Speaker and Moderator Biographies

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Speaker and moderator biographies

EastAgri Annual Meeting 2014 Belgrade, Serbia 18-19 June BEST FOOD: HOW TO PRODUCE BOTH QUALITY AND QUANTITY IN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

Opening

HE Snezana Bogosavljević Bosković Minister for Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia

HE Snezana Bogosavljević Bosković began her professional career began in 1987 as a teaching assistant in Zoology within the Faculty of Agronomy at the University of Kragujevac. At the same university she was elected an assistant in 1990. Her Excellency was promoted to assistant professor in 1995, associate professor in 2000, and became a full professor in 2006 as the Head of the Department of Animal Science and Technology of Raw Materials. She has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific papers published in national and international journals. Her Excellency is a member of the World’s Poultry Science Association.

Previously she was Vice Dean for education and scientific research, a member of the Court of Honor of the University, a member of the University of Kragujevac, and a member of the Expert Council of the University for biology and chemistry to chemical engineering and biotechnology. She was a mentor and a member of the commission that evaluated the BSc, MSc and PhD theses. She has participated as a researcher and manager in the implementation of various projects in the country and abroad.

Her Excellency graduated from the Faculty of Agronomy in Cacak in 1986 and received her Master’s degree in the Faculty of Agriculture in Zemun in 1990. In 1994, she received her PhD in the same Faculty, becoming one of the youngest PhDs at the University of Kragujevac.

Gilles Mettetal Director of Agribusiness, EBRD

Mr Mettetal is the Director of Agribusiness at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. The EBRD is an international financing institution owned by 64 countries and 2 intergovernmental organisations. The Bank operates in 34 countries across Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southern and Eastern Mediterranean. EBRD is the largest provider of financing to the private agribusiness sector in this region. It provides approximately €900 million annually of financing to the sector with a total portfolio of more than €3 billion of investments. The institution counts amongst its agribusiness clients leading international and local companies, operating throughout the food chain from farming to agro processing, food distribution and retail.

Mr Mettetal’s previous work experience was with the Investment Centre of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) where he was in charge of the identification and preparation of projects to be financed by major international financing institutions such as the World Bank or the International Fund of Agriculture (IFAD) in Asia, Africa and South America. He also worked for the OECD/Club du Sahel on the Analysis of the Competitiveness of Agriculture in the Sahel and Grain policies in Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali.

Mr Mettetal holds a post graduate degree of L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellier. He also holds an MSc degree in Biology and Environment.

Matteo Patrone Country Director for Serbia, EBRD

Mr Patrone has over 20 years of experience in finance and industry. In 2008 he joined the Corporate Equity team of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development where he was supervising equity transactions with a focus on Western Balkans, Poland and Russian Federation. In October 2012 he was appointed Director of the EBRD’s Resident Office in Serbia where the Bank has a portfolio of 2.3 Bn Eur.

Prior to his work with the EBRD, he was managing director of the private equity arm of Finanziaria Internazionale, an Italian merchant bank, where he spent 10 years investing in a broad range of sectors.

He also previously worked as a senior manager at Accenture Strategic Services in Milan and worked as a project engineer and an export sales manager in ENI and Finmeccanica groups in the UK and Italy.

He holds an MBA from Insead and an MS degree cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Genoa University.

Vladimir Rakhmanin Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU), FAO

Mr Rakhmanin, FAO’s new Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Europe and Central Asia, took office on 1 January 2014 at the Organization’s Regional Office in Budapest.

Mr Rakhmanin, a national of Russia, holds an M.Sc. in International Relations from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations. His diplomatic and professional career has included assignments in Beijing (1982-1983) and Washington D.C. (1983-1986 and 1992-1996).

He served in the late 1990s as spokesperson for the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and as Director of the Information and Press Department.

From 2000 to 2002 he was Chief of Protocol for the President of the Russian Federation, and from 2002 to 2006 served as Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Dublin, Ireland.

From 2008 until joining FAO, he was Deputy Secretary General of the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels.

Throughout his career, Mr Rakhmanin has dealt with policy issues involving global and regional developments.

Plenary A Plenary

Jonathan Charles Director of Communications, EBRD

Mr Charles is the Director of the Communications department at the EBRD and is a member of the Bank’s Executive Committee.

Mr Charles came to the Bank in 2011 after a long and distinguished career at the BBC, winning several awards for his journalism. As a BBC presenter and foreign correspondent, he has appeared on BBC1 and BBC World News.

His specialist areas include economics, the EU and international diplomacy; he has a keen interest in issues surrounding the single currency.

Having established television operations for the BBC in Brussels and Frankfurt, he is well practiced in recruiting and leading teams of reporters, researchers, producers and technical staff. He holds an MA (Oxon) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oriel College, Oxford University, and is fluent in French and German.

Andriy Dykun Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine

As of March 2014, Mr Dykun was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food in Ukraine.

He worked as the president of the Association of Dairy Producers (ADP) since it was founded from 2009 – 2014. The main aim of Association is to help farmers to gain best results and standards in milk production and to provide every citizen of Ukraine with natural high quality milk. Nowadays ADP consists of more than 100 dairy farms all over Ukraine. The average annual yield on ADP’s enterprises is higher in 1.5 times than average indexes in Ukrainian.

Previously, in 2003, Mr Dykun founded a consulting company “DYKUN” that aided Ukrainian farmers to learn best practices and apply it in the Ukrainian context. Additionally, the company provides exchange programs for farmers from abroad to become acquainted with experience of Ukrainian farmers and leading agricultural enterprises.

Danilo Golubović State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia

Since 2012, Mr Golubović has served as the State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection. During his appointment, he has been responsible as a Head of the Government team for negotiations with the EU on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) in the field of agriculture and as the Head of the Government team for negotiations in area of agriculture for Serbia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

He has also worked as a Beneficiary Project Leader on many EU funded projects implemented in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. On the beginning of Negotiations process between Serbia and EU, he was appointed as a Head of the Negotiating Group for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Prior to his current role, he also worked at AD “Koprodukt” in Novi Sad, as General Director for the last four years. From 2004 to 2008 he held the position of State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. From 2008-2012, he worked at the Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops in Novi Sad as Assistant Director for Commercial Affairs.

Mr Golubović graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Novi Sad in 1989.

Mr Golubović speaks English and German.

Vedrana Jelušić Kašić Croatia Country Director, EBRD

Ms Jelušić Kašić was appointed the EBRD Director for Croatia in June 2013. Coming from EBRD London Headquarters to EBRD office in Zagreb in 2005, she was responsible for the Bank’s agribusiness activities in south-east Europe managing investments in food, drinks, retail and packaging.

Ms Vedrana Jelušić Kašić is a member of the Supervisory Board of Croatian Atlantic Grupa as well as of Victoria Grupa and a former member of the Supervisory Board of Tikveš, the leading wine producing company in FYR Macedonia and of VF Komerc, at the time retail chain in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ms Vedrana Jelušić Kašić joined EBRD in 1998 as the Analyst for Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus and Moldova.

Prior business experience was accumulated at Raiffeisen Bank in Zagreb, Merrill Lynch Private Client Group in Boston, the Croatian National Bank and the Central Securities Depository Agency Monte Titoli S.p.A. in Milan.

Ms Vedrana Jelušić Kašić holds a Master’s Degree in International Finances from the Brandeis University, Massachusetts, USA, and BA from the University of Economics in Zagreb. In July 2013, she attained the Non-executive Director Diploma by The Financial Times, London, UK.

Miodrag Kostić President of the Board and Owner, MK Grupa

Mr Kostić currently chairs the largest vertically integrated agricultural corporation in the whole of Europe. MK Group currently consists of 35 companies and employs more than 4 500 workers in Serbia and Ukraine. Apart from its involvement in the agriculture sector, the company is involved in the sugar and meat industry, tourism, renewable energy sources, and real estate.

Mr Kostić is the president of the Management Board of AIK Bank, a member of the employers association “Poslodavac”, the President of the “Privrednik” club and the “Serbian-Belarus business council”.

Additionally, he received awards such as “Business Personality of the Year”, “The Most Successful Person in Vojvodina”, and “The Most Successful Entrepreneur”. The company has received awards for its contribution in the field of corporate social responsibility, including “Hero Company” for the donations in the humanitarian action “Struggle for babies” and the award “My choice” for the construction of youth house in the SOS Children’s village.

10 Ljerka Puljić Senior Executive Vice-President, Strategic Business Groups and Marketing, Agrokor

Mrs Puljić is responsible for Agrokor’s strategic business groups, and is responsible for the management and control of businesses belonging to the Agrokor Group. She spent the formidable years of her career at Ledo in various roles until its acquisition by Agrokor in 1994 and was appointed as Executive Director of Marketing in 1998.

In 2000, she became a Board Member at Agrokor, heading the company’s Strategic Business Groups in terms of planning, marketing, sales and purchasing. She has maintained these responsibilities to date, and since 2008, she has additionally been responsible for the Agriculture Business Group.

She is Member of the National Competitiveness Council and President of the Retail Association with the Croatian Chamber of Commerce. In 2010, Ljerka Puljić was selected among the 20 most successful European business women for excellence in the Food and Retail Sector by the European Supermarket Magazine (ESM) and the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) in London. She also received the 2010 CROMA Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mrs Puljić graduated from the Faculty of Economics in 1979.

11 Neven Vranković Group Vice President for Corporate Activities, Atlantic Grupa

Mr Vranković joined Atlantic Grupa as Executive Director for Corporate Affairs in 1998. In 2001, his responsibilities were extended with Atlantic Grupa’s mergers and acquisitions, and in 2002 he was named the Group Vice President for Corporate Affairs.

He acquired previous business experience in the legal department of Bergen Bank in Norway and as a career diplomat at the Croatian embassies in Washington, D.C. and Belgrade. He was a member of the working group preparing negotiating process with the European Union regarding Chapter 6 - Company Law.

He played a critical role in all of Atlantic Grupa’s acquisitions, from Cedevita in 2001, Neva in 2003, Haleko (multipower) in 2005, series of pharmacy institutions in 2008, and finally Droga Kolinska late 2010. He also worked throughout the restructuring and integration processes that followed.

Mr Vranković graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb and received his Masters degree from Washington College of Law in the U.S. He gained additional knowledge in the M&A field at the INSEAD Business School, France.

12 Nikola Vujačić COO, Victoria Grupa

Currently, Mr Vujačić holds the position of COO at Victoria Group, a leading Serbian agribusiness company and one of the largest producers, exporters and investors in both Serbia and the entire region.

Mr Vujačić began his career in 1999 as an engineer at oil and vegetable fat factory Vital ad Vrbas, where he later served as Director of development. From 2005 he was engaged in the construction and reconstruction of facilities for the production of biodiesel in Victoriaoil factory, member of Victoria Group, where in 2008 he was appointed CEO and Board member. In the period 2012-2013 he served as the Vice President of Elixir Group.

He graduated from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad.

13 Miljan Ždrale Senior Banker, Head of Agribusiness, South-Eastern Europe, EBRD

Since joining the Agribusiness Group, Mr Ždrale has worked on more than 25 transactions valuing more than EUR 1.0 bln. He is responsible for EBRD projects in agribusiness, food retail and FMCG in South East Europe, including Albania, Bulgaria and Romania. These projects were funded with various financing instruments from equity participation to debt funding and some hybrid instruments. Mr Ždrale is also responsible for cultivating relationships with many large international companies (Carlsberg, Bunge, Delhaize Group, CHS from USA etc), as well as for many regional players from SEE.

Since 2009 he has served as Non-Executive Director at the Supervisory Board of Carlsberg’s operations in Belarus. Additionally, since 2014 he has served as Non-Executive Director at the Supervisory Board of Agri Europe, the leading agribusiness conglomerate operating in Serbia and Ukraine.

In 2000, he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. In 2004, he continued his training by joining the 2-year Analyst Programme at EBRD in London. In 2010, he attended Private Equity Programme for Executives at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.

Mr Ždrale speaks fluently English, Russian and Serbian/Croatian.

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Emmanuel Hidier Senior Economist, FAO Investment Centre Division

Mr Hidier has been working in FAO’s Investment Centre Division since 2006. The Investment Centre helps FAO’s member countries to mobilise funding from international financial institutions (IFIs) for investment in agriculture and agribusiness.

Mr Hidier has a long experience in formulating and supervising projects with the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Eastern and Central Europe and the CIS. His areas of interest include agricultural marketing and agricultural policy.

In collaboration with the EBRD and the World Bank, Mr Hidier launched the EastAgri CEI network in 2002 with the aim of improving exchanges of lessons learnt between IFIs and private banks operating in the region. Before joining the UN, Mr Hidier was Export and Project Finance Manager for the Banque Nationale de Paris in Bangkok.

Mr Hidier speaks fluently French, English, Italian and Thai.

15 Mr Gerard Kiely Head of Unit ‘Pre-accession Assistance to Agriculture and Rural Development’, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

Mr Kiely manages and formulates policies to implement the pre accession instruments in regard to agriculture and rural development. He also provides overall direction of the activities within the unit and ensures the good financial management of the budget.

In his management role, Mr Kiely defines the strategy and policies of the unit, manages human resources, acts as authorising officer by sub delegation, and participates in monitoring committees. He also contributes to the elaboration and periodic revision of the legal frameworks for pre-accession assistance, in the field of agriculture and rural development.

More specifically, Mr Kiely defines budget requirements and reports on use of budgetary resources. He also represents the Commission vis-à-vis representatives in particular of the Candidate Countries, Member States, Parliament, Court of Auditors and NGOs on all aspects of pre-accession assistance and manages negotiations on related matters.

16 Piroska M. Nagy Director, Country Strategy and Policy Initiatives, Office of the Chief Economist, EBRD

Ms Nagy is responsible for the economic strategic directions in the EBRD’s 34 countries of operation, covering Emerging Europe, Central Asia and North Africa. She is also responsible for key policy initiatives such as local currency and capital market development, food security and climate change. She also oversees the EBRD’s quarterly economic forecast exercise and heads the Secretariat for the Vienna Initiative, a public-private coordination platform in emerging Europe. Previously, she was a senior adviser on financial sector stability and regulatory issues as well as crisis response.

Prior to the EBRD, Ms Nagy worked for the International Monetary Fund between 1986 and mid-2008, with surveillance and policy program responsibilities, mainly in Europe and Africa. While on leave from the IMF, she was lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1996/97 and worked at Fitch Ratings as Senior Adviser in 2003/4, covering Europe. She has published in the area of euro adoption in emerging Europe, financial stability issues and fiscal policy reform. She also authored the book The Meltdown of the Russian State (Edgar Elgar, 2000).

She holds a M.Sc., Macroeconomics, and Finance from the University of Budapest, Hungary and conducted post-graduate studies at George Washington University, USA.

17 Dina Umali-Deininger Sector Manager, Agriculture and Rural Development, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank

Ms Umali-Deininger is the Sector Manager of the Agriculture and Rural Development Unit in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Sustainable Development Department of the World Bank, which supports analytical activities and lending operations on agriculture and rural development in 22 countries in the ECA region. She began her career in the World Bank in the Agriculture and Natural Resources Department in 1991, where she worked on agricultural policy issues in East Asia and Eastern Europe, focusing on public spending, the roles of the public and private sector in agriculture, and sustainable irrigation management.

She joined the Agriculture and Rural Development Unit in South Asia in 1997, her last position being Lead Agricultural Economist and Country Sector Coordinator in the World Bank New Delhi office overseeing the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Development program in India. In the South Asia Region, she worked on agriculture and water related projects and development policy loans and analytical work on agricultural policy, marketing, power supply to agriculture, food security and nutrition policy, and rural poverty assessments.

She has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Stanford University, and a B.A. in Agribusiness Management from the University of the Philippines.

18 Nina Zegger Global Head, Climate Business and Sustainability, Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services Department, IFC

Ms Zegger is the Global Head, Climate Business in IFC’s Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services Department based in Washington, D.C. After an internship at Goldman Sachs in New York, she spent 1991-1993 at IFC’s office in Warsaw, Poland following a fellowship at the Wharton School’s Multinational Research Advisory Group focused on transition economies that she held while doing her MBA studies.

From 1994-2002, Ms Zegger executed corporate and project finance transactions in IFC’s Latin American & Caribbean Department. She was involved in the establishment of IFC’s Global Manufacturing & Services Department in 2003 and was named Global Sector Team Lead for Building Materials. Since 2007, she has been focusing exclusively on climate business, devising strategies, promoting and executing investments in energy efficiency, renewable energy, recycling, and water savings across a range of manufacturing and consumer services sectors – the latter including IFC’s entry into Green Buildings. Ms Zegger led a successful Cleaner Production Lending Pilot and major scale-up to a US$125 million facility to finance cleaner production / resource efficiency investments for IFC portfolio clients.

In 2010, the scope of Ms Zegger’s work expanded to cover other sectors, notably, agribusiness. Her team is also responsible for IFC’s investments in the renewables supply chain. Ms Zegger has a special interest in developing business models and financing solutions to scale up the use of climate smart technologies in emerging markets.

19 Ms Zegger has a BA in International Relations with concentration on Economic Development from Brown University and an MBA from Wharton (University of Pennsylvania). Roundtable 1 Roundtable

Diana Cowland Senior Analyst, Health and Wellness, Euromonitor International

Ms Cowland is a Senior Industry Analyst for the Health and Wellness Industry at Euromonitor International. She provides insight and analysis on key trends and her specialties include Healthy Innovation, Ageing and Regulation/Health Claims.

Ms Cowland is a recognised authority in the industry with a published peer reviewed paper, regular contributions to trade publications including Nutra-Ingredients and Nutraceuticals World as well as speaking at key industry conferences around the world.

Prior to her role in Health and Wellness, she was an Industry Analyst for Ingredients, at Euromonitor International. Ms Cowland’s knowledge of health and wellness stems from studying nutrition and its wider application to the industry.

She has a Master’s degree in Nutrition from King’s College London and a BSc with Honours in Biology from The University of York.

20 Dragan Miladinović CEO Delta Food Processing, Delta Agrar Group

Mr Miladinović currently works with Delta Agrar Group as the Food Processing Director and as General Manager of Yuhor-export AD Jagoina.

He has led a successful career, beginning his work with Yuhor-export DD Jagodina in 1990 as the Head of Financial Sector. Between 1994 and 1996, Mr Miladinović worked as the codirector for econmic and financial affairs prior to serving as acting director in 1996 and then general manger in 1997. Mr Miladinović began his work with Delta Agrar DOO Belgrade in 2008 as the codirector before taking on his current responsibilities.

Mr Miladinović holds a degree from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Belgrade, specializing in agroeconomy.

21 Angelo Nicolae, General Manager, Agri-Business, Brise Group, Constanta, Romania

Mr Nicolae has been a General Manager for Agribusiness at Brise Group since October 2011. Brise Group is one of the leading cereal trading and agricultural inputs distribution companies in Romania, with a presence in Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova. He organizes and coordinates all agribusiness distribution activities, including negotiations with international suppliers, budgeting, trading policies and strategy.

From 1997-2011, Mr Nicolae held a number of positions of increasing responsibility in Syngenta. He was responsible for the company’s corn program in Southeast Europe. Earlier in his career with the company he covered marketing activities in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova, including organization of field days and conferences; building marketing strategy, leading marketing and technical teams; developing distribution networks; and assuring product registration and regulatory compliance.

Mr Nicolae graduated from the Agricultural University Bucharest.

22 Dmitry Prikhodko Economist, Investment Centre Division, FAO

Mr Prikhodko has 8 years of experience with the Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Ukraine as a principal analyst responsible for grains, oilseeds, sugar, dairy, livestock and poultry sectors analysis as well as technical assistance, food aid, and trade policy reviews and negotiations. He also worked for Cargill Inc. as an analyst responsible for grain and oilseed production, consumption and trade projections and business development research in Ukraine. After joining FAO in 2006, he worked on a number of agricultural sector studies and public expenditure reviews for the EBRD and the World Bank.

Dmitry’s recent work includes sector work/reviews of the Russian Fisheries Sector, Ukraine Grain Sector, Kyrgyzstan Supply Chain Analysis, Agricultural Machinery; public expenditures reviews (Belarus and Azerbaijan), technical assistance (Kazakhstan Sunflower Seed Sector, preparation of FAO/EBRD Agribusiness Handbooks, assistance to dairy farmers in northern Ukraine) and investment project work (Tajikistan Cotton Sector Recovery Project, World Bank).

Mr Prikhodko has a degree in Economics with a specialization in Farm Accounting (State Agriculture and Ecology Academy, Zhytomyr, Ukraine) and Cand. Sc. degree in Environmental and Nature Resource Economics (Ph.D. equivalent in FSU countries) from Lviv State Agricultural University.

23 Jaroslav Stupavski Director, Carnex, MK Group

Mr Stupavski graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture in 1988, and finished his MBA studies at the Faculty of Management. Being considered as one of the top experts on the agricultural industry in Serbia, he has been at the managerial positions in MK Group for more than a decade. Since 2011 when Carnex became the member company of MK Group, Mr. Stupavski was appointed the company director.

Carnex has been the leader in the production of meat products in Serbia. The company employs more than 1.000 people sharing the same goal - to stay true to the customers and continue the tradition of good taste with responsible approach and compliance with international standards, proved by the numerous awards received such as: the Absolute Quality Champion of the Novi Sad Fair in 2014, the Award for the most responsible company in Serbia concerning Health and Safety Policy, Super brands Award in the food category, Award for liver pate in the 2012, etc. Mr. Stupavski was awarded “The Most Successful Agricultural Manager Award” for two consecutive years.

24 Ljerka Puljić Senior Executive Vice-President, Strategic Business Groups and Marketing, Agrokor

Mrs Puljić graduated from the Faculty of Economics in 1979.

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Mihai Constantinescu Senior Adviser on Rural Development, Danida

Since 2012, Mr Constantinescu has held a Senior Adviser role, working as the Rural Development and coordinator of a decentralised Danida Technical Assistance Office for the Ministry of Agriculture. The project has a focus on a Kosovo rural development programme, and he has worked on project implementation as well as monitoring and evaluation.

Previously, from 2006 - 2012, he worked with the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture on a wide range of aspects of the rural development policy, including compensatory payment calculations and agri-environment measures, financial engineering schemes, semi-subsistence and young farmers measures.

During his time with the Ministry of Agriculture, he worked in Kosovo to set up a guarantee fund for rural credit and to introduce selection criteria within a rural grant scheme. He has also prepared policy guidelines for sustainable development in Romania for 2014 – 2020.

Mr Constantinescu has a MA in Urban and Rural system models and in agribusiness from the Academy for Studies in Economy, Bucharest. He graduated from the University from Bucharest with a degree in Geography and a specialisation on socio-economy.

26 Fatma Dirkes Head of International Advisory Services, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Bankakademie HfB

Mrs Dirkes is the Head of the International Advisory Services of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management with overall responsibility for all Frankfurt School international consultancy projects and department staff. Her responsibilities include a variety of technical assistance projects focussing on Micro-Finance, Rural and Agricultural Finance, SME Finance, Housing Finance, Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Finance implemented by Frankfurt School.

Mrs. Dirkes has played a leading role in developing a number of large advisory projects and Rural and Agricultural Finance lending programmes established by Frankfurt School. Among other projects, she worked as the responsible Project Director for the “EBRD - Turkey Agribusiness SME Financing Facility” and the “EBRD - Tajik Agricultural Finance Framework”.

Prior to joining the Frankfurt School in 2003, Mrs Dirkes worked as Auditor and Consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, KPMG and Banco de Brasil. She conducted inter alia credit audits for MSMEs and supported the reorganisation and adjustment of credit procedures and credit risk management of the banks according to international standards and “best practice” of the lending business.

Mrs Dirkes holds a degree in Business Administration.

Gergana Filipova Business Development Director, Biomashinostroene AD

Ms Filipova has more than 14 years of experience in the field of Food Processing and Pharmaceutical Equipment. She is a Business Development Director and a Member of the Board of Directors at Biomashinostroene AD.

Under her supervision, investment projects, totalling more than 8 million euros, have been implemented – including different EU programs such as PSO, Competitiveness and SIPPO.

Ms Filipova leads a dedicated team of professionals and has been successful in attracting the industry’s best names, such as Tetra Pak and GEA Engineering. Owing to her efforts, Biomashinostroene AD emerged on the international arena and became one of the leading manufacturers of Food and Pharmaceutical Equipment.

She holds a MA in Industrial Management and Marketing from the Technical University in Sofia.

28 Danilo Golubović State Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia

Mr Golubović graduated with a degree in Economics from the University of Novi Sad in 1989.

Mr Golubović speaks English and German.

29 Dejan Janjatović Member of the Executive Board, ProCredit Bank

Mr Janjatović has been a member of the Executive Board at ProCredit Bank since his appointment in 2008. He initially joined the Bank in 2001 and was appointed branch manager in Novi Sad just one year after joining. In 2005, Mr Janjatović became one of the bank’s regional managers, and was put in charge of the bank’s head office credit department in 2006.

As a part of the management team, Mr Janjatović is strongly committed to ProCredit Bank’s mission and values, including responsible banking, a comprehensive approach which is reflected in all aspects of the corporate policy. He believes that responsible banking is the fundamental basis for long-term business relationships with clients, and at the same time enables the ongoing professional development of staff and the sound overall development of the institution itself.

Mr Janjatović obtained a degree in economics from the University of Novi Sad and subsequently earned a Master’s degree in business administration.

30 Mr Gerard Kiely Head of Unit ‘Pre-accession Assistance to Agriculture and Rural Development’, DG Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission

31 Charlotte Ruhe Director, Small Business Support Program, EBRD

Ms Ruhe is the Director for the Small Business Support team of EBRD. The team brings know how to small and medium-sized enterprises working in 25 countries. Director of the team since 2010, she has led the integration of the Bank’s donor-funded programmes of advice for small businesses into a key pillar of EBRD’s offer for small businesses in its countries of operation. Since 2010 the programmes have expanded from 18 to 25 countries including Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan.

From 2005-2010, Ms Ruhe was EBRD’s Director for Croatia based in Zagreb and responsible for a team of 10 bankers, investing circa Euros 250 million per annum in 10-12 projects and a Euros 1 billion portfolio. Before her Croatia appointment, she worked in EBRD’s Financial Institutions team, starting as an Associate Banker in 1995.

From 2000-2004 she led the EU/EBRD SME Finance Facility, the then flagship small business finance project of EBRD and the European Commission.

Ms Ruhe started her career at the United States Department of the Treasury as an International Economist in 1988, and came to EBRD in 1992 as an Advisor to the Director for the United States.

She has an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in Journalism and Political Science from Indiana University.

32 Nikola Vujačić COO, Victoria Group

He graduated from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad.

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Patrick Avato Lead for Climate Business in Europe & Central Asia, IFC

Mr Avato is responsible for strategy and business development for renewable energy, resource efficiency and water in the region. He also manages a portfolio of advisory engagements with governments on regulatory reform for renewable energy and advises utilities and project developers on market entry strategies, utility loss reduction programs and renewable energy project development.

He has more than 10 years of experience in the energy sector. Before joining IFC, Mr Avato held various positions in energy policy and corporate finance with the World Bank, GIZ and Morgan Stanley.

Mr Avato has an MBA from the University of Tuebingen and an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).

34 Angela Bularga Principal Administrator, Environmental Performance and Information Division, Environment Directorate, OECD

Ms Bularga is in charge of a long-standing, substantively diverse programme that aims to support countries of Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) progress faster on their path to greener growth. She has over 20 years of professional experience in the area of environmental management.

The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has been at the forefront of green growth promotion. By analysing economic and environmental policies together, by looking at ways to spur eco-innovation and by addressing other key issues related to a transition to a greener economy such as jobs and skills, investm ent, taxation, trade and development, the OECD can help develop sound strategies to make a cleaner low-carbon economy compatible with growth.

Ms Bularga has recently authored a report on green growth and environmental governance in EECCA, which includes a suit of recommendations on how policies could be improved in these countries.

Ms Bularga holds an MSc degree in Biology and Environment Protection.

35 Jenny Edwards Project Manager, Sustainable Agriculture, SAI

Ms Edwards is a sustainable development specialist, with a background in soil and horticulture sciences and a MBA in Corporate Social Responsibility.

She has worked in the Oil & Gas and Food & Beverage industries, supporting companies’ sustainable development initiatives. She has focused her work on creating and expanding sustainable sourcing of agricultural materials. Ms Edwards manages SAI Platform’s Farmer Self Assessment initiative, as well as the Arable & Vegetable and the Fruit Working Groups, supporting companies move to sustainable sourcing.

Ms Edwards is originally from the US and Canada and is now based in the Netherlands.

Viera Feckova Program Manager, Resource Efficiency Program in Europe and Central Asia, IFC

Ms Feckova joined IFC in 2009 as a Cleaner Production expert. She has more than 20 years of experience and has previously a led nitrogen chemicals benchmarking project, served several ECA clients and completed outreach tasks related to water, waste and environmental management accounting.

Prior to joining IFC, Ms Feckova was the founder, director and co-owner of private HSE (Health-Safety-Environment) consulting company in Slovakia which operated also in the EU, ECA and Africa. She also served as the director of National Cleaner Production Centre.

She has extensive experience as a consultant and trainer. She has a track record of leading complex projects with large multinationals (Peugeot, Johnson Controls, Moll, etc.) During her academic career, she was a lecturer at Faculty of Chemical Technology and most recently, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Bratislava. She led an initiative which established the Master degree in Safety Engineering in the country, led many diploma and PhD thesis students, and headed large and innovative projects related to industrial safety of process industries. She was lead auditor to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, translator of several standards.

She received her PhD in Chemical Engineering at The Slovak Technical University in Bratislava.

37 Ivan Gerginov Director, Econoler SA

Mr Gerginov is a senior expert with more than 10 years of experience in project finance and fund management. Over the last 5 years, Mr Gerginov worked as a financial manager in the energy sector and more specifically on the development and implementation of green financial mechanisms, projects and programs in a number of countries.

Since 2010, Mr Gerginov has designed and implemented green financial mechanisms for development, export-import and commercial banks in a number of countries such as Bulgaria, Turkey, China, Chile, Equador, Brazil, Barbados, Nigeria, Egypt and others.

Between 2006 and 2008, Mr Gerginov managed the structuring, start-up and expansion of the Bulgarian Energy Efficiency Fund, establishing it as a lead financing institution for green finance in Bulgaria and top financier for domestic public, healthcare and education sectors. He has also been actively involved in the field of renewable energy investments, structuring and managing the Energy Division of Elana Holding, the largest non-banking financial institution in Bulgaria.

Mr Gerginov has been presented with a number of awards for the performance of the institutions he managed, particularly in the fields of energy efficiency and renewable energy.

38 Hernán González Technical Officer, GEF Coordination Unit, FAO

Mr González joined the GEF Unit with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a technical officer in 2013 where he manages the Asia portfolio. He oversees the preparation and implementation of GEF operations in the region.

Prior to his experience at FAO, he worked for UNDP Chile as a programme officer in the Energy and Environment Group, leading the preparation of environmental programs financed by the GEF, the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund and bilateral cooperation agencies. Additionally, he managed GEF operations for the World Bank in the Latin America and Caribbean region. Finally, he worked for the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences and the Colombian Coal Company as an energy advisor in the development of the country’s climate change mitigation strategy.

Mr González has a PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

39 Franziska Hollmann Director of Agribusiness, KfW DEG

Mrs Hollmann has been working for DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (today member of KfW) for 14 years. She has almost 9 years of experience in structured financing of agribusiness, forestry and food projects.

As Director of Agribusiness, she heads a team of specialized Investment managers analysing and contracting project and corporate financing for all sectors of the agricultural value chain worldwide including bioenergy. During the financial crisis in Argentina (2000 - 2005) Mrs Hollmann has been successfully managing a portfolio of 25 corporate clients in the Mercosur region with a total financing of 200 m. EUR in different sectors (logistics, manufacturing and services, financial sector and agribusiness). Before joining DEG she started her professional career in 1996 at Deutsche Ausgleichsbank managing financing programs for business start-ups in Chile, Vietnam and Albania.

Mrs Hollmann completed her studies at Cologne University and University of Merida, Venezuela.

40 Michael Kortenbusch Founder and Managing Director, Business & Finance Consulting (BFC)

Mr Kortenbusch is a senior expert in development finance, with over 20 years of professional experience in strategy and business development, turnaround management, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSME) lending development, agricultural and rural finance, product innovation and financial due diligence.

Over recent years, Mr Kortenbusch has been actively involved in agrifinance, studying the increasing support provided to the development of this sector. His latest projects include technical assistance to banks and MFIs in Caucasus, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia in designing new lending procedures reaching out to agro clients. He performed a number of feasibility studies on access to finance in rural regions and has provided strategic options for donors to launch operations and projects to sustain the agribusinesses and relevant financing mechanisms to support them.

Mr Kortenbusch has more than 10 years of training design and delivery expertise, in topics including strategic planning, risk management, agriculture and MSME finance. Additionally, he has authored numerous reports and publications on microlending, feasibility studies, and institutional assessments, among other topics.

Mr Kortenbusch holds a Masters of Business Administration degree. He is native in German, and speaks English and Russian fluently.

41 Gianpiero Nacci Senior Engineer, Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Team, EBRD

Mr Nacci has more than 20 years’ experience in Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Production with expertise in energy efficiency, industrial processes and renewable energy technologies. The Energy Efficiency and Climate Change (E2C2) Team is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the EBRD Sustainable Energy Initiative which since its inception in 2006 has provided over EUR 14 billion of finance to sustainable energy projects resulting in annual GHG emission reduction exceeding 65 million tons CO . 2

Mr Nacci joined the EBRD in 2003 and has lead the development of cleaner production, sustainable energy and carbon emission reduction projects for corporate clients in manufacturing, agribusiness, property and tourism and transport resulting in more than EUR 3 billion of EBRD finance. He has conducted or supervised the implementation of over 300 business development assignments including energy and resource efficiency audits in manufacturing, carbon emission reduction assessments and energy management trainings.

His work covers the whole EBRD region; in particular, he has developed field experience in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, BiH, Croatia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Tunisia, Turkey and Ukraine.

Mr Nacci holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (1994) and an MSc in Renewable Energy from the University of Oldenburg Germany (2003).

42 Igor Rylik Technical Director, Astarta-Kyiv

Mr Rylik joined “Astarta-Kyiv” in 2006, and was promoted to the Head of Sugar Production. Since January 2011, he has served as the Technical Director. Astarta–Kyiv is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding specializing in sugar and agricultural production – focusing primarily on the cultivation of sugar beet, grains and oilseeds, the production of sugar and related products (molasses and granulated beet pulp), and milk and meat production.

Prior to joining the company, he held senior positions at several sugar plants in Ukraine and abroad, as the Director of the Gubynykha sugar plant, and Chief Engineer of CanSugar Inc. (Canada), and others. He was Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine “Ukrtsukor” from 1997 – 1998.

Mr Rylik graduated from Dnepropetrovsk State University, with a degree in chemistry in 1981.

43 Lazar Savin Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad

Mr Savin is a professor at the University of Novi Sad within the Faculty of Agriculture. Тhe Faculty of Agriculture was founded in 1954 to create agricultural experts of higher education. It is acclaimed nationally and internationally for the results of its work and for the enormous contribution to the development of agricultural production in Vojvodina Province and the Republic of Serbia as a whole.

He has experience developing a combine tractor system for soil tillage and has conducted research on the basis for biodiesel production and use. He has also completed a research study on the identification of the energy saving potential of agricultural machinery and equipment.

Mr Savin has published numerous works on a variety of subjects including the “Examination of motor oils in exploitation of agricultural tractors in process of basic treatment of plot” and “Tillage quality affecting physical characteristics, number of plants and carrot root yield under flat and ridge cultivation”.

He is president of the Scientific Society of Power Machines, Tractors and Maintenance and the technical director of the Laboratory for Power Machines and Tractors, a national testing station for testing the tractors according to OECD Standard Codes.

Mr Savin has a Phd in Agricultural Sciences and a MA in Agricultural Sciences from the Faculty of Agriculture at Novi Sad.

44 Katerina Spasovksa Senior Project Manager, Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe (SWG)

Ms Spasovska is currently implementing a number of regional initiatives and projects related to the agriculture and environment sector. The “SWG” stands for Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe and is an International Intergovernmental Organization, consisted of governmental institutions responsible for rural development in respective countries and territories.

Ms Spasovska has been working in the Regional Rural Development Standing Working Group in South Eastern Europe (SWG RRD) since its establishment in 2009.

In 2010, Ms Spasovska became actively involved in activities related to rural development through integrated water and forest management. Since then, she has been successfully running various regional projects for sustainable water and forest management in respect to the EU integration of the candidate and potential candidate countries from the SEE region.

She holds a Masters Degree on Public Policy Analysis and Regional Development and a BA in Political Science from York University, Canada.

45 Nina Zegger Global Head, Climate Business and Sustainability, Manufacturing, Agribusiness & Services Department, IFC

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Iride Ceccacci Food Security Economist, EBRD

Ms Ceccacci is an expert in Agriculture and Food Security. She currently works for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where she is in charge of policy dialogue activities under the EBRD Private Sector for Food Security Initiative. Through technical assistance and public-private policy platforms, the Initiative supports private sector efforts for food security outcomes and facilitates coordinated, transparent and predictable public policies in the EBRD countries of operations.

Prior to this assignment, Ms Ceccacci worked in the Strategy and Policy Unit of the World Bank, Agriculture and Rural Department, where she supported implementation of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) and the Global Food Crises Response Program (GFRP). She was one of the lead authors of the WBG Agriculture Action Plan 2013-2015.

Ms Ceccacci started her career at the UN World Food Program about 8 years ago, where she mainly focused on emergency agriculture and food response programs during the Food Price crisis of 2007-08. Her work brought her to Eastern European countries, Africa, Middle East, Latin America and East Asia. She holds an MA in International Economics from SAIS Johns Hopkins University.

47 Andriy Dykun Deputy Minister, Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine

As of March 2014, Mr Dykun was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food in Ukraine.

48 Greg Grothe Enterprise and Cooperative Program Manager, Land O’Lakes International Development

As the Program Manager for Cooperative Development and Market Access, Mr Grothe manages two USAID funded cooperative programs focused on value chain development for the dairy sector and multi- purpose cooperatives in four countries in East Africa.

Mr Grothe also provides technical oversight and support to a portfolio of enterprise acceleration and market development programs in Africa and Asia.

With over 15 years of experience, Mr Grothe has served in international business leadership roles in both financial services and agri-business industries. He also currently sits on the board of the Overseas Cooperative Development Council (OCDC), based in Washington D.C. USA.

49 Goran Janjić Executive Manager, Serbian Dairies Association (SEDA)

Mr Janjić works as the executive manager of the SEDA-Serbian Dairies Association and is a member of the Economy and Trade Committee in the European Dairy Association. Mr Janjić has over 15 years of management and consulting experience in the international development and food/ agribusiness industry.

On two ocassions, he has been an advisor to Serbian Ministers of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management. Mr Janjić has a proven track record in working effectively with numerous development organizations, including FAO, USAID, USDA, UNDP, GIZ, World Bank and foreign governments’ representative bodies in Serbia.

Mr Janjić holds degree in Business and Administration from the Institute Franco-Americain de Management in Paris.

50 Ljubiša Jovanović President, Milk Producers Association, Serbia

Mr Jovanović, former advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, has over 30 years of experience in management, investment and establishment of international trade relations, especially in agricultural business.

Mr Jovanović co-founded and chairs the Association of Milk Producers in Serbia. Prior to that, for over 8 years, he set up and managed one of biggest European dairy farms, based in Serbia. Currently he is closely involved in enhancing competitiveness throughout dairy sector.

As the Deputy Minister from 2003-2005, he coordinated FDI activities within the government and directly participated in many FDI policy improvements as well as reposition of Serbian export activities. He conducted several livestock projects in Russia and Kazakhstan as well.

Mr Jovanović has a Masters degree from the University of Belgrade, Faculty for economics, specialising in international trade. He is fluent in English, Italian and German.

51 Brian Milton Senior Consultant Europe, Global Food Safety Partnership, World Bank

Mr Milton is an experienced food industry and development professional with qualifications in Food Science/Engineering and Marketing. He has a strong private sector background in EU/USA/Asia/Africa complemented by more recent extensive public/private involvement in developing countries.

Currently, he acts as ECA Advisor with the Global Food Safety Partnership where he has been involved since its founding in 2012. Other recent activities included the World Bank Food Safety Modernization project in Turkey and the UK DFID Livelihoods Programme in Bangladesh where he acted as Food Safety and Market Development Advisor.

His ECA country experience includes Romania and the Southern Balkans, Ukraine and Turkey. His Asian experience includes China, Mongolia and Bangladesh while he has also worked in Latin America and Africa. Prior to this, he had a 20 year food industry career, particularly in the dairy sector, in the EU, the US and in Asia within food enterprises with private, co-operative and plc ownership.

52 Valentina Paskalova Operations Officer, Global Food Safety Partnership, IFC Advisory Services

Ms Paskalova has more than 17 years of experience in private sector development projects working on both the government and private sector level.

She has worked for International Finance Corporation (IFC) more than 12 years and her project work includes SME development, supply chain management, international standards and financial sector development. She has focused on food safety project work with IFC in the last 9 years, primarily working on company specific interventions with IFC investment clients but also capacity building of government institutions.

Ms Paskalova is certified ISO 9001:2008 Auditor and GlobalGAP (Crops) Farm Assurer.

She holds a MBA from Sheffield University in Greece and BA in Economics from St. Cyril and Methodius University in Macedonia.

Bekzod Shamsiev Senior Agriculture Economist, Agriculture and Rural Development Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank

Mr Shamsiev joined the Bank in 1999 as an Operations Officer in the Uzbekistan Country Office, with primary areas of responsibility in economic and sector work and investment operations in Uzbekistan. He worked as an Agriculture Economist since 2002, where he led a wide range of agriculture and rural development projects and analytical products in several countries in the Europe and Central Asia Region.

Mr Shamsiev is working on a number of operations and analytical products in in Armenia, Serbia and Central Asia. Before re-joining the Europe and Central Asia Region, he spent four years in South Asia, where worked on a number of analytical and operational activities in Bhutan, India and Pakistan.

Prior to joining the World Bank he worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and in the private sector.

Mr Shamsiev has a MA in Agricultural Economics from the University of Manchester and in International Policy and Practice from the George Washington University.

54 Stjepan Tanic Agri-food Economist, Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, FAO

During his work with FAO, Mr Tanic has contributed to the preparation of reports, studies, publications and technical assistance projects in the area of farming systems development, farm management and agribusiness development, as well as the implementation of numerous workshops and meetings. Current areas of work are related to capacity and institutional development for inclusive value chain linkages, coordination and development; enabling environments for agri-food chain development; identification and assessment of causes and impacts of food losses and waste.

Mr Tanic has contributed to a number of research, development and technical cooperation projects implemented within the framework of national and European research programmes, or supported by the FAO, World Bank, EBRD, and private sector. In various capacities during his career, he also participated in a number of bilateral and multilateral governmental activities, as well as meetings organised by international organizations such as OECD, FAO, World Bank and EC.

Previously, Mr Tanic was an associate professor and research advisor on Farm management at the University of Zagreb, Croatia. He also served as President of the Agricultural Research Council in Croatia as well as the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Agriculture in Croatia.

Mr Tanic holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from University of Zagreb, Croatia.

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Aleksandar Dorđević Head of Corporate Finance, Société Générale Banka, Serbia

Mr Dorđević has 12 years of experience in the sector. Prior to working at Société Générale, he was a Senior Project Manager for the Agency for Privatization of the Republic of Serbia. He has also held positions as a General Manager for Changzhou Euro Galvanized Steel, PR China and as a Transaction Advisory Services Manager for BDO.

Alexander has served as a Lecturer at Cambridge Distant Learning Course in Corporate Finance and is a Member candidate of the Serbian Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr Dorđević has a MA in Economics and a BA from the University of Belgrade.

56 Tatijana Djukanović Deputy Director, Indemnity Fund of the Republic of Serbia

Ms Djukanović has served as the Deputy Director of the Indemnity Fund of the Republic of Serbia since 2009. She has held various leading positions aiding in the implementation of large-scale projects funded by the EBRD, FAO, USAID and managed by Ministry of Agricultural and Environmental Protection and the Indemnity Fund.

Ms Djukanović was involved in the development of a legal framework and the practical implementation of a system of public warehouses for agricultural products in Serbia. At this time, the law and ten bylaw regulations related to public warehouses from agricultural products was passed.

Given the system is on a voluntary basis in Serbia, with poor linkages between producers, warehouses operators and banks, Ms Djukanović had a challenging task to develop a modern and functional system of warehouse receipts. Ms Djukanocić’s accomplishments include an increase of the number of public warehouses, improvement of the business environment for the public warehouse system, a decrease in the interest rate and an increase of credits with warehouse receipts as a pledge.

Ms Djukanović has a BA in law from the University of Belgrade, and the Diplomatic Academy, MFA, Belgrade. She is fluent in English and Greek.

57 Elies Fongers Senior Project Manager, Agribusiness, Rabobank

Ms Fongers advises governments, financial institutions, corporations and NGOs regarding agricultural sector development, agri finance and the sourcing of raw materials in developing and emerging markets. Since June 2012, she has been a Senior Project Manager in the AgriBusiness Team of Rabo Development.

Ms Fongers joined the Rabobank Group in 1997. After completing her traineeship, she has held different positions within the bank, utilizing her background in both agriculture and finance.

She worked as a product researcher and structured Food & Agri Risk Management products initially. She then worked as the Investment Manager of the Rabo Innovative Capital Fund. After 9 years in these roles, she joined the Credit Risk Management Department of Rabobank Nederland, where she gained an in-depth knowledge of the core business of the bank.

Ms Fongers holds a Masters Degrees in Soil Science and Financial Management.

58 Milica Jevtić Head of Unit for Analytics and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia

Ms Jevtić began her career with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection since 2005, working on marketing improvement, the promotion of agricultural products, as well as policy creation and analysis. Since 2011, she has served as the Head of Unit for Analytics and Statistics in the Department for Agricultural Policy. She was the Beneficiary Project Leader on EU and USDA funded projects implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management.

Over the course of her career she has been interested in the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and has given presentations and lectures related to the topic. She was included as part of the negotiation process with the EU on a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and the negotiation process in area of agriculture for Serbia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). On the beginning of Negotiations process between Serbia and EU, she was appointed as a Secretary of the Negotiating Group for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Ms Jevtić is co-chairmen of the Working Group for Agriculture and Food Industry within the Business Council Serbia-Germany. She was also a member of Agricultural Census 2012 Council.

Ms Jevtić holds a degree in Economics from the University of Belgrade and speaks English and Russian fluently.

59 Krassimir Kiriakov President, VOCA Consult

For the last fifteen years, Mr Kiriakov has specialized in development of commodity-based financing programs in various countries. He was the manager of a highly successful warehouse receipt (WHR) program implemented in Bulgaria in 1998. As an international consultant for FAO, EBRD, IFC, USAID and the World Bank, he has been involved in the design and implementation of WHR systems in Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Serbia, Indonesia and Ethiopia.

In 2003 he founded VOCA Consult - a leading Bulgarian consulting company in the area of agribusiness. His areas of expertise include licensing and regulation of public warehouses, financial performance guarantees, establishment of warehouse receipts as securities, marketing, awareness and education programs. He is also acting as manager of the FAO/EBRD initial assessment of the implementation of agrarian receipts (CPRs) in Bulgaria.

Mr Kiriakov has a MA in Marketing from the University of National and World Economy and a MA in English and Bulgarian Philology from the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”.

60 David Monsma Executive Director, Energy & Environment Program, The Aspen Institute

Mr Monsma is Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Energy and Environment Program. The Institute’s Energy and Environment Program work includes three annual energy policy forums: The Aspen Institute Energy Policy Forum, the Global Forum on Energy, Economy and Security, and the Clean Energy Forum.

The program also convenes, and Mr Monsma moderates, policy- testing dialogues including Aspen’s Food Security Strategy Group; the India-US Track II Dialogue on Energy and Climate Change; the Aspen Ocean Community Dialogue; and the Texas Natural Gas Regulatory Modernization Dialogue, as well as various other dialogues, seminars and the Catto Fellowship. An attorney by training, Mr Monsma has over 20 years of experience in environmental law and policy.

He taught law and ethics at Loyola University in Maryland and served as director of business and environment at Business for Social Responsibility in San Francisco where he led BSR’s Clean Cargo initiative and the Green Power Market Development Group with WRI. During the Clinton Administration, Mr Monsma was the environmental management task force coordinator for the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD).

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