Board MEMBERS

OFFICERS

 Aidan Connolly

IFAMA President  
AgriTech Capital  |  USA

2023 – 2026

Raj Vardhan

IFAMA  Past President
Mcleod Russel India Ltd  |  India

2021 – 2024

Yvonne Colomer
Director
Triptolemos Foundation  | Spain
2023 – 2026

Robert Erhard
Corporate Sustainable Agriculture
Nestlé | Switzerland
2023 – 2026

Ronald Guendel
Vice President Smallholder FarmingBayer Crop Science  |  Germany
2019 – 2024-

Catherine Keogh
Chief Corporate Affairs, Brand Officer
Kerry Group | Ireland
2023 – 2026

Yoav Levsky
Chairman of Board
VYLA | Israel
2023 – 2026

Peter Maes
Chief Strategy Officer
Koppert Biological | Belgium
2022 – 2025

Mary Shelman
Founder & Consultant
Shelman Group  |  USA
2020 – 2026

ACADEMIA

Jack Bobo
Director Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham | UK
2023 – 2026

Esteban Brenes
Professor
INCAE Business School  |  Costa Rica
2021 – 2024

Brian Briggeman
Professor
Kansas State University  |  USA
2021 – 2024

Sylvain Charlebois
Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab
Dalhousie University  | Canada
2023 – 2026

Jayson Lusk
Vice President and Dean of Agr Sciences and Natural Resources
Oklahoma State University | USA
2023 – 2026

Ed Mabaya
Cornell University  |  USA
2021 – 2024

Damien McLoughlin
Professor Marketing, University College Dublin
Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School | Ireland
2023 – 2026

Bernardo Piazzardi
Exec. Director MBA Program
University of Austral  | Argentina
2023 – 2026

Loïc Sauvée
Head of research unit InTerACT
UniLaSalle  |  France
2021 – 2024

Johan van Rooyen
Professor
University of Stellenbosch  |  South Africa
2023 – 2026

Longbao  Wei
Professor
Zhejiang University PR  |  China
2020 – 2026

COUNSELORS

Marcos Fava Neves
Professor, CEO & Founding Partner
University of São Paulo, Markestat,
Harven Agribusiness School   |  Brazil
2023

Hector R. Laurence
President
HL Partners  |  Argentina
2024

Woody Maijers
Professor, Innovationpact Manager
Greenport WestHolland   |  The Netherlands
2020 – 2023