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YOROKAMU K ABAINENAMAR,
Chairman, Fairtrade Africa
Yorokamu Abainenamar is Fairtrade Africa’s current Chairman. He is one of Africa’s earliest Fairtrade promoters, introducing Ugandan cooperatives to the movement in 1992. He is also General Manager at Union Export Services, which promotes and coordinates coffee and cotton exports for cooperatives in Uganda. |
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PATRICIA ALEXANDE,
Managing Director, Shared Interest Society
Patricia Alexander currently leads Shared Interest Society. Prior to joining Shared Interest she was Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Quartz. She is a Board Member and Treasurer of the Fairtrade Foundation having previously served on the WFTO (World Fair Trade Organization) Europe Board. |
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RITA OWUSU-AMANKWAH,
Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Empowerment & Development (SED) Consult
Rita Owusu-Amankwah manages SED Consult and is also the team leader for GIZ Training of Master Trainers Programme in Sustainable Cocoa Certification in West Africa. She started her career as Assistant Society Development Officer in charge of Ashanti Region with Kuapa Kokoo Ltd, a Fairtrade farmer organisation in Ghana. |
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LARRY ATTIPOE,
Country Director, SNV Zimbabwe
Larry Attipoe currently leads SNV’s work in agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa. He also coordinates the organisation’s Global Partnership with Fairtrade International and the Impact Investment initiatives. Previously Larry was Portfolio Coordinator at SNV Ghana for five years. He was also the leader of the market access for the poor practice area of SNV Ghana. |
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MARTIN ESON-BENJAMIN,
Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Development Authority (MiDA)
Martin Eson-Benjamin is in charge of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), the implementing entity for Ghana’s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Program. Previously he was a member of the Presidential Commission on Pensions from 2004 to 2006. He has also worked as the Managing Director and subsequently Board Chairman of Ghana Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of Heineken International. |
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PROSPER KOMLA BISSI,
Senior Agribusiness Advisor, NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Prosper Komla Bissi is the agribusiness and value chains advisor of CAADP, the NEPAD implementation programme for the revitalization of the agricultural sector in Africa. He is an agribusiness expert with over 11 years’ experience working in international agricultural development with FAO, USAID and The World Bank across Africa. |
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IAN BRETMAN,
Executive Vice-Chair, Fairtrade International
Ian Bretman has been the vice chair of Fairtrade International since 2008, where he is responsible for strengthening governance and accountability to key stakeholders. Prior to this he worked with the Fairtrade Foundation as a deputy director for 10 years and he played a key role in achieving the Fairtrade mark’s breakthrough into the mainstream consumer market. |
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ROB CAMERON,
Chief Executive Officer, Fairtrade International
Rob Cameron is the CEO of Fairtrade International. Prior to joining Fairtrade International, Rob was principal owner and CEO of international communications company Flag Communications, a consultancy specialised in corporate responsibility and sustainable development communications. He has also served on the boards of a range of non-for-profit organisations. |
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DYBORN CHIBONGA,
Chief Executive Officer, National Smallholder Farmers’ Association of Malawi (NASFAM)
Dyborn Chibonga manages NASFAM, which has over 100,000 farmer members and a staff of 390 in 19 locations across the country. He sits on the Boards of Press Agriculture Ltd (PAL), the Natural Resources College (NRC), and African Institute of Corporate Citizenship (AICC) and is a member of the European Economic and Social Follow-Up Committee (EESC). |
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ALASTAIR CHILD,
Cocoa Sustainability Director, Mars Chocolate
Alastair Child heads up Mars’ Cocoa Certification Programme, which aims to reach 100% sustainable certified cocoa by 2020. He manages the company’s partnerships with Fairtrade and other certification labels. He also is in charge of the Community Development Programme, which mostly focuses on West Africa. In the past, Alastair was Mars’ Global Programs Manager. |
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ANDRÉ DELLEVOET,
Executive Manager, African Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
André Dellevoet joined AECF, which is hosted by AGRA, in October 2008 as its Executive Manager. Dellevoet is an expert in private sector development and economic growth, good governance and leadership, corporate social responsibility and ethical business, and development cooperation. He began his career in the Dutch diplomatic service in 1991. |
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DR. THOMAS DUVE,
Director, Africa Regional Programmes, KfW Development Bank
Dr. Thomas Duve joined KfW in 1995. Since 2010 he has been Director of the
‘Africa Regional Programmes Department ’ with regional responsibility for South Africa, Nigeria and Uganda. He is also chair of the Board of Directors of the Africa Agriculture and Trade Investment Fund (AATIF). |
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BARBARA GHANSAH,
Loan Officer, Root Capital Ghana
As a Loan Officer, Barbara Ghansah’s work extends from Ghana, where she is based ,to Liberia and Sierra Leone. She is an experienced finance professional who has worked with the National Investment Bank of Ghana, Deloitte and Touche, and the United States African Development Foundation. |
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KWESI KORBOE,
Chief of Party, Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Program
As Chief of Party, Kwesi Korboe provides managerial leadership for the MCA Programme. Previously, he worked with Technoserve Ghana to develop marketing strategies for shea nut production and processing. He was also the CEO of Jei River Farms, a Fairtrade producer and exporter of fresh pineapple. |
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DR. ANNEMARIE MATTHESS,
Team leader, Cocoa Livelihoods Program GIZ Ghana
Annemarie Matthess coordinates the Sustainable Cocoa Business project team operating in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire since August 2009. She has worked for 20 years as GIZ resident advisor and project manager in Africa with focus on rural development, innovation systems, research management and private sector development in agriculture. |
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MICHAEL K NKONU,
Executive Director, Fairtrade Africa
As Executive Director, Michael Nkonu works with the Fairtrade Africa Board to develop and manage the strategic direction of Fairtrade Africa. Previously, he worked for the Fairtrade Foundation as Africa Manager spearheading the expansion of Fairtrade activities in Africa. His work has leveraged organisational, technical and financial support for African producers.. |
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NOEL OETTLÉ,
Rural Programme Manager, Environmental Monitoring Group (EMG)
Noel Oettlé joined EMG as a Programme Manager in 1998 and has been involved in the Fair Trade movement since 2003. Noel served as Chair and Secretary to the Board of Fairtrade South Africa between 2006 and 2009 and as a Board member of Fairtrade Africa since 2007. Since January 2010, he also represents African producers on the FLO Board. |
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DR. ERNEST LARYEA OKORLEY,
Head of Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, University of Cape Coast, Ghana
Dr. Ernest Okorley has been working in the area of Agricultural Extension and Community Development since 1998. He has been involved in the development and implementation of an innovative extension education programme called Supervised Enterprise Project (SEP).
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BRONWYN PAGE-SHIPP,
Certification Manager for Africa, FLO-CERT
Bronwyn Page-Shipp has been Certification Manager for FLO-CERT in Africa since this year. Prior to this she was the regional manager for Southern Africa, a position she held from 2006 to 2011. She has also worked as FLO-CERT auditor in Southern Africa, an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and also Commissioner for the Commission for Mediation and Arbitration. |
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HON. HANNA TETTEH,
Minister, Trade and Industry Ghana
Hon. Hanna Tetteh is the current Minister for Trade and Industry of Ghana. She has held this position since February 2009 under H. E. President John Evans Atta Mills’ Government. Prior to this she was the General Manager, Ghana Agro Food Company Ltd. She was also Member of Parliament for Awutu Senya Constituency on the NDC ticket. |
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