World Agriculture Forum - Cultivating Solutions for a Sustainable Future

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

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

Adam Richardson

CEO China, Global Head of NPK Trade
FertiStream

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

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

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

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

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

Celso Luiz Moretti

Former President Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Brazil

Carl Rentes

Commercial Director
Vivent Bio-Signals

Switzerland / The Netherlands

Dr. Ir. Putri Ernawati Abidin

Founder/CEO of Reputed Agriculture 4 Development Stichting – Foundation.

The Netherlands

Dr. S. Glory Swarupa

Director General
National Institute for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (NI-MSME)

India

C S Liew

Managing Director
Pacific Agriscience Pte. Ltd.

Singapore

Dr. Angeline Achariya

CEO
Innovation GameChangers

Australia

Gerard Klein Essink

Founder FoodconNext

The Netherlands

Padraig Hennessy

CEO
TERRA NutriTECH and CH4guard

Ireland

Francesco Arlia Jr.

CEO
Harvest Harmonics

USA

Dr. Sharon Cittone

Founder & CEO of
Edible Planet Ventures

Italy

Marieke de Ruyter de Wildt

Founder
Open Food Chain

The Netherlands

Paul Bloemendal

Managing Director
Bloemendal Consults BV

The Netherlands

Paul Rous

Partner at Natural Ventures

Wofai Samuel

Acting Director-General
Negerian-American Chamber of Commerce

Nigeria

Ajay Garg

CTO
Dubigro Biotech DWC LLC

UAE

Chacko Jacob

Director Growth and Innovation Farmers Edge

USA

Hamdullah Hamdard

Former-Deputy Minister Agriculture and livestock

Australia

Marco Brini

Sr. Director
Agri-Innovation and R&D NADEC Foods

Saudi-Arabien

Jon Trask

CEO
Dimitra Technology

Canada

Peter Wren-Hilton

Founder & CEO, Wharf42.

New Zeeland

Linda Broekhuizen

Board Chair
Foodvalley NL

The Netherlands

Rikin Gandhi

CEO
Digital Green

USA

Rieks Smook

CEO
Grassa

The Netherlands

Maaike Groot

Global Head of Communications and Public Affairs
East-West Seed

The Netherlands

Zsombor Szakacs

Founder & CEO
Midori AgTech

Hungary

Clark T Bell

CEO & Cofounder
Nano-yield

USA

Dinesh Singh

Business Head - Fertilizers
Reliance Industries Ltd.

India

Yevgeniy Serdiuk

Co-Founder & CEO
Best Crop

Ukraine

Dr. Edward Carey

Director of Research for Development
Reputed Agriculture 4 Development Stichting- Foundation

The Netherlands

John Purcell

Founder and President
AgTech Advisory Services LLC

USA

Shelly Lotan

CEO
FoodTech & AgTech

Israel

Santanu Kumar Bhuyan

Director & General Manager - West Africa at Bunge Loders Croklaan

Ghana

Aydin Tanseli

Director & CEO
Cropaid International Limited

United Kingdom

Nidhi Nagabhatla

Sr. Official & Program Lead, Nature Climate and Health,UN University - CRIS

Belgium

Mitchell London

Managing Director, Seascape Aquatech, Inc. and Barnstorm Agtech, Inc

USA

OddGeir Oddsen

Managing Director
Seascape Aquatech, Inc. and Barnstorm Agtech, Inc

Dr. Amarender reddy

Managing Director
GBR Internation Pte Ltd

India

Pascal Labrecque

CEO
Sami Agtech

Canada

Tejas Choudhari

Director, T & P
International B.V

India

Wayne Dunn

President & Founder, CSR Training Institute Former Professor of Practice in Sustainability, McGill University

British Columbia/ Ghana

Bryan Evans

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer AgroTech

USA

Ravi Prabhu

International Centre for Research in
Agroforestry

India

Gopinath Koneti

Senior Advisor, food & Agriculture
KPMG

India

Adel Zeggaf Tahiri

CEO
Agri Environ Engineering

USA

Margaret Maizel

President, CEO
Visual Farms, LLC

USA

Bayo Adewoye

Co-Founder & CEO
Agrovesto

Nigeria

Tarang Srivastava

Vice President
International Business Certis Biologicals

USA

Pawan Agarwal

CEO
Food Future Foundation

India

Fannie Gondwe

Founder/Executive Director Perisha Agro
and Packaging Enterprise

Malawi

Dr. Ernesto A. Brovelli

Courtesy Professor Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida

USA

Yazan Abu-Hantash

CEO
Palmera Dates Agriculture And Trading LLC

Jordan

Annabel Kamuche

Managing Director
NICERT GROUP

Nigeria

Amir Jahangir

Founder & CEO
Mishal Private Ltd

Pakistan

Acker, David G

Associate Dean for Global Engagement, Director Center for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

Iowa USA

Srinivas Kollipara

Managing Partner
Biome

India

Marwan Al-Mojil

General Manager
Business Unit, Agri-Nutrients SABIC

Saudi Arabia

Paul Seward

Agriculture Specialist
AGRA (Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa)

Saudi Arabia

Anthony Klemm

Vice-President
Global Business Development & Licensing, Corteva Agriscience

USA

Jean-Bosco Bukuru Senani

Executive Board Member Turkiye-Africa Trade Investment Council :TATIC GLOBAL

Sweden

Jeff Lakner

Principal
Lakner Farms

USA

Mike Michener

Coordinator
Project Facilities, KBR

USA

Abiodun Kolade OLANIYI

Executive Director
Agriquest Africa Network and Director, Agro Business Development - Eurasia Afro Chamber of Commerce

Nigeria

Aaron Moore

CEO
Tech Agro LLC

United Arab Emirates

Geoff Anderson

Chief of Planning, Programming and Project Delivery MD Dept of Transportation

USA

Dr. Ones Karuho

Senior Advisor and Head of Resilience & Food Systems at WFP

Senegal

Atul Chaturvedi

Executive Chairman Shree Renuka Sugars

India

Ryan M.T. Brophy CCA

CEO
V6 Agronomy

Canada

Dr. Radhika Trikha

CEO
iHub-AWaDH, IIT Ropar

India

Auree De Carbon

Director General
CARRHURE Executive Search

France

Dr. Akin Olusoji Akinyele

Group Managing Director NewGlobe

Nigeria

Sabrina Halvorson

National Correspondent & Expert Contributor - Legislation and Specialty Crops AgNet Media, Inc

USA

Jijun Zou

General Manager, AgriBusiness Thermo Fisher Scientific
Thermo Fisher Scientific

USA

Nicolás Reinoso

Founder and CEO The NetZero Project

USA

Jeff Gwyn

Program Director
International Wheat Yield Partnership (IWYP)

USA

Hannelore Beerlandt

International Development and Food Policy Advisor

Belgium

Seb Stoove

Partner
Global Lead Commodity and Agriculture Practice, Spencer

USA

Nikolet Zwart

Owner and Lawyer BioLegal

The Netherlands