Pierre Lavaud, Founding Partner and CEO of JetFin.

Mr. Lavaud is currently CEO of JetFin, responsible for the strategy and the development of the company. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Lavaud was head of sales and marketing for Capital Fund Management (CFM) a fund manager with close to $4 Billion under management in Long/Short arbitrage, CTA and volatility arbitrage funds. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Lavaud worked as European Sales Manager for UBITRADE. A leader in derivative capital markets (futures and options), UBITRADE provides cutting-edge software for the capital market industry. From 1992 to 1996, he worked as Sales Engineer in the Industrial Automation department of BOSCH, one of the 10 largest German industrial conglomerates, in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Mr. Lavaud is fluent in French, English, Italian and German. He graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management.

Sustainability in Agriculture Geoff Burke, Partner, Agro-Ecological Investment Management, UK

Geoff Burke was brought up on a sheep and beef farm in New Zealand, in a family that was involved with agricultural investment from 'paddock to plate'. He made his first investment in the agriculture sector at the age of 10. He graduated from Massey University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Business Studies (Agricultural Business) and from Lincoln University in 1997 with a Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Science (Biological Husbandry). He has several years experience in SRI (Sustainable and Responsible Investment) and eight years in investment banking/asset management including JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse Asset Management in London. Geoff has actively been involved in the organic management sector for 14 years in both the UK and New Zealand as Organic Farm Adviser, Business Development Manager, Managing Director of the Organic Arable Marketing Group and the Organic Seed Producers Company and as a member of the certification committee for an organic certifier. In that time he has been involved with a wide range of farmland investment management and advisory work, organic research, and nearly 200 organic farmland conversion projects.

Sustainability in Agriculture Bernd Schanzenbaecher, Managing Partner, EBG Capital AG, CH

Bernd Schanzenbaecher is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of EBG Capital, a Zurich based asset management boutique focussed on management and advisory of private equity investments in the environmental space (timberland, farmland, cleantech). He is an acknowledged leader in Sustainability with over 20 years of experience promoting sustainability in business practices, financial markets and international public policy. Prior to EBG Capital, Bernd was Global Co-Head of Credit Suisse's Environmental Business Group (EBG) were he led the implementation of the EBG strategy in clean tech and natural resources. Until 2007, Bernd was Global Head of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse. He played a critical role designing and launching the groundbreaking responsAbility Microfinance Mutual Fund in 2002. As a Lead Author he contributed to the Chapter on "Impacts of Climate Change on Financial Services" of the IPCC Third Assessment Report. IPCC won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to joining Credit Suisse Group in 1998, Bernd was the Economic Affairs Officer with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Geneva, Switzerland and in Nairobi, Kenya. He holds a Master in Agronomy and a PhD in Agricultural and Ressource Economics from University of Hohenheim (Germany). Bernd is a member of the Advisory Board of Ariya Capital, a company focused on private equity investments in the cleantech space in Africa. He is a member of the BoD and investment committee of the Sustainable Earth Forestry Fund.

Sustainability in Agriculture Catherine Henry, Product Specialist, SAM Sustainable Asset Mgmt, CH

After receiving her MA in International Economics at of the Johns Hopkins SAIS - School of Advanced International Studies and an MBA at SDA Bocconi, Ms. Henry joined the World Bank/IFC group as an analyst on a ground-breaking water resource management project in the MENA division. She later worked in London with private equity group, 3i, and joined Man Investments based in Switzerland where she headed a global sales unit in 2005. Ms. Henry joined SAM as a Senior Product Specialist in 2010 where she covers the full range of sustainable high-growth equity and private equity offerings to Institutions and family offices for Europe and Asia. Ms. Henry is based in Zurich.

Agro Equity Strategies John Coast Sullenger, MD & Portfolio Manager, GAIA Capital, CH

Mr. Sullenger is a managing director of GAIA Capital Advisors SA and the portfolio manager of the GAIA Resources Fund and the GAIA World Agri Fund. Over the years Mr. Sullenger has been a frequent commentator on the natural resources and agriculture space in such media as CNBC, Bloomberg TV and industry conferences, as well as the author of numerous articles on these subjects. Prior to establishing GAIA Capital Advisors SA, from 1999 to 2006, he was the fund manager responsible for Eastern European resources & energy portfolios at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch in Geneva and was directly responsible for assets under management exceeding USD 500 million. His strong results and ability to preserve capital in weak markets were widely recognized. Pre-Switzerland, Mr. Sullenger spent several years in Moscow heading up sales and trading for Pioneer Securities, which he co-founded in 1996. He is fluent in English, French, and most importantly Russian, where his experience and crucial contacts within Russia and the CIS countries brings unique deal flow. He graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in Economics and Foreign Affairs.

Agro Equity Strategies James Govan, co-Manager, Baring Asset Management, UK

Investment Experience: 9 Years James joined Baring Asset Management as an investment analyst on the Global Resources Fund in 2008 and was promoted to Investment Manager in 2010. Prior to Baring Asset Management, James worked as an Assistant Fund Manager on a UK equity long/short hedge fund at BC Asset Management between June 2002 and January 2008. James holds a BSc in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School, City University, London. He was awarded the Investment Management Certificate in 2002 and the CFA designation in 2006.

Hedging Strategies Bernard Belk, Director Global Agro Corporate Business, SwissRe, CH

Bernard Belk heads the Agricultural Corporate Business of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions. Based in Zurich, he oversees a team of experts focused on providing innovative crop-shortfall insurance, weather-based index covers and structured price hedges solutions across the entire agricultural supply chain -- from input suppliers to commodity processors. Mr. Belk joined Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in 2008 with more than 20 years of solid experience in the agricultural sector. He started as farmer growing cereals, sugar beet and potatoes in Europe, as well as breeding sheep in New Zealand. He served the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Africa where he managed the development programme in Cape Verde before joining a family-owned business trading/conditioning coffee and dried fruits company. Prior to joining Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Mr. Belk worked for 12 year at SGS, a leading agricultural supply chain service provider. At SGS, he held several positions, including Global Grain Manager and Global Strategic and M&A Manager in Geneva and Sao Paulo. Mr. Belk holds a Master Degree in Agriculture Sciences from the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich and a MBA from the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, both in Switzerland.

Agriculture Diversified Strategies Nabil Marc Abdul-Massih, Founder, Inoks Capital

Born in Ivory Coast and raised in Switzerland, Nabil started his career trading soft commodities for Namaco which he co-founded in 1996 and which rapidly became one of the biggest independent participants in the West African Coffee and Cocoa origination markets. At Namaco he traded with the world's largest market participants namely Andre Lausanne, Walter Matter, Nestle and Kraft. In 2000 Nabil moved to Lewton Associates where he focused on the brokerage business in soft commodities with a yearly turnover of about US$50m. At Lewton he interacted with other well known participants in the industry including Cargill, ADM and Mitsubishi. In 2003 Nabil moved to Audit Control & Expertise (ACE) in Geneva where he focused in originating and structuring trades as well as advising international banks like Barclays, Standard Chartered and IDB on their risk management processes. At ACE, Nabil was supervising credit facilities for a total of US$800m across 50 credit lines covering 5 geographies and more than 10 commodities. Nabil has spoken at numerous international conferences covering issues on structured trade finance and risk management and chaired workshops focusing on the latest technical developments in the industry. Nabil has a BA in economics and in Business Administration. Since December 2005, Nabil has been in charge of putting together and heading the Advising Team dedicated to Commodities and Activist Funding at INOKS Capital. He is the ancile Fund's Portfolio Manager.

Agriculture Diversified Strategies Mark N. Zenuk, Managing Director

Mr. Zenuk joined NGP in 2010 and serves as a Managing Director of the NGP funds. He leads the firm's efforts in the agribusiness sector, leveraging his global reputation and 20 year industry expertise in acquiring and operating large scale assets in the storage, processing, transportation and merchandising of agricultural commodities. Prior to joining NGP in 2010, he served in many roles with Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), most recently serving as President of Global Oilseeds, the largest Global Business Unit at ADM, comprising over $24 billion in sales and operating profit of $1.3 billion. These divisions employed 8,600 people, had 116 inland terminals, and 112 oilseed, crushing, refining and industrial facilities. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Zenuk was Managing Director for Europe and Asia. In 2005, he was elected as a Corporate Vice President of ADM. From 2003 to 2005, Mr. Zenuk served as Senior VP for ADM's North American & European Oils & Fats division. Prior to joining ADM, he served as General Manager (Commodity Marketing Group) for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and Marketing Manager for the Canadian Wheat Board. Mr. Zenuk received a B.S. in Agricultural Economics in 1990 from the University of Saskatchewan.

Agriculture Diversified Strategies: Moderator Myret Zaki, Vice-Editor in Chief, Bilan, CH

Myret Zaki, 37, was born in Egypt and grew up in Geneva. She majored in Political Science at the American University in Cairo, and obtained an MBA at the Business School of Lausanne in 1998. She worked 4 years at the private bank Lombard Odier, where she trained as junior equity analyst. In 2001, she joined the newspaper Le Temps, where she headed for 9 years the Finance pages. In January 2010, she joined Bilan (economic magazine) as deputy editor in chief. In 2008, she wrote an investigative book, « Inside the UBS scandal », and in 2009, she published a second book, « Banking secrecy is dead, long live tax evasion ».

Soft Commodities Alejandro Eito, Partner and Portfolio Manager, LCI Suisse SA, Switzerland

25 years successful agricultural commodities trading experience for several leading Trading Companies and a Financial Institution. He has also personal investment interests in Farming and Poultry operations in Argentina. Alex has been involved throughout all the value chain, from farming to logistics, distribution to processing and managing commodity trading teams worldwide. Mid 2007 He built the Agricultural Commodity department as MD at Merrill Lynch Commodities in London. He has put a team of four together, including traders and analyst. This involved adding all the risk models to the existing VaR systems, hiring, and training the Agricultural & Soft commodities team. 2004 He accepted the job of MD of the Sugar Division at Noble Group, where he re-built the team, managed all aspects of trading both physicals and futures and brought and lead the acquisitions of sugar and ethanol plants in Brazil. 2001 He started in ED&F Man London where he was Head Trader for Sugar Global Desk. 1999 He joined Sucden Paris as Head of White Sugar Trading Worldwide. 1984 Alejandro started his career at Cargill Inc in Argentina. He had 4 years of experience in the USA as Feed grains Trading Manager for Latin America. Back to Argentina, he became Head Trader of the Grains & Oilseeds Division. In 1996 he replaced André de Gaspar as Head of Worldwide Refined Sugar Trading in Geneva. The experience at Cargill involved all the chain of physical trading, logistics, managing assets, and derivatives trading. Alejandro is both Argentine and British born in Buenos Aires in 1963. He lives in London, married with two children. He graduated in International Trade in UADE Buenos Aires and speaks fluent Spanish, English, French, Portuguese and understands Italian.

Australia & New Zealand Detlef Schön, Founder, Aquila Capital Group, Germany/ New Zealand

CEO of Aquila Capital Green Assets and KlimaINVEST, responsible for portfolio management. Mr. Schön began his career with Cargill after completing a degree in agronomics. Having held a range of positions at the firm, including at its European headquarters, before long he was made Managing Director of the European Commodities Merchandizing Division. He also ran his own successful business for a time before returning to global agribusiness as Manager of International Grains for NIDERA in Rotterdam. Detlef has held several non-executive positions and supervisory board appointments. Furthermore he has been running his own farm "Hof Peeneland" since 1991.

India Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman & MD, Rabo Equity Advisors, India

He is credited with conceptualizing and setting up the first dedicated to food and agribusiness PE fund in Asia. Rajesh has over 30 years experience in corporate/merchant/investment banking with over 6 years in direct private equity and 9 years in food and agribusiness, including 5 years as Regional Manager, Asia, Rabobank International. Known for his knowledge, drive and passion, he has set the fund on a steady street with 7 investments already committed and 2 exits underway. Immediately before Rabo Equity, Rajesh was Managing Director, Corporate & Commercial Banking for 3 years in Rabobank India. During his stints in Rabobank, he has set 3 new products, namely, food and agri strategic advisory, renewable energy and carbon credits and micro finance lending. Besides, he was associated with several high profile M&A transactions, especially of the Tata group, as the deal manager. Prior to Rabobank, he set up and managed the then largest and most unique venture capital fund for Lazard India. Earlier on, he worked for one of the largest Indian Banks across corporate/commercial/merchant banking for 12 years. Presently, he sits on the Advisory Board of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) and on the Project Approval Board of the National Skills Development Corporation, besides various national committees on food processing and agriculture. Rajesh is a graduate in Economics and Laws and a post graduate in Western History. He has been intensively trained in internal and external colleges, including in international relationship management.

India: Moderator Deepak Lalwani OBE, Director, Lalcap, United Kingdom

Deepak Lalwani is Founder and Director of India investments at Lalcap Ltd, a London based investment consultancy specialising in India. Prior to setting up his own company recently he was with London stock broker, Astaire, as Director of India investments for over 16 years He is only one of two persons from India to be elected as a Member of The London Stock Exchange over 20 years ago He is a qualified UK accountant and a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment (UK). He is an Executive Board Director of The UK India Business Council For over 15 years he has authored the influential "India Report", which is distributed to key decision makers globally, including investment managers at global financial institutions, businessmen worldwide, Chambers of Commerce, UK MPs, members of The House of Lords in the UK and the media 2010 was a special year for Deepak as he was honoured with three prestigious awards. In January he was honoured in New Delhi with the "Bharat Samman Pravasi Award" by the NRI Institute. Past awardees have included The President of Mauritius and many members of UK's House of Lords. In June in the U.K. he was awarded an OBE in The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2010 for services to UK's financial services industry. In September he was awarded "The Glory of India" award. He is a regular commentator on the unfolding India economic story on global TV, radio and press. He also chairs and speaks at many high level seminars in the UK and Europe. He is a guest speaker on India at MBA programmes of major UK business schools. E mail: dl@lalcap.com

Latin America Olivier Combastet, Founder, Pergam Finance, France / Uruguay

After graduating from Institut d'Etude Politique de Paris in 1983, Olivier Combastet received an MBA from HEC in 1986. As CEO of a frozen food chain in Belgium, he restructured and sold the asset to Covée, in 1988. From 1989 to 1993 he built shopping centers in Belgium and sold most of them to the pension fund of BBL. Subsequently, he began his career in wealth management for families with an emphasis in value investing and hard asset. He Founded Pergam Finance an asset management company in 2001. Pergam, today manages around $1 billion with a strong focus on Private Equity investments: railcars operations, farmland like Campos Orientales a South American farming company that he created in 2005 and who owns more than 100 000 acres in Uruguay and Argentina.

USA & Canada Alberto San Miguel, Partner, Optimum Advisors Fund, USA / Argentina

Mr Alberto San Miguel studied Business Administration at the Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires. After that, he started working at Agrar Agricola Argentina S.A., a family business that owns and operates 15,000 ha in Buenos Aires province, Argentina since 1990. After that time Alberto moved to United States to expand his family agribusiness. They created a company named Agrar Agriculture USA LLC. and started to buy farmland in USA. By now, their business owns 4,000 Ha in USA. Mr San Miguel has been doing also other Real Estate businesses in United States. During the last 20 years they have walked from Commercial Properties to Residential Real Estate businesses. Geographically they have focused their business on Orlando, Miami and Houston. Some years ago he decided to create Optimum Advisors Fund exploiting his background knowledge in agribusiness. Since then, they have decided to start acquiring farms in United States, mainly in the Delta States Area (Arkansas, Mississippi & Louisiana). The medium term objectives are to keep expanding the business in United States and later on to start buying lands in South America, always pursuing the objective of becoming a global leader in the agricultural business. Contact details: E-mail: alberto@optimumadvisors.net Phone #: +1 305 810 9898

Europe Jos B.G.M. Maas, CFO, Alpha Reales Investments, Netherlands

Civil and tax lawyer, after having completed his study Dutch law in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), he studied tax law (cum laude) in Tilburg (The Netherlands). In addition, he obtained the training certificate for the legal profession. He was affiliated to Tilburg University as a university lecturer for over a decade and, in addition, was employed as a tax consultant for nearly 25 years. Apart from the work he carries out within our organization (acquisition of farms, inspection of all the legal and tax aspects regarding the farms and coordination of the due diligence), he is practicing as an advisor within the notarial practice in the Netherlands. In addition to tax law, Mr. Maas specializes in company law and agricultural law. Furthermore, he has been guiding Dutch agriculturalists purchasing businesses abroad for over 20 years. Languages: Dutch, English, German, French.

Ukraine & Russia Charles Vilgrain, CEO, AgroGeneration, France / Ukraine

Charles Vilgrain - Chief Executive Officer: Charles is the co-founder of AgroGeneration and is responsible for the overall management and strategy of the Group. He was formerly a manager in a consulting firm specialised in agro-industries and food processing. He started his career at Coca-Cola Entreprises. Charles holds a Master's degree in Agronomy from the French Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Agronomie AgroGeneration 42/44, rue Washington 75008 Paris Tel : +33 1 56 43 68 60

Timber Magnus Weikert, Director, The International Woodland Company A/S, Denmark

Mr. Magnus Weikert joined IWC in 2009 as Business Development Manager. Prior to joining IWC, he worked at Aberdeen Asset Management's property division as Head of Fund raising on behalf of its Eastern European private real estate platform. He holds a MSc in Business and Economics from the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Sweden, and a MA in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the University of Nottingham Business School in the UK.

Water Judson Hill, Managing Director, NGP Global Adaptation Partners, USA

Mr. Hill joined NGP in 2010 and serves as a Managing Director of the NGP funds. He is an industry leader in the water and environmental services sector. He has over 30 years of experience in both water and environmental service company operations as well as over a decade of private equity experience in the water industry. He leads NGP's efforts in sourcing, execution and monitoring of opportunities in the water and environmental services sectors. Prior to joining NGP, Mr. Hill was a Managing Partner with Summit Global Management, Inc. where he was responsible for all private equity investments in the water sector. From 1999 to 2008, he served as a Managing Director of Aqua International Partners and then The Halifax Group, both affiliates of the Texas Pacific Group. Mr. Hill's early career was with Atlantic Richfield and Westinghouse Electric Corporation where he held operating and executive roles in the environmental and water sectors. Mr. Hill received a Bachelor of Science in Biology / Chemistry in 1977 from Edinboro State University and a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering in 1979 from the University of Pittsburgh. He serves as a Trustee of the Water Keeper Alliance.

Investors & Allocators Philippe Szokolóczy-Syllaba, Founder, My Global Advisor, CH

Philippe Szokolóczy-Syllaba is a Swiss national who started his career as a lawyer in Geneva in 1987. After spending some time with a Washington D.C. law firm, he joined Freshfields in Paris where he was also admitted to the bar. In 1995 he moved into finance, as co-head of the International Tax and Estate Planning Departement for Paribas Europe. He then joined in 1999 Heritage Bank in Geneva as member of the management, in charge of their Paris and Milan office among other responsabilities. In 2005 he launched My Global Advisor, a Geneva based multi family office, offering bespoke wealth management and tax and estate planning services. Philippe holds a BS in Business Administration from Presbyterian College, S.C., USA, a J.D. from the University of Geneva and a European Certified Financial Analyst Diploma. He is a regular speaker at conferences and contributor to magazines on tax and finance topics.

Investors & Allocators Catherine Guyonvarc'h, Wealth Manager, GPM SA, CH

Catherine Guyonvarc'h, majority shareholder and Chairperson of the Board of Directors, oversees the strategic direction of GPM - Gestion de Portefeuilles Modulée SA. She has extensive experience in private banking and wealth asset management acquired over almost 20 years in Geneva's leading banking institutions. She served as Portfolio Manager and Assistant Marketing Director at Bordier & Co, private bankers in Geneva, from 1992 to 1997. She also was instrumental in setting up the "Family Office" at Pictet & Co, private bankers in Geneva from 1998 to 1999. Mrs Guyonvarc'h successively worked in Geneva and in Lausanne in management companies where she was responsible for her clients' portfolio management and headed the "Family Office" department. Through traditional and hedge funds, Catherine Guyonvarc'h specializes in creating an innovative way of delegated management. The added value of this approach is to create access to a "niche" network of funds managers worldwide, as well as to develop a strategic asset allocation based on analysis and not benchmarking. Her ability to find new fields /area of investments is well recognized, as well as her capacity to hedge clients' portfolios in volatile times, preserving client's wealth even in difficult financial markets. She has also been the initiator and "business angel" of several start-ups. Mrs Guyonvarc'h holds a Federal Diploma "Expert in Finance and Investment" (CFPI). She is fluent in French, English and German.

Pension Funds Nicolas Compard, Portfolio Manager Real Assets, CERN Pension Fund, CH

Nicolas has been working at CERN Pension Fund for the last 5 years. He started in 2006 as a portfolio analyst, in charge asset allocation, manager selection and monitoring, and reporting to the Investment Committee. In 2009 he took risk management responsibilities that he handed over in 2010 when he became Portfolio Manager for Real Estate, Private Equity and Commodities, three portfolios that together represent AUM of more than 700 MCHF or 18% of the CERN Pension Fund's assets. Nicolas holds a MSc in Finance from EDHEC Business School.

Pierre Lavaud, Founding Partner and CEO of JetFin.

Mr. Lavaud is currently CEO of JetFin, responsible for the strategy and the development of the company. From 1999 to 2002, Mr. Lavaud was head of sales and marketing for Capital Fund Management (CFM) a fund manager with close to $4 Billion under management in Long/Short arbitrage, CTA and volatility arbitrage funds. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Lavaud worked as European Sales Manager for UBITRADE. A leader in derivative capital markets (futures and options), UBITRADE provides cutting-edge software for the capital market industry. From 1992 to 1996, he worked as Sales Engineer in the Industrial Automation department of BOSCH, one of the 10 largest German industrial conglomerates, in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. Mr. Lavaud is fluent in French, English, Italian and German. He graduated from Grenoble Ecole de Management.