Academy Award winner Matt Damon is an actor, screenwriter, producer and humanitarian, who has garnered international acclaim for his work both on- and off-screen. Inspired during international travel with his family throughout Mexico and Guatemala as a youth, Damon has long been devoted to environmental and social issues including climate change science, early childhood education, fighting hunger…
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Vincent Le Guennou is a Managing Director, Founding Partner, and Co-CEO of Emerging Capital Partners (ECP). Having raised over $2.5 billion for investment, ECP is a leading private equity manager focused exclusively on Africa. ECP has six offices across Africa and over 17 years of investing experience, having made over 60 investments and nearly 40 exits with operations in over 40 countries on the…
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As head of the Americas at Netafim, the world’s leading irrigation company, Yoav is responsible for overall management of the division, including business development, sales, marketing, finance, production, operations, HR and administration. In addition, he is involved with formulating the Region long-term strategic vision. Yoav is also responsible for Netafim's global Product Offering and…
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Kees Aarts is the CEO and co-founder of Protix, a company that develops smart insect-based technologies to convert organic by-products into valuable nutrients like proteins for animals and humans. Based in the Netherlands, Protix is a leader in the new industry of sustainable and alternative proteins and has recently established a Joint Venture with Buhler, a global food solutions company. Prior…
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Nataliey Bitature is the Head of Operations at Musana Carts, street vending carts which provide clean energy, safe food and a path into the formal economy to micro businesses on the go. She has previously founded two service businesses in Kampala: Tateru Properties and Handymen Uganda. Nataliey has extensive field and boardroom experience across East Africa after working with The Simba Group for…
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Annie is the founder, CEO, and President of The Jackfruit Company and Global Village Fruit, Inc (GVF). Annie founded GVF in the summer of 2011, while working in India to implement a maternal and child healthcare program (Remindavax) she and her brother had developed. Annie worked to build GVF during her junior and senior years at Harvard, winning Harvard’s Women in Business Competition, Harvard’s…
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Simona Scarpaleggia is the CEO of IKEA Switzerland where she oversees strategy and operations of the retail business including nine stores, e-commerce and distributions with a total yearly turnover of EUR 1 billion. Before joining IKEA Switzerland, she has held various positions in IKEA Italy and other multinational companies as senior executive or HR Director. She is a passionate campaigner for…
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Since January 2016, Garance Wattez-Richard has been leading AXA’s Emerging Customers business, whose objective is to protect tomorrow’s middle class and close the insurance gap across emerging markets. She started her career at the European Commission in Brussels before working within the Office of the Chief Economist of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London. She then…
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Zeinab was born in the Sudan - her family moved to London when she was two years old. Zeinab studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University and took a Masters Degree (awarded with a distinction) on Middle East History and Anthropology at SOAS London University. In 2011 Zeinab was awarded an honorary doctorate by SOAS, London University for her services to international…
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Dr Tara Lindstedt is Managing Director of EP Global Energy Ltd ( www.epge.com ), a private Developer of Transformational Renewable Energy Assets, committed to sustainable development in Frontier Markets of Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Tara’s current focus is EP Global Energy’s DREAM Platform. DREAM stands for “Developing Renewable Energy in Africa & Middle east”, a platform based…
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