Venue
Amsterdam Renaissance Hotel
Amsterdam Renaissance Hotel, Kattengat 1, 1012 SZ Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Event Date Tue May 15 BST - Wed May 16 BST (over 6 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Tue May 15 12:00am - Wed May 16 12:00am
Location Amsterdam Renaissance Hotel
Kattengat 1, 1012 SZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Region EMEA
Details

International Finance Corporation invites investors, private companies whose supply chains rely on smallholder farmers, organizations offering products and services, donors, and government officials to join its Global Agribusiness Conference.

The conference will focus on practical solutions to the challenges of building smallholder professionalism and closing yield gaps between commercial operations and smallholder farmers.

Speakers

2018 Speakers

Carlos Enrique Cavelier
CEO, Productos Naturales de la Sabana Colombia (Alqueria)

Georgina Baker
Vice President, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe and Central Asia, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Christopher Brett
Head of Agribusiness, Agriculture Global Practice, World Bank

Lino Miguel Dias
Vice-President Smallholder Farming, Bayer AG - Crop Science Division

Hans Docter
Director Sustainable Economic Development and Ambassador Private Sector & Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands

Gabor Fluit
Business Group Director Asia, DE HEUS Limited Liability Company

Anastasia Gekis
Global Administrative Manager for Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Prasad Gopalan
Manager, Agribusiness and Forestry, Asia, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Jason Green
Head of Cocoa Sustainability and Partnerships, Ecom Trading

Anup Jagwani
Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Zhai Jidong
Vice President, Kingenta Group

Agnes Johan
Senior Project Manager- Blended Finance Specialist, Rabo Partnerships B.V. – Advisory Services

Alan Johnson
Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Rupali Kalita
MD & CEO, North East Small Finance Bank Ltd

Iris Krebber
Head of Agriculture, UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Dilip Kulkarni
President of Sustainability Program, Jain Irrigation

Dale Lewis
CEO & Founder, Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO Ltd.)

Tania Lozansky
Global Head of Advisory Services for Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Frank Mars
Member of the Board of Director - VP, Mars Sustainable Solutions

Hillary Miller-Wise
Founder & CEO, Tulaa

Leonardo Morales
CFO, Mercon Group

Mary-Jean Moyo
Regional Head of Industry, Sub-Saharan Africa, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Esther Muiruri
Agribusiness Manager, Equity Bank Kenya

Kikonde Mwatela
COO, Twiga Foods

Adrian Soe Myint
Chief Digital Officer, Myanma Awba Group

Michael Okoroafor
Vice President - Global Sustainability & Packaging Innovation, McCormick & Company, Inc.

Michael Okoroafor
Vice President - Global Sustainability & Packaging Innovation, McCormick & Company, Inc.

Taylor Quinn
Emerging Markets Director, JUST Inc.

Mase Rikweda
CEO, Afghan Process Company

Amit Sagar
CEO, Pearl Dairy Farms Ltd.

Siddharth Satpute
Program Director, Digital Olam

Niraj Shah
Head, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Daniel Spitzer
CEO, Mountain Hazelnuts

Paul Stanger
Local Sourcing Director, Heineken International B.V.

Bernhard Stormyr
Head of Sustainability Management, Yara

Roshan Lal Tamak
Executive Director (Sugar), DCM Shriram Ltd.

Tarek Tawfik
Chairman, Cairo Poultry Egypt

Tomasz Telma
Global Industry Head, Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Taco Terheijden
Director cocoa sustainability, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate

Christina Ulardic
Head Business Development | Director | Products & Global Markets, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Guido van Staveren
Co-Founder, Moyee Coffee

Sunny Verghese
Co-founder & Group CEO, Olam International Limited

Sponsors & Partners

2018 Sponsors

PLATINUM:
• Global Agriculture and Food Security Program

RECEPTION:
• Heineken

LUNCH
• Mars

COFFEE BREAK
• Ecom