MEET THE 2026 SPEAKERS
The Rt. Hon John Gummer, The Lord Deben
Former UK Secretary of State for the Environment & Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food; Former Chairman, UK Climate Change Committee (CCC)
Rachel Kyte
UK Special Representative for Climate
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Hon. Alpha Ibrahim Sesay
Minister of Trade and Industry
Ministry of Trade and Industry, Republic of Sierra Leone
David Laborde
Director of Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Ulyana Dovbush
Manager for Farming and Agribusiness, Solutions and Impact
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Tim Scharrer
COO and Regional Director Europe and North America
Volcafe
Paola Scarpa
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
Lavazza Group
Eric Gorlier
Global Head of Procurement, Commodities and Sustainability
Nestlé
Olivier Laboulle
Global Head of Coffee Sustainability and Social Impact
Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC)
Dr. Sarah Tischer
Head of Group Compliance & Group Sustainability (Co-lead)
Neumann Gruppe GmbH (NKG)
Piet van Asten
SVP - Head Sustainable Production Systems
Olam Food Ingredients (ofi)
Juliette Cody
Director, Global Sustainability Programs
Barry Callebaut Group
Mario Abreu
Group Vice President Sustainability
Ferrero
Ben Rimaud
Global Sustainability Manager for Coffee
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp
Malcolm Hett
Director of Sustainability
UCC Europe
Andre van den Beld
Chief Sustainability Officer
Export Trading Group (ETG)
Lena Schweighöfer
Head of Sustainable Coffee
Tchibo GmbH
Chrystel Monthean
Executive Vice President Americas; Group Executive Board member
Yara International
Peter Foster
World Trade Editor
Financial Times (FT)
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Jenny Davis-Peccoud
Partner, Founder, Global Sustainability & Responsibility Practice
Bain & Co.
Patrick Lanz
Co-Founder
osapiens Terra
Mumbi Gitau
Commodities Reporter
Bloomberg News
Bryce Cronkite-Ratcliff
Senior Software Engineer, contributing to the Forest Data Partnership
Google
Raymond Bob Katta
Executive Chairman
Produce Monitoring Board (PMB), Sierra Leone
Marcela Gaviria
Director of Alliances and Projects
Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC)
Cleiton Vargas
SVP Innovation Americas
Yara International
Eden Cottee-Jones
Senior Director, BCG Henderson Institute
Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
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Adam Jason
Co-CEO
Green Coffee Company (GCC)
Kevin Duisters
Commercial Lead
Proba
Anders Frigaard
Investment Director, Sustainable Food Systems
Impact Fund Denmark
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Luke Knowles
Head of Catastrophe Analytics
Lloyd’s of London
Dominic Probyn
Managing Director, Climate Risk Advisory
Aon
Saurabh Sharma
Global Technical Lead - Nature & Inclusive Insurance
UNDP
Michael Mowat
Supply Chain Strategy Practice Leader
IBM Consulting
Rick van der Kamp
Global Lead for Markets, Value Chains and Rural Finance
International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
Toby Behrmann
Head of London Market & Public Private Partnerships
AXA Climate
Joy Macknight
Journalist, Former Editor
Financial Times - The Banker
Sean Edwards
Chairman, International Trade Forfaiting Association (ITFA); Head of Legal
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
2025 SPEAKERS
The Rt. Hon John Gummer, The Lord Deben
Former Secretary of State for the Environment & Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
H.E. Catherine Kirumba Karemu
High Commissioner of Kenya to the UK
Kenya High Commission
H.E. Mbelwa Brighton Kairuki
High Commissioner of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Kingdom
Tanzania High Commission
Wagner Albuquerque de Almeida
Global Director- Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Forestry
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
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