ventures GmbH

Austria

Rob Dongoski

Partner, Food & Agriculture
A.T. Kearney, Inc.

USA

Beverley Postma

Executive Director
Grow Asia

Singapore

Antonis Angeletakis

Co-Chair, Mid-Term Strategy Group
European Biostimulants Industry
Council & Director, Biostimualnts, Yara

UK

Pablo Kamgang

Operations Director
Africa and Asia, Yara International

Tanzania

Lloyd Le Page

Founder, Verdant Fields, Inc
President, BioCV Inc

USA

Brent Shedd

CEO
Agrobotics

USA

Géraldine Kutas

EVP Corporate Affairs and Communication
Ceva Santé Animale

France

Sylvie Mamias

Secretary General
UNION FLEURS - International Flower Trade Association

Belgium

Natalie Bidner

Director of International Agriculture Policy
United States Council for International Business (USCIB)

USA

Tanja Havemann

Director and Founder
Clarmondial AG

Switzerland

Anuj Maheshwari

Managing Director
Temasek

Singapore

Dennis Garrity

Chairman of The Board
Global EverGreening Alliance

USA

Claudia Roessler

Agriculture Strategic Partnerships, Business & Industry Copilot Microsoft

USA

Olivier De Matos

Director General CropLife Europe

Belgium

Lieven Callewaert

President
Round Table on Responsible Soy Association (RTRS)

Belgium

Mayo Schmidt

Chairman of the Advisory Board Brazil Potash Corporation

Canada

Jaine Chisholm Caunt OBE

Director General
The Grain and Feed Trade Association

UK

Richard Lackey

CEO & Chairman, World Food Bank Board Member

USA

Eric B. Trachtenberg

Executive Director
International Cotton Advisory Committee

USA

Julie Borlaug

Principal,
Borlaug Consulting & Consultant
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
International Cotton Advisory Committee

USA

Dr. Dalal AlGhawas

Founder, Agrifood - Agribusiness Consultant
SWAPAC

USA

Stefano Marras

Director of Global Partnerships - UN Affairs, Bayer CropScience

Italy

Kamel Beliazi

Senior Vice President
Bayer CropScience AG

Germany

T.R Kesavan

"Group President
TAFE Ltd.

India

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