Venue
The Landmark London
The Landmark London, 222 Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London NW1 6JQ, UK

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Event Date Mon Dec 4 GMT - Wed Dec 6 GMT (about 7 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Dec 4 12:00am - Wed Dec 6 12:00am
Location The Landmark London
222 Marylebone Road, Marylebone, London NW1 6JQ, UK
Region EMEA
Details

Global AgInvesting (GAI), the world’s premier agriculture investment conference series, returns to London, 4-6 December for the eigth annual GAI Europe conference. In 2016, three hundred allocators, fund managers, and industry executives came together to discuss the burgeoning asset class of agriculture and its surrounding themes.

This year’s conference will help to solidify and grow the community of thought leaders who believe in the strong fundamentals of agriculture and are committed to putting real money to work in the space. Be sure that this event is on your calendar for Q4.

Speakers

2017 Speakers, Panelists & Moderators

Mark White
Head of Real Assets, Albourne Partners

Paul Pittman
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Farmland Partners Inc.

David Sackett
Managing Director, Growth Farms Australia

David Buckeridge
Operating Partner, Paine Schwartz Partners

Aly-Khan Jamal
Partner & Global Head of Agriculture and Food Security Practice, Dalberg Advisors

Richard Ofori-Mante
Manager – Agriculture and Rural Finance, African Development Bank

Pierre Rolland
Director of GEOSYS Europe, GEOSYS

David De Almeida
International Business Manager, UNIGRAINS

Matthew Barnard
Chief Executive Officer, Plenty

Michael Whitney
Managing Partner, Kincannon & Reed

Moderators:

Stuart MacDonald
Managing Partner, Bride Valley Partners

David Buckeridge
Operating Partner, Paine Schwartz Partners

Roberto Vitón
Managing Director, Valoral Advisors

Suzanne Gaboury
Director, Agribusiness, Food & Water, FMO – Dutch Development Bank Advisors

Jennifer Wainwright
Chief Executive Officer, Aux Venture

Mark Campanale
Senior Advisor, Consilium Capital

Mitchell Presser
Partner and Head of US M&A, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Philippe de Lapérouse
Managing Director, HighQuest Partners

Adam Oliver
Director, Brown & Co.

Paul Frankel
Managing Partner, Kachina LLC

Panelists:

Philippe de Lapérouse
Managing Director, HighQuest Partners

David Gray
Senior Advisor, Altima Partners

Prem Maan
Executive Chairman, Southern Pastures & Foundation Capital

Detlef Schoen
Head of Real Assets, Insight Investment

Robert Appleby
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer, ADM Capital Europe LLP

David Gould
Head of Investor Relations, AMERRA Capital

Torsten Vogt
Partner, Co-Head of Industrials, Permira

Doug Hawkins
Non-executive Director, Andean Cacao Ltd.

Gaston Marquevich
Founder, Optimum Agriculture

Wojtek Boniaszczuk
Associate Director, Regional Head, Agribusiness, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Max Kruse
Vice President, Agribusiness, IFU – Investment Fund for Developing Countries, Denmark

Pierre Van Hoeylandt
Director, Intermediated Equity, CDC Group plc

Stephen Kenney
Vice President, Business Development, Hancock Agricultural Investment Group

Don Mackay
Chairman, New Harvest Investment Management

Tim McGavin
Chief Executive Officer, Laguna Bay

Elizabeth O’Leary
Head of Agriculture, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets

Alastair Cooper
Partner & Head of Early Stage Investments, ADM Capital

Cathal Fitzgerald
Head of Food and Agriculture Investments, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Arama Kukutai
Partner, Finistere Ventures

Joy Basu
Food & Agriculture Sector Lead, The Rise Fund

Rob Hurlbut
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Agriculture Capital

Paul McMahon
Managing Partner, SLM Partners

Sherman Black
Chief Executive Officer, Conservis

Sumer Johal
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Agralogics

Jim Castles
Director of Sales Australasia, GEOSYS

Rajesh Behal
Chief Investment Officer, Global Agribusiness, International Finance Corporation

Dato’ Joel Low
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director, Agrivo International Limited

Simon Morgan
Partner, SilverStreet Capital LLP

Peter Bryde
Chief Executive Officer, Westchester Group of Europe

David Gray
Senior Advisor, Altima Partners

Tom McKeon
Portfolio Oversight Director, Insight Investment

Brian J. Kernohan
Director of Policy & Environmental Advocacy, Hancock Natural Resource Group

Heechung Sung
Managing Director – MIRA Agriculture, Macquarie Group

Alejandro Trénor
Director & Chief Financial Officer, Soil Capital LTD

Sponsors & Partners

2017 Sponsors:

GOLD:
• Geosys Growing Agriculture

SILVER:
• Insight Investment
• Nuveen
• Paine Schwartz Partners

BRONZE:
• CIBUS
• Hancock Agricultural Investment Group
• Laguna Bay
• Macquarie
• New Harvest Investment Management

HOSPITALITY
• Conservis
• Frrshfields
• Kincannon Reed

EVENT PARTNERS
• Albourne Village
• Barclay Hedge
• EMIA
• Financial Poise
• Hedge Connection
• ilpa
• Institutional Real Estate
• Preqin
• Private Banking
• Savvy Investor