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Cracking the Nut 2012 - Speakers

Shailee Adinolfi
Manager, FS Share Project, Chemonics International,
Girish Aivalli
Country Head of Food and Agribusiness Strategic Advisory & Research, YES BANK, India,
Cinar Akcin
Manager, Economic Growth, Cardno Emerging Markets,
Sukhwinder Arora
Principal Consultant, Financial and Private Sector Development, Oxford Policy Management, UK,
Gulce Askin
Project Coordinator, Project Gaia,
Naty Barak
Chief Sustainability Officer, Netafim,
Max Baumann
Planning Officer, GIZ,
Saurabh Bhat
President & Managing Director, Development & Sustainable Banking, YES BANK, India,
Russell Brott
Director, Food Analytics, Fintrac,
Roger Brou
Director of Finance and Business, West Africa Trade Hub,
David Browning
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, TechnoServe,
Mark Cackler
Manager of Agriculture and Rural Development,
Anita Campion
President, AZMJ,
Saugato Datta
Vice President, Ideas42,
Loïc De Cannière
Managing Director, Incofin Investment Management,
Jennifer Denomy
Director, Youth & Financial Services, MEDA,
Joe Dougherty
Technical Director, Economic Growth, Cardno Emerging Markets,
Fleming Duarte
Financial Specialist, ACDI/VOCA,
Henry Dunlop
President, Ecom Trading,
Jeff Dykstra
Executive Director, Partners in Food Solutions/General Mills,
Albert Engel
Director, Division of Rural Development and Agriculture, GIZ,
Alejandro Escobar
Senior Investment Officer, FOMIN,
Alexandria Fiorilo
Vice President, ideas42,
Dennis Flemming
Project Director, Niger Delta Partnership Initiative, Chevron,
Dr. Martin Fregene
Chief Technical Advisor, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria,
William Grant
Senior Principal Development Specialist, DAI,
Enrique Hennings
Manager, Global Producer Finance, Fair Trade International,
Sabina Idowu-osehobo
Sabina Idowu-Osehobo General Manager, LAPO NGO,
Greg Jacobs
Director, Private Sector Development, Chemonics,
Dano Jukanovich
Partner, Karisimbi Business Partners, Rwanda,
Beth Keck
Senior Director of Sustainability, Walmart,
Boaz Blackie Keizire
Technical Advisor, Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP), African Union Commission,
Dr. Yotsawin Kukeawkasem
Project Manager, GIZ,
Laté Lawson-lartego
Laté Lawson-Lartego Director Economic Development, CARE USA,
Barry Lennon
Senior Vice President, WOCCU,
Brady Luceno
Project Manager, Project Gaia,
John Magnay
Senior Agricultural Advisor for Africa, Opportunity International,
Héctor Malarin
Chief, Environment, Rural Development and Disaster Risk Management, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),
Bill Marquard
Director, Deloitte Consulting,
John Mennel
Director, Deloitte Consulting,
Anderson Mlabwa
Director of Credit, CRDB Bank PLC, Tanzania,
Corey Modeste
Greylock Capital Management LLC,
Benugopal Mukhopadhyay
General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), India,
Elibariki Masuke Ogwa
Head of SME Banking, CRDB Bank PLC, Tanzania,
Kofi Owusu-boakye
Kofi Owusu-Boakye Investment Officer, USAID,
Nicole Pasricha
Director, Inclusive Rural Finance, MEDA,
Alex Pavlovic
Technical Director, ACDI/VOCA,
Dan Phipps
Red River Foods,
Timothy Prewitt
Managing Director, Nigeria Markets, Chemonics International,
Maria Elena Querejazu
CEO, Fundacion Sembrar, Bolivia,
Santhosh Ramdoss
Country Representative, BRAC Uganda,
Honorable Jacobo Regalado
Ministry of Agriculture, Honduras,
Enrique Rivas
Chief of Party, El Salvador MCA Productive Development Project (PDP), Chemonics International,
Ximena Robin
Head of Corporate Relations, Grupo Calleja/Super Selectos Supermarkets,
Ana Maria Rodriguez-ortiz
Ana Maria Rodriguez-Ortiz Manager of Institutional Capacity, IDB,
Allan Safieh
CEO, Unispice,
Santiago Sedaca
President, CARANA,
Sashi Selvendran
Senior Project Manager, Deposit Mobilization, MEDA,
Geralyn Sheehan
Director, Nicaragua Community Economic Development Program, Opportunity International,
Leesa Shrader
Senior Director, Financial Innovations, Mercy Corps,
Jefferson Shriver
Regional Technical Advisor for Agro-enterprise and Climate Change, Catholic Relief Services,
Alberto Solano
Regional CEO, Latin America & Caribbean, Grameen Foundation,
Harry Stokes
Executive Director, Project Gaia,
Dr. Robert Stone
Associate, Oxford Policy Management,
Teresita B. Tan
President, BPI Globe BanKO, Philippines,
Malini Tolat
Consultant, Social Enterprise Associates,
Nathan Van Dusen
Africa Director, CARANA Corporation,
Stephen Van Schoor
Chief Investment Officer, EmVest,
Christof Walter
Research Manager, Sustainable Agriculture & Sustainable Sourcing Development, Unilever,
Glenn Westley
Independent Consultant,
Jason Wolfe
Senior Household Economic Strengthening Advisor, USAID,
Derek Yach
Senior Vice President, Global Health & Agricultural Policy, PepsiCo,
Dr. Genzo Yamamoto
Director of Knowledge Management, Opportunity International,
Cracking the Nut Conference
2024
October 7-8, 2024
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2023

June 12 - 13, 2023
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