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Foundation
staff and delegates
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1. Andrew Bennett
Executive Director; Member of
the Board
Andrew Bennett is Executive Director of the Syngenta
Foundation. He is President of the Tropical Agricultural
Association of the UK and Chairman of the Board
Centre of International Forestry Research (CIFOR).
Previously he was Director, Rural Livelihoods
and Environment, UK Department for International
Development.
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bio
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2.
Marco Ferroni
Executive Director, Designate
Marco Ferroni is Executive Director Designate
of the Syngenta Foundation. Marco Ferroni is a
Swiss national and joins the Foundation from a
distinguished career at the Inter-American Development
Bank in Washington DC, the World Bank and the
Swiss government where he worked in development
cooperation in the Foreign and Economic Ministries
(DEZA and SECO) in Bern.
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3.
Marisa de Faveri
Office Manager
Marisa de Faveri has been responsible for administrative matters since 1992, initially at the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development, and since the start of 2001 at the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture.
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Felix Nicolier
Head of Project Management
Felix Nicolier has worked at the Foundation since
1983, initially at the Novartis Foundation for
Sustainable Development and now at the Syngenta
Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture. He previously
spent 15 years working in the agricultural sector
in African countries.
In addition, Nicolier is a member of the Board
of Trustees of the Intercooperation Foundation,
as well as a member of the management committees
of Swisscontact, Third World Solidarity, and the
Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with
Developing Countries.
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5.
Nikolaus Schultze
Head of Strategy
Nikolaus leads the Foundations strategic
planning activities, as well as its performance
and impact assessments and activities building
public private partnerships for improving the
livelihoods of the rural poor. Nikolaus Schultze
earned a Doctorate in Pharmacy from Paris University
and a Master’s in Business Administration
from London Business School. He has held a number
of positions in financial management and business
development in both private and public sectors.
Most recently he led the Private Sector and Capital
Markets operations of the International Fund for
Agricultural Development ‘IFAD’ in
Rome and covered co-operation with multilateral
development banks, the European Commission, and
the private sector around emergency interventions,
recovery/post-conflict situations and development
assistance for the United Nations in Paris.
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Therese St. Peter
Head of Partnerships and Programs,
NAFTA
Therese heads the Foundations partnerships and
programs for North America. Part of the Foundation
since December 2001, Therese directed food and
product safety issues management for corporations
and non profit organizations in The Americas and
Asia Pacific, and recently lead the Syngenta Foundations
policy and program development in Basel. She blends
private sector experience in product and project
management, public and regulatory affairs, law,
communications and stakeholder relations. Contact
in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, US
: +1 919 541 8616
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Foundation Delegates
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Sarah Cordeiro
Vidal
Projeto ELO Coordinator, Brazil
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Partha Das
Gupta
Adviser SFSA, Director SFI, India
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Jost Frei
Consultant, IRMA Project
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Salif
Kanté
Coordinator PRECAD, Mali
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Hellene
Karamagi
FICOM Program Coordinator, Uganda.
SFSA Webmaster
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Stephen
Mugo
Project Coordinator, IRMA, Kenya
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13. Oumar
Niangado
Delegate, West Africa
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14.
Paul
Roden
Program Coordinator, Eritrea
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