Since March 2008 Peter has been leading the development of Fonterra’s offshore milk supply with a focus on China, India and South America. This includes responsibility for the implementation of Fonterra milk quality standards of excellence for milk collected and process…more ›

Expertise across the domains of climate, geophysical, biophysical and commodity research and risk management. Commercialization of scientific research and technology transfer. Commercial research application areas: weather, climate & environmental risk, energy and a…more ›

Aaron Schapper earned his Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering as well as a Bachelors of Art in Mandarin Chinese from the University of Utah. He continued his education at Kellogg Northwestern University and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, ear…more ›

David is the Managing Director of South Australia’s largest farm and agribusiness consulting company, Rural Directions Pty Ltd. He leads at team of 25 people who work closely with farmers and agribusiness to help them achieve their goals and maximize their return on inv…more ›

Guy is Strategic Development Director for Farm Frites, the 4 largest supplier of frozen potato products worldwide with operations in Europe, Latin America and the Middle-East and sales of over USD 500 million since 2009. He also sits on various boards and advises food c…more ›

Andrew McConville is a leading communications practitioner and recognised as a senior figure in the practice of public affairs and stakeholder management for Agribusiness. He has over a decade’s experience in public relations, public affairs and general management. Ed…more ›

Tim has over 35 years’ experience in natural resources and related financing of economic developments in Canada, Australia and the S.E. Asia - Pacific region. Geological studies from mid 1970¹s lead into mid 1980¹s commodity research which progressed into ban…more ›

Gordon Verrall is Managing Director of Corporate Agriculture Australia Pty Ltd, one of Australia’s largest corporate agricultural advisory and management groups. Under his direction, the company has undertaken several significant projects for Sovereign Wealth Funds, pri…more ›

Srinivasan Venkita Padmanabhan (known as Venkat) is the Senior Vice President of Olam International Limited. He also holds the position of Chief Financial Officer of Invenio Group (Subsidiary of Olam). This group engages in derivatives business such as Options Market Ma…more ›