Benoit Faivre Dupaigre Policy Officer Ministry of Foreign Affairs (France) Benoit Faivre Dupaigre is Policy Officer at the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. He is in charge of agricultural policies and regional integration issues and has been working for more than 15 years as an agro-economist expert for public organizations and other professional bodies. He has extensive experience in evaluation and formulation of development programs and national or regional policies in West Africa, Latin America, South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. Benoit is also a lecturer at the Paris 1-Sorbonne University where he teaches courses on the evaluation of agricultural politics. He holds a PhD in Agro-Economics. Dr. Elvis Fraser Deputy Director, Impact Planning and Improvement, Global Development Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Dr. Fraser has 20 years of experience in international and domestic development research and program evaluation. Previously, he served as Vice President and Director of Evaluation and Knowledge Management at The QED Group, Vice President and Director of the Center for Applied Behavioral and Evaluation Research at the Academy for Educational Development, and Assistant Research Professor and Co-Principal Investigator at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Fraser has implemented research and evaluations of programs across different sectors including: education, workforce development, youth development, health, microenterprise, community development, and the environment; and has served as a senior consultant for different organizations including the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, USAID, Health and Human Services Agencies, and multiple foundations. Willi Graf Senior Advisor, Agriculture Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Willi has been working in agricultural research and development for over 20 years of which over 13 years in field assignments in Africa and Latin America. Highlights comprise contributions to the large scale impact of bean research and development in Africa (CIAT and partners), the initiation of the Neuchâtel Initiative on agricultural extension, the rebuilding of a new agricultural research system in Bolivia and to the overcoming of the institutional crisis of icipe (African Insect Science for Food and Health). Currently he chairs the icipe Donor Support Group. He holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics and a Masters degree in plant science. Andrew Hamilton Senior Industry Specialist, Agribusiness International Finance Corporation (IFC) Andrew joined IFC in early 2008. He has over 20 years management experience in Agribusiness both in Europe and in emerging markets. He has recently been Estates Director of a major plantation business producing agricultural commodities in Indonesia. His previous experience includes working in the Investment Department (Agribusiness) of CDC. He has worked as a consultant to agribusinesses and donors in Asia Pacific, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. He has a Masters degree in Tropical Crop Production.
Christian Henckes Head of Section, Agriculture and Food Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) Christian Henckes has been working for GTZ for 12 years in different positions in Africa and Germany. He has been planning, executing and supervising programs in the Agri-Food sector in countries of Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe. Previously, Christian joined the World Bank in Washington DC for 5 years working for the Agriculture and Rural Development Department and in Operation Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Science. Lance Henderson Vice President, Program and Impact Skoll Foundation As Vice President of Program and Impact, Lance is responsible for leading a team of professionals who implement the Skoll Foundation’s “invest” strategy for social entrepreneurs. His responsibilities include strategic program development, execution and evaluation, with a primary emphasis on grantmaking investments and services that advance the field of social entrepreneurship. Previously, Lance was with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, where he held a number of executive positions throughout his 12-year tenure, most recently as Executive Director. Lance began his career as a nonprofit executive in 1988 at The Names Project Foundation, following a successful investment banking career with Dean Witter Reynolds. Lance has an MBA from Harvard Business School. Edgardo Herbosa (2002 Global Development Marketplace Winner) Founder and Chief Executive Officer b2bpricenow.com, Inc. Edgardo Herbosa is the founder and CEO of both b2bpricenow.com, Inc. (Philippines) and Transprosper Corporation (USA). His social business “Enables Financial Services for the Unbanked” won him numerous awards: the World Bank’s Development Marketplace Competition (Winner 2002), Stockholm Challenge (Finalist, 2003 and 2008 ), the World Summit Awards (Winner 2004), and the Outstanding Young Men (T.O.Y.M.) Award for Community Development (2005), the most prestigious award given to outstanding Filipinos. Mr. Herbosa is a Global Social Benefit Fellow from Santa Clara University 2006 and the Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University (2006-7) and is an O-1 US visa holder for Aliens with Extraordinary Ability: Category: Social Entrepreneurs. Mercy Karanja Senior Program Officer, Global Development Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Mercy Karanja is a Specialist in Rural Development. She is currently a Senior Program Officer in the Agricultural Development division of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Prior to this position, she was a Development Policy Coordinator with the International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) in Paris. For eight years she was the Chief Executive of the Kenya National Federation of Agricultural producers. She joined the organization from the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture where she had served at different capacities for 12 years, leaving at the level of Director. She pursued her studies at the Nairobi University, Kenya and University of Reading, U.K. Her passion has been to improve the livelihoods of farmers, being a farmer's daughter and having her own family farm.
Caroline Kende-Robb Acting Sector Director, Social Development World Bank Caroline Kende-Robb is Acting Sector Director of the Social Development Department and Chair of the Social Development Sector Board at the World Bank. Prior to this she worked for many years with Civil Society Organizations in Africa and was a manager in the private sector. Ms Kende-Robb was the first Senior Social Development Specialist at the International Monetary Fund. She specializes in the poverty and social impacts of macroeconomic and structural policy reforms, including the poor in the policy making process, and community driven development. Alzbeta Klein Manager and Chief Investment Officer, Agribusiness International Finance Corporation (IFC) Alzbeta Klein is responsible for IFC investment and advisory services in Agribusiness in Latin America, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Prior to joining Agribusiness, Alzbeta worked as the Chief of Staff to the Executive Vice President and CEO of IFC, Lars Thunell, was the Principal Investment Officer at the IFC Regional Office in Russia, and worked in IFC headquarters in the Oil, Gas and Chemicals Department. Alzbeta joined IFC from the Export Development Corporation (EDC Canada) and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). She has a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Ottawa, Canada, has completed executive education from Harvard Business School and INSEAD, and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Nadim Khouri Director of the Near East and North Africa Region International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Nadim joined IFAD in July 2008 as the Director of the Near East and North Africa Region (covering also Eastern Europe and Newly Independent States). Before that, he worked in academia, the private sector and the World Bank, where over a span of 20 years he held various positions and led policy and investment activities covering the Middle-East, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Nadim’s main areas of expertise are: land use and sustainable agriculture. Nadim has a PhD in agronomy and a Masters in agricultural and rural development. Christoph Kohlmeyer Chair, Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) and Head of Division, Department Rural Development and Global Food Security German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Dr. Kohlmeyer is in charge of sector policies for agricultural and rural development and food security including development policy coherence of German and European agricultural and trade policies. At the international level he represents Germany as the National Focal Point and founding Chair of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD), the National Focal Point for the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), the Alternative Drug Control Programme of the UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). He serves as the host for the UNCCD Secretariat in Bonn. A through E L through Z
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