Waktola Wakgari is an Ethiopian agricultural professional with more than 20 years work experience in both the public and private sectors. Wakgari worked with Golden Rose Agrofarms as the inputs marketing manager and researcher, and with the international firm BASF as the manager of ornamental and horticultural crops. Prior to his private sector agribusiness work, he also worked as a senior researcher and head of the entomology department for the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research.