Moderators
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Session 1 Paddy Moore is currently an adviser to Bord Bia, the Irish Food Board - which is responsible for the market development and promotion of Irish Food products worldwide - and also to Meat Industry Ireland, the representative organisation for the beef, lamb and pork industries in Ireland. He was previously Chief Operations Officer, Bord Bia. |
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Session 2 Guillaume Roué has been President of INAPORC - the French Interprofessional Pork Organisation - since 2002. He is Vice-President of the National Pork Federation, and President of PRESTOR, a pig producing cooperative. He is a member of the GAD pig processing group based in Finistère, where he runs a pig farm. |
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Session 3 Professor Gregory is a hands-on scientist, and has been called on to help the meat and livestock industries with specific problems in a number of countries. Besides his work in Zimbabwe, he undertook a study for the British Council on sheep welfare in Turkey, and oversaw a project in Bangladesh on the importation of cattle and water buffalo from India. He has published over 300 scientific publications, and is editor of Outlook on Agriculture. |
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Session 4 Geert Janssen, Adviser in International Affairs of the Executive Board of VION N.V., was one of the first to build up an European and International meat trading structure. After his studies of business administration Mr. Janssen joined the Dutch Pork Company Encebe/Coveco and opened offices in France, Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, becoming soon the Export Director. He spent almost 15 years abroad managing the trading offices. |
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Session 5 Philip M. Seng oversees U.S. Meat Export Federation operations worldwide, providing direction for USMEF strategies and priorities in international programs, research, technical services, industry relations and global communications. |
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Session 3 Wilfrid Legg is Head of the Policies and Environment Division in the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, where he has worked since 1981. His main areas of expertise are in agricultural and environmental policy analysis; sustainable agriculture; and in measuring and evaluating agricultural policy developments, using the internationally recognised Producer Support Estimates that he helped develop. He was educated at the Universities of London, Leicester and Reading and was a Research Fellow in Sussex University prior to moving to the OECD. He is a member of the Board of EuroChoices magazine, which deals with agriculture, food and resource issues. In 2003-2004 he was President of the Agricultural Economics Society. |
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Craig Morris Craig Morris serves as the Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service over the Agency's Livestock and Seed Program. He is responsible for the Agency's services provided to the livestock, meat, fish, grain, and seed industries. These services include commodity grading services, voluntary and mandatory market news reporting services, quality system verification programs, export verification programs, commodity purchases for Federal food and nutrition programs, research and promotion program oversight, and oversight of various other regulatory programs including the Country of Origin Labeling program, Sheep Industry Improvement Center, Wool Trust, and Federal Seed Act enforcement. |
Speakers
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Wagner Gonçalves Rossi |
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Guillermo Nielsen Licenciate in Economics, School of Economics, University of Buenos Aires. Ph.D. Candidate and M.A. in Economics, Boston University. |
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Dardo Chiesa Agricultural Producer . Agricultural Business Consultant. President of Argentine Beef Promotion Institue (IPCVA), since 2007. Adviser at Argentine Beef Promotion Institute (IPCVA), 2006. Founding member of Sociedad Rural Macachín. 1990. President of Sociedad Rural Macachín 1990 to date. |
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Richard Brown Director in Gira – the respected Swiss food research & consultancy firm, since 1991. He is active in the two main Gira business areas: |
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Jerry O'Callaghan |
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Fernando Sampaio Experience: Sustainability Coordinator (2009–2010) at Association of Brazilian Beef Exporters – ABIEC. São Paulo, Brazil |
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Joel Haggard Mr. Haggard joined USMEF in 1988 as a regional marketing consultant and later became director of the USMEF-Hong Kong office when that office opened in 1989. Joel Haggard returned to the Asia-Pacific to serve as vice president-Asia Pacific for the U.S. Meat Export Federation in March 1994, after several years in the USMEF-Denver office. Stationed in the USMEF-Hong Kong office, Mr. Haggard oversees USMEF market development strategies and programs for U.S. red meat products in the region. |
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Dr. Siem Korver Corporate Director Public Affairs Food of VION NV. He is a member of different national as well international boards and advisory committees in the Agri-Food sector and chairmen of the UECBV Meat Industry Section taskforce “Meat and Climate”. Siem Korver is also part-time Professor at the Economic Faculty at the University of Tilburg, The Netherlands. |
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Lars Hoelgaard Lars Hoelgaard is Deputy Director General in Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development in the European Commission since 2004. He is in charge of the Directorates C (Economics of agricultural markets and CMO) and D (Direct support, market measures, promotion). In EU jargon this is called Pillar I of the CAP with Rural Development being Pillar II. From 2002-2004 he was Director for Markets in livestock products, specialised crops and wine. From 1997 to 2002 he was Director for Markets in crop products. |
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Henning Steinfeld |
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Henny Swinkels For more than 25 years working in the veal industry. At first at the Cooperative feed factory Sloten BV, then as General Director Kalverslachterij Aalten (KSA – Veal Slaughterhouse Aalten) member of VanDrie Group, Director Veal Promotion foundation and Director Corporate Affairs VanDrie Group, Mijdrecht. |
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Rashid Kadimi Graduate in Mechanical Engineering with a Masters degree in Business Management, specialization in Marketing and Strategy, both from the University of Mumbai. Post Graduation in Management Accountancy (Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India – ICWAI). 38 years experience in Industry, 7 years in light engineering, 21 years in Pharmaceuticals and 10 years in Foods, including 21 years as Chief Executive Officer. |
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Sergey Yushin |
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Jin Xiangyu |
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Hugo Carassai |
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Brian Weech |
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Paul Brand |
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Cledwin Thomas |
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Pablo Caputi |
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Christopher Brown Christopher has held appointments with MAFF and the Meat and Livestock Commission as consultant and beef strategy manager before he joined Marks & Spencer as a technologist. From M&S he was appointed as ASDA’s Agriculture Development Manager. He also held a dairy buying position before he was appointed to his present position. |
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Sarah Kahn Dr Sarah Kahn has been working as Chief of the OIE International Trade Department since 2006. She has experience with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome, and with the veterinary services in Australia, Canada, the United States and Great Britain. |
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Surendranath Suman Assistant Professor of Muscle Foods, Department of Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky. |
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Daniela Battaglia |
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Leopoldo Stuardo Escobar |
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Miguel Gorelik Specialist in production matters, global beef trade and international negotiations. |
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David Nelson David C. Nelson has been appointed as Global Strategist, Animal Protein Grains and Oilseeds in Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) group based in Chicago. The global strategist is a new role within FAR that has been established in response to the FAR review project and the new global Wholesale and Retail Banking strategy. |
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Yves Berger |
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Jean-Louis Bignon |
