CRAFTING AN ECOSYSTEM BUSINESS MODEL FOR SHARED PROSPERITY
200+ Attendees
25+ Countries
60+ Speakers
75%+ C-Suite, VP or Director Level
2025 SUMMIT OVERVIEW
2025 SPEAKERS
H.E. Sheikh Mohammed Belal
Managing Director
Common Fund for Commodities (CFC)
Wagner Albuquerque de Almeida
Global Director- Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Forestry
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben
Former Chairman
UK Climate Change Committee (The CCC)
House of Lords
Jean Van Wetter
CEO
Enabel
Harper McConnell
Global Vice President Sustainability
Mars
Ruchira Joshi
Director, Global Coffee & Cocoa Sustainability
Starbucks
Stefan Dierks
Director Sustainability Strategy
Melitta Group
Mario Abreu
Group Vice President Sustainability
Ferrero
Raphaelle Peinado
Sustainability Director
Volcafe
Nicolas Mounard
Vice President ESG, Sustainability & Traceability
Barry Callebaut
Thomas Delbar
Director of Sustainability – Coffee & Ingredients
Touton group
Piet van Asten
SVP - Head Sustainable Production Systems
Olam Food Ingredients (ofi)
Rachel Vujovic
Director - International Sustainability
ALDI SOUTH Group
Malcolm Hett
Director of Sustainability
UCC Europe
Cleiton Vargas
SVP Innovation Americas
Yara International
Dr. Flávia De Souza Mendes
Senior Program Manager, Forest & Land Use
Planet
Toby Behrmann
Head of London Market & Public Private Partnerships
AXA Climate
Tzutzuy Ramirez
Head of Climate and Nature
Syngenta Group
Carolina Castañeda
Director – Europe
National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (FNC)
Claude Bizimana
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB), Rwanda
Raymond Katta
Executive Chairman
Produce Monitoring Board (PMB), Sierra Leone
Myriam Sainz
Senior Director Strategic Initiatives
TechnoServe
Ashwini sebastian
Senior Economist
The World Bank
Nick Appleyard
Head of Applications and Solutions
European Space Agency (ESA)
Frank de Morsier
Co-Founder and COO
Picterra
Felipe Carazo
Head of Sustainable Commodities,Tropical Forest Alliance
World Economic Forum
Owen Hewlett
Chief Technical Officer
Gold Standard
Technical Council Member
SBTi
Marco Albani
Co-Founder, co-CEO and President
Chloris Geospatial
Mauricio Castro Schmitz
Regenerative Agriculture Director
The Nature Conservancy
Rick van der Kamp
Global Lead for Markets, Value Chains and Rural Finance
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
Anup Jagwani
Global Sr. Sector Manager – Agribusiness and Forestry
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Roel Messie
Chief Executive Officer
IDH Investment Management
Patrick Gibson
EO Senior Climate Lead
UK Space Agency
James Chamberlayne
Director, Sustainable Finance Program
CDP
Andrea Olivar
Strategy & Quality Director-Latin America
Solidaridad Network
Taco Bosman
Partner
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WHO'S IN THE ROOM
BLOOMBERG
The coffee industry navigates tracing beans from global farms to European cafes amidst new sustainability regulations, a complex challenge. Read the whole article here
REUTERS
The European Commission said on Wednesday that financial institutions are not backing the EU's new deforestation law, which has faced a backlash from producing countries concerned it will create unfair trade barriers. Read the whole article here
AFRICA INTELLIGENCE
Africa's largest coffee producer is set to bear the brunt of Brussels's new traceability directives. Consequently, it has begun to turn its attention to India and China. Read the whole article here
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