MEET THE 2026 SPEAKERS
The Rt. Hon John Gummer, The Lord Deben
Former Secretary of State for the Environment & Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
Anup Jagwani
Global Director, Farming and Agribusiness
World Bank Group
David Laborde
Director of Agrifood Economics and Policy Division (ESA)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Teddy Esteve
Managing Director
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp
Tim Scharrer
COO and Regional Director Europe and North America
Volcafe
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)
Mario Abreu
Group Vice President Sustainability
Ferrero
Malcolm Hett
Director of Sustainability
UCC Europe
Andre van den Beld
Chief Sustainability Officer
Export Trading Group (ETG)
Chrystel Monthean
Executive Vice President Americas; Group Executive Board member
Yara International
Marisa Drew
Chief Sustainability Officer
Standard Chartered
Peter Foster
World Trade Editor
Financial Times (FT)
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Prue Mackenzie
Director, Retail & CPG, Strategic Industries EMEA
Google
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Jenny Davis-Peccoud
Partner, Founder, Global Sustainability & Responsibility Practice
Bain & Co.
Lena Schweighöfer
Head of Sustainable Coffee
Tchibo GmbH
Raymond Bob Katta
Executive Chairman
Produce Monitoring Board (PMB), Sierra Leone
Marcela Gaviria
Director of Alliances and Projects
Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC)
Dr. Tawanda Mthintwa Hove
Senior Program Officer, Digital Agronomy
Gates Foundation
Michael Mowat
Supply Chain Strategy Practice Leader
IBM Consulting
Katrina Hayter
Global Head Sustainable Land Use & Supply Chains
HSBC
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
Sonya Bhonsle
Global Director of Corporates
CDP
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, Lord Deben
Former Secretary of State for the Environment & Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
House of Lords
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)
