FOOD FOR FUTURE SUMMIT SPEAKERS

Gulfood Green 2024

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Daniel Skaven Ruben

Founding Partner,

Solvable Syndicate
David Blume

CEO,

Whiskey Hills Farms
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore

CEO,

FOODiQ Global
HE Dr. Obaid Saif Hamad Al Zaabi

Chairman of Board,

Arab Authority for Agricultural Investment ad Development (AAAID)
Sukru Can Akkaya

Entrepreneurship ,

Relations Specialist Narfon
Abdulhakim Elwaer

Assistant Director General and Regional Representative,

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Shammal Mohammed

Head of AgriTech, Innovation Oasis,

Silal
Naseem Mohammed Rafee

Acting CEO of EHS Agency ,

Dubai Municipality
Andrew Ive

General Partner,

Big Idea Ventures
Rohan Shirwaiker

Co-Driector & Chief Scientific Officer,

Bezos Center for Sustainable Protein North Carolina State University
Sheikh Dr. Majid Al Qassimi

Partner,

Soma Mater
Ahmad Mukhtar

Senior Economist & Head of Strategy and Policy,

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Ali Said Al Uraimi

CEO,

Nakheel Oman Development Company
Sky Kurtz

Founder & CEO,

Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Mihir Pershad

Founder & CEO,

Umami Bioworks
Carlotte Lucas

Head of Industry,

Good Food Institute Europe
Reihem Roy

Partner,

Omnivore
Ebtesam Al Kaabi

Vice President Sales,

Jafza, DP World GCC
Bjorn Oste

Co-Founder,

Oatly and Aventure
Rajamanohar Somasundaram

Founder & CEO,

Aquaconnect
Sharon Cittone

Founder & CEO,

Edible Planet Ventures
Suresh Vaidhyanathan

CEO Special Projects,

Ghassan Aboud Group and Abu Dhabi Food Hub
Elizabeth Riley

Regenerative Culture CEO & Former Member Board of Directors ,

Kiss The Ground
Azhar Tambuwala

Executive Director,

Sahyadri Farms Post Harvest Care
Maher El-Tabchy

Founder,

Tabchili
Bjoern Witte

Chairman,

NUOS
David Bucca

Founder & CEO,

Change Foods
Jana Elkova

Small and Medium Projects Development Expert, Developing SMEs Enterprises & Entrepreneurship Department,

Ministry of Economy
Luca Cobre

Executive Chef,

Healthy Farm Eatery
Aissaoui Mohamed

CEO and Founder,

My Farm
Christopher Slim

CEO & Co-Founder,

Alma & Nicoya
Dina Epifanova

Head-Sustainability,

IFFCO Group
Neeraj Gandhi

SVP, Product Development (mSMEs),

Emirates Development Bank (EDB)
Dina Mongy

Regional Public Affairs and Sustainability Lead,

Nestle
Peter Ralph

Executive Director,

Climate Change Cluster, University of Technology
Turki Alsabbar

Co-Founder & CEO,

La Vanoise
Raha Jamalian-Hershey

CEO & Founder,

MA-HA VIRTUE
Ali Amirlatifi

Founder & CEO,

Evergreen Farm Oy
Dr Dinesh Kumar Chauhan

CEO & Head-Agribusiness and Innovation Platform,

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
Lara Hussein

Co-Founder & Soil Builder,

The Waste Lab
Pritee Chaudhary

Regional Director,

Food Safety and Standard Authority of India(FSSAI)
Peter van Wingerden

CEO & Founder,

Floating Farm
Robert E. Jones

Vice President, Global Public Affairs ,

Mosa Meat
Dave Gonnella

Vice President,

Gonnella Baking Co
Marie Christine Luijckx

Managing Partner,

Fruitful Day
Ellie Raheb

Founder,

Rosemeticq
Elliot Begoun

Founder,

TIG Brands
Heeral Shivnani

Nutritionist,

SIRO One Za'abeel
Syed Munir Khasru

Chairman,

Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance (IPAG)
Saeed Al Khazraji

Founder,

Manhat
Carol McKenna

Special Advisor,

Compassion in World Farming
Vincent Walsh

Senior Innovation Consultant,

Circular and Regenerative Infrastructures
Meiny Prins

Founder and CEO,

Greengrounds
Aryo Wiryawan

Co-Founder & Chairman,

JALA
Valeria Mendez

Head of Marketing and Traceability,

Seafood Souq
Dave Okech

Founder,

AquaRech
Christine Zimmermann- Loessl

Chairwoman,

Association for Vertical Farming
Andrew Gardner

Associate Director Biodiversity Conservation ,

Emirates Nature- WWF
Padmanaban Gopalan

Founder,

No Food Waste
Youssef Chehade

Co-Founder,

ReLoop and Ecyclex International Recycling
Roma Vora

Partner,

Aranya Farms
Adam Brancher

Co Founder Southern Ocean Carbon and Head of Blue Economy ADEC Innovations,

Head Blue Economy ADEC Kedge
Darko Mandich

CEO & Co-Founder,

MeliBio
Bosco Emparanza Garcia

Founder & CEO,

MOA Foodtech
Susan Payne

Co-Founder,

Sustainable Planet Ltd
Giovanni Angiolini

Director Middle East & Africa,

Dutch Greenhouse Delta
Jason Alnaasan

Global Manager,

Intertek Agritech
Samer Alawiah

Managing Director,

Daikin Middle East
Lakmal Seneviratne

Professor, Director Center for Autonomous Robotics Systems,

Khalifa University
Deeba Giannoulis

Regional Head,

U.S. Soy Marketing & Sustainability- South Asia & Sub-Sharan Africa (SAASSA)
Pramod Sajja

Founder & CEO,

Farm to Plate, Inc
Gus Schellekens

Senior Advisor- ESG Services,

KPMG Lower Gulf
Josef Schmidhuber

Chief Sustainability Officer,

Pure Harvest Smart Farms
Maxim Haartsen

Co-Founder and CEO,

eJaby
Semi Hakim

Co-Founder & CEO,

Kok Projekt
Seda Solmaz

CEO & Founder,

Idea Atelier
Anita Nouri

CEO & Founder ,

Green Growth Planning Consultancy LLC
Yasmin Fansa

Sustainability Lead- Middle East,

PepsiCo
Nadia Swan

Independent Broadcast Journalist
Rameez Daour

Food Consultant at NZE, The Sustainable City Dubai,

Affiliate Research Associate at University of Sharjah
Martin Bueno

CEO & Group Editor,

Hamtar Holdings
Dr Chetan Parmar

Senior Vice President,

Technical Services Europe & Asia, FoodChain ID
Anthea Ayache

Founder,

The Ethicalist
Mira El Ghaziri

Managing Director,

HealthyPath
Diane Fermin Roeder

FoodHack Dubai Ambassador,

FoodHack
Amit Dutta

Associate Director- Agri, Food & Nutrition,

Frost & Sullivan
Alexander Kappes

Founder & CEO,

Greener Crop
Edward Hamod

Founder & CEO,

Switch Foods
Dr Anli Geng

Co-Founder & Director,

Mycosortia Pte Ltd
Agata Andryszczak

Founder,

Spoons of Taste/Foundrise
Jade Cheng

Founder,

Superhumn
Jonathan Ho

CEO & Co-Founder,

Allium Bio
Liane Thompson

Founder & CEO,

Aquaai
Preetham Naik

Managing Partner,

S Laad Group
Jennifer Stojkovic

General Partner, Joyful VC, Founder,

Vegan Women Summit and Keynote Speaker
Amir Zaidman

CBO/Founder/Partner,

The Kitchen Hub
Ahmad Shamieh

General Partner,

Homegrown Ventures
Ayca Karaozan

SAMEA Regional Product Manager,

Savoury & Snacks, Givaudan
Dr. Anuraag Guglaani

Board Member ,

Wazir Advisors
Jamal Maxey

Co-Producer, Green Shoots Startup Programme ,

Head of Events - Pitch Lounge
Elena Suciu

Business Angel,

CEO & Founder at RSVP Business Angel
Robert Dupree

General Partner, Deal Leader & Committee Leader,

Alwyn Capital and Glasswall Syndicate
Jason Su

Chief Investment Officer,

Farquhar VC
Ingmar Høgøy

Founder & CEO,

Greentech Innovators
Jeremy Gohkongwei

Founder - World Food Chain,

Founding Member - MetaFarms.io
Meiraj AI

Founder Head of Digital Strategy & Brand,

Pitch Lounge, Hammerhead Global and Meiraj A.I.
Giacomo Cattaneo

Founder,

Food Founders Studio
Indy Kaur

Founder, Plant Futures and Board Member,

ProVeg
Jose Francisco Fernandez Serna

Managing Director ,

Freshko DMCC/E-motion Foods)
Greg Wright

Co-Founder & Managing Partner,

Food People
Dr. Elif Güngör Reis

Ambassador ,

Istanbul Arel University/FoodHack Istanbul
Amit Grover

Founding Partner & CEO ,

Grover Impact Ventures
Luiza Villela

Founder,

unClassic Foods
Samet Yildirim

CTO & Co-Founder ,

Orbillion Bio
Sascha Dutta

Co-Producer, Green Shoots Startup Zone ,

Founder, Foodpreneurs Collective
Frankie Fox

Co-founder & CEO,

foodsquared.earth
Thomas Andersen

Crowdfoods & Andersen Marketing KG
Mikel Mangold

Head of Partnerships EMEA ,

CyberProtonics
Rob Ward

CEO,

Ballista Capital and Agaricus Robotics
Thomas Cresswell

Chief Business Officer ,

Melt & Marble
Neil Potts

Co-Founder,

Silverwood Rose & The Vurger Co, Mentor Vegpreneur & Mentor Virgin Startup
Henry Gordon Smith

Founder, CEO,

Agritecture
Vidya Shah

Chief Commercial Officer ,

Abu Dhabi Food Hub
Monique Naval

Global Lead Dairy Products & Alternative Research,

Euromonitor International

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