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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 |
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.
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
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