Accelerating Agribusiness Growth | Investment Strategy | Building High-Impact Teams and Partnerships. Seasoned global executive with 25 years of experience leading high-impact agriculture trade, investment, and sustainable business initiatives in more than 20 countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Proven success in revitalising multimillion-dollar programs, building $200M ESG-compliant investment pipelines, driving $600M in SME sales and export growth, creating 9,000 jobs, managing a $163M investment fund and reducing trade costs by up to 70%. Recognised for transforming underperforming projects and business units, and building businesses that promote resilience, sustainability, and economic competitiveness. Adept at managing large cross-functional teams, forging public-private partnerships, driving innovation in ESG, climate-smart finance solutions, and digital trade systems, and ensuring integration of gender equality, disability and social inclusion in all program interventions and operations. CORE COMPETENCIES Leadership & strategy: High-impact team building, turnaround leadership, translating vision into operational plans. Operational excellence: Regulatory and ESG compliance, risk and portfolio management, reporting. Climate change: Sustainable business strategies, impact investing, upgrading supply chain to address climate change. Business development: Lead generation, strategic public-private partnerships, creating long-term value. Technical: NRM, trade optimisation, export promotion, climate risk and carbon offset solutions. Tools & Systems: FinTech, ERP, CRM, MERL plans, digital transformation, data-driven decision making. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Revitalised a $36M program in Ghana; met all 27 KPIs, enabled $600M in SME driven sales, and 9,000 jobs. Facilitated a $200M ESG-compliant investment pipeline with DFIs, banks, pension funds and local investors. Reduced exporter time and cost to trade by up to 70% through digital process reforms. Turned around a $49M program, covering 16 countries, and created innovative digital business solutions. Built a for-profit dairy factory linked to a broader cooperative development program in Afghanistan.
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