2025 Main Stage Speakers

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Grace Fu

MINISTER FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF TRADE RELATIONS, Singapore
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Atsushi Suginaka

Director-General, International Affairs, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHERIES (MAFF), Japan
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Damian Chan

CEO, SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY (SFA), Singapore
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Anuj Maheshwari

Managing Director and Head of Agri-Food, TEMASEK, Singapore
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Lesly Goh

Scientist, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS & Former CTO, WORLD BANK GROUP, Indonesia
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Diedrah Kelly

Executive Director, INDO-PACIFIC AGRICULTURE AND AGRI-FOOD OFFICE (IPAAO), Philippines
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Lisa Genasci

Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, ADM CAPITAL, Singapore
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Gary McGuigan

President, Asia Pacific & Global Trade, ADM, Singapore
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Jasper van Halder

CEO, AGNITION VENTURES, New Zealand
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Adam Anders

Managing Partner, ANTERRA CAPITAL, Netherlands
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Teck Wah Koh

President, ASIA PACIFIC SEED ALLIANCE, Singapore
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Prasun Kumar Das

Secretary General, ASIA-PACIFIC RURAL AND AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Thailand
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Simone Barg

SVP Agricultural Solutions APAC, BASF, Singapore
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Malu Nachreiner

Head of Region Asia, BAYER CROP SCIENCE, Singapore
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Jean-Christophe Coubat

Group Senior Vice President and Chief Asia Officer, Group Executive Committee Member , BEL GROUP, Singapore
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Matilda Ho

Founder & Managing Director, BITS X BITES, China
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Farshad Shishehchian

President & CEO, BLUE AQUA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, Singapore
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Prannoy Chowdhury

Associate Director – Southeast Asia, CARBON TRUST, Singapore
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Kok Wei Beh

Head of R&D, Food Southeast Asia & ANZ and Asia Pacific Indulgence Category R&D Lead, CARGILL, Singapore
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Shenggen Fan

Chair Professor and Dean, Academy of Global Food Economics and Policy, CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, China
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Xiangdong Hu

Director General, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development (IAED), CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES (CAAS), China
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Shoumo Mitra

R&D Director APAC Crop Protection Discovery & Development, CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE, Singapore
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Christian Stammkoetter

President AMEA & Executive Committee, DANONE, France
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Weitze Ooi

Managing Director, Dole Specialty Ingredients, DOLE SUNSHINE COMPANY, Thailand
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Jae Chun

VP & General Manager Asia Pacific, DRISCOLL'S, China
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Jeannie Lim

Assistant Managing Director, Services & Growth Enterprises, ENTERPRISE SINGAPORE, Singapore
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Jessie Greene

Lead Investment Officer, FINDEV CANADA, Canada
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Corine Tap

President Asia, FRIESLANDCAMPINA, Singapore
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Frederieke Reiners

Vice President of Business Line New Food, GEA, Germany
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Timo Menniken

Country Director for Thailand & Malaysia, GIZ, Thailand
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Mirte Gosker

CEO, GOOD FOOD INSTITUTE APAC, Singapore
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Beverley Postma

Executive Director, GROW ASIA, Singapore
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Julius Barcelona

COO, HARBEST AGRIBUSINESS CORPORATION, Philippines
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Anthony Kachenko

GM Sustainability and Production R&D, HORT INNOVATION
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Katrina Hayter

Global Head Sustainable Land Use & Supply Chains, HSBC, UK
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Eric Weisser

Head of Open Innovation & Customer Innovation, INGREDION, USA
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Yvonne Pinto

Director General, IRRI, Philippines
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Eri Hayashi

President, JAPAN PLANT FACTORY ASSOCIATION, Japan
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Peter Dillane

CEO and President APMEA, KERRY, UAE
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Nick Cooney

Managing Partner, LEVER VC, USA
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Ajay S Hiranandani

Head Palm Platform, LOUIS DREYFUS COMPANY (LDC), Indonesia
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Phil Morle

Partner, MAIN SEQUENCE VENTURES, Australia
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Mark Gustowski

Managing Partner, MANDALAY VENTURE PARTNERS, Australia
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Chisa Ogura

Managing Director, MEROS CONSULTING, Japan
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David Kimmel

Global Senior Director, Strategic Marketing, MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Japan
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Tommy Sekiguchi

Senior Project Manager, Food Business Unit, MITSUI & CO. , Japan
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Tomás Centeno

VP Strategy & Commercial Excellence, MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL, Singapore
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Guglielmo Bonora

Managing Director, Nestlé R&D Southeast Asia, NESTLÉ, Singapore
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Sanjiv Louis

Director, Investments, NEW FORESTS ASIA, Singapore
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Deepa Hingorani

Partner, Head of Planetary Health, Asia, NOVO HOLDINGS, Singapore
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Grace Chua

CEO, Own Brands & Food Solutions Business, NTUC FAIRPRICE GROUP, Singapore
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Deb Goswami

Head of Developer Ecosystems APAC, NVIDIA, Singapore
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Neelamani MuthuKumar

COO OLAM AGRI and CFO OLAM GROUP, OLAM AGRI, Singapore
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Kamesh Ellajosyula

President & Chief Innovation and Quality Officer, OLAM FOOD INGREDIENTS (OFI), India
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Adam Lyle

Executive Chairman, PADANG & CO, Singapore
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Hugo Verwayen

Co-Founder, PASARMIRKO, Indonesia
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Anne Tse

CEO APAC Foods, PEPSICO, Hong Kong
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Manuel Madani

Head of SEA, PRIVA, Singapore
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Dirk Jan Kennes

Head of Food & Agriculture Research Asia, RABOBANK, Hong Kong
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Garry Diack

CEO, RAVENSDOWN, New Zealand
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Shinpei Takeshita

President and Representative Director, SANATECH SEED CO., Japan
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Kathleen Alexander

CEO and Co-Founder, SAVOR, USA
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Flora Ji

Global VP Nature Based Solutions, SHELL, Singapore
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Yuko Ishiwaka

Principal Investigator, SOFTBANK, Japan
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Cyril Ebersweiler

General Partner, SOSV, Singapore
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Benedikt Signer

Executive Director, SOUTHEAST ASIA DISASTER RISK INSURANCE FACILITY, Singapore
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Rosie Wardle

Co-Founder & Partner, SYNTHESIS CAPITAL, UK
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Gareth Edgecombe

CEO, T&G Global, New Zealand
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Remington Zhu

President, Asia Pacific, TATE & LYLE, China
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Hataikan Kamolsirisakul

Head of Strategy Sustainability and New Business Group, THAI WAH, Thailand
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Selman Careaga

President, ASEAN & South Pacific Operating Unit, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, USA
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Tamara Singh

Managing Director, Singapore & Senior Advisor, Regional Programmes, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, Singapore
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Claire Pribula

Managing Director & Co-Founder, THE YIELD LAB ASIA PACIFIC, Singapore
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Kaiyu Guan

Professor, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, USA
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Henry Tao

Director, Real Tech Fund, Head of Agri-Food, UNTROD CAPITAL, Japan
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Uma Valeti

CEO, UPSIDE FOODS, USA
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Marie Cheong

Founding Partner, WAVEMAKER IMPACT, Singapore
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Shobha Shetty

Agriculture and Food Global Practice, WORLD BANK GROUP, USA
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Tomi Haryadi

Director for Food, Land and Water (FLW) Programme, WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE (WRI), Indonesia
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Essam Yassin Mohammed

Director General, WORLDFISH, Malaysia
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Vivek Kumar

CEO, WWF SINGAPORE, Singapore
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Hilman Simanjuntak

CEO Indonesia, ZURICH INSURANCE, Indonesia

    Breakout Hosts

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    Naveen Sikka

    CEO, TERVIVA, USA
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    Sebastian Breton Perez

    Ambassador and Consul General, EMBASSY OF PANAMA IN SINGAPORE, Singapore
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    Peemdej Utsahajit

    Head of Open Innovation, CP FOODS, Thailand
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    Chisa Ogura

    Managing Director, MEROS CONSULTING, Japan

      Speaking Opportunities

      We welcome forward-thinking experts and visionary leaders who are driving positive agri-food development to build resilience and security in Asia-Pacific.

      If you have insights that can inspire change, challenge current paradigms, or showcase transformative approaches to our food systems, we want to hear from you.

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