Joyce Kamande
Joyce Kamande was born in a semi-arid in Central Kenya 28 years ago. She has 5 years “hands-on” experience in the economic empowerment of rural smallholder farmers and youths. Joyce is a Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Safi Organics […]
Andrew Shakman
Andrew Shakman is Co-Founder & CEO of Leanpath, a certified B-Corp with a mission to make food waste prevention and measurement everyday practice in the world’s kitchens. Operating in over 40 countries, their solution identifies root causes of food waste […]
Andrew Rzepa
Andrew Rzepa leads government and NGO consulting in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region at Gallup (a management consulting organisation), helping design research programs for global organisations within the private, public, and nongovernmental sectors. He leads teams […]
Michelle Adelman
Michelle Adelman is a seasoned strategist, recognised business leader and committed mission-driven investor. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Accite, a boutique firm focused on building sustainable food and agriculture technology business in Sub-Saharan Africa that spur economic […]
Michael Dean
Michael is one of the two Co-Founders of AgFunder, one of the most active foodtech and agtech VCs globally. He is an entrepreneur and venture investor with a background in agriculture, environmental sustainability, social impact and law. Michael has over […]
Rose Hartley
Rose Hartley is the Head of Sustainability at Misfits Market, a U.S. e-grocer, where she leads the company’s mission to eliminate waste throughout the food system and within the company’s operations. They work directly with farmers and makers to rescue […]
Melat Tekaligne
Melat Tekaligne is a strategy and development leader with over 16 years of experience in business and financial consulting, strategy development, and policy reforms advisory and change management. Her work has focused on multiple sectors but mostly focused on agriculture, […]
Tom McDougall
Tom McDougall is the Founder & CEO of 4P Foods, a public benefit corporation operating a food hub network based in the U.S. Working with over 200 small farmers, ranchers, and food producers; they are aggregating, storing, and distributing food […]