2. Verónica Sión de Josse
Veronica Sión de Josse is the Minister of Industry and Productivity
in Ecuador. She previously held various public and private positions
as: Minister of Tourism, Executive Director of the National Council
for the Reactivation of the Production and Competitiveness,
Regional Director of the National Federation of Exporters Minister of
(FEDEXPOR), Director of the Competitiveness Unit CORPEI Project Industry and
Director for Technical Cooperation GTZ of Germany. Productivity
Republic of
Educación: Economist, graduated from the Catholic University of Ecuador
Guayaquil. Diploma in Foreign Trade, specializing in Customs, from
the University of Espiritu Santo and graduate of the Advanced
Management Program (GAP) of INCAE. She later studied outside of
the country mainly in areas of Foreign Trade, International Business,
Export Promotion and Investment Attraction and in the
implementation of competitive processes.
3. Francisco Dávila
Francisco Dávila is the President of the National Association
of Palm Oil Growers in Ecuador. He has 2 years promoting the
palm oil services , has renewed the technology system
transfer and training of the palm oil growers establishing
good agricultural and environmental practices, and
positioning ANCUPA and the palm oil development as pillars President
of the agricultural economy of Ecuador. ANCUPA
Ecuador
With 17 years experience in the Ecuadorian palm oil sector
and 10 years of experience in the financial sector, he
currently heads the palm oil companies called Davila’s
Ecuadorian Group with plantations and extraction that
benefit the palm fruit for more of 1100 small and medium
palm producers.
Education: Advanced Studies in Systems and Informatics,
Specialization in Strategic Planning and Technology in
Business Administration.
4. Darrel Webber
Darrel Webber is the Secretary General of the Roundtble on
Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since January 2011. He has over 20
years of experience in reputable multinational organizations.
With prior work experience in NGO and private sector, is Secretary
devoted leading RSPO, a not-for-profit association that unites General
stakeholders from 7 sectors of the palm oil industry with a goal RSPO
to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm Malaysia
oil. Webber is well positioned to provide strategic insights on
the significance of sustainable palm oil amidst and expanding
environmentally and socially conscious in the world.
Education: Graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from the
University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
5. Marcela Aguiñaga
Marcela Aguiñaga is currently the Minister of Environment in Ecuador,
a position she has held for more than 4 years. Previously she was the
Assistant Secretary of Aquaculture, Undersecretary of Fisheries, legal
adviser at the National Fisheries Institute, and legal consultant in the
Financial Management in the Unit Project Ugafip-American Minister of
Development Bank, and legal consultant in the Galapagos National Environment
Park. Republic of
Ecuador
She has an extensive experience as a consultant on food security issues
and aquaculture fisheries resources, consulting, multidisciplinary
teams in Bills-legal environment issues, among others.
Education: Attorney specialize in Environmental Law and Sustainable
Development and Sustainable at the Catholic University of Guayaquil.
6. Jens Mesa Dishington
Jens Mesa-Dishington is the Executive President from the National
Federation of Palm Oil Growers, Fedepalma in Colombia.
In the 21 years that he has become President , the palm-sector have
Executive
been multiplied by 4. The Federation has had a very important
President
institutional consolidation under his direction including the creation of
Fedepalma
the palm oil investigation center called Cenipalma. He has led energy
Colombia
initiative from the palm oil agribusiness, Including the Biodiesel
National Program, the implementation of the CDM Umbrella Project
that captures and use the methane gas and the use of the cogeration
systems.
Education: Master in Agricultural Economy from Cornell University,
Economist from the University Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del
Rosario, in Bogotá.
7. Anni Vuohelainen
Anni Vuohelainen is Project Manager at Proforest, an organization
that works to support and guide the sustainable production and
use of natural resources globally. She has been involved in the
development and review of sustainability standards in the Project Manager
agricultural commodities and timber sector. Her work at Proforest Proforest
also includes providing support to growers to meet sustainability United Kingdom
standards and helping buyers, processors and investors to
implement sustainable procurement.
Anni has experience with ecological research, forest conservation
and sustainable agriculture and forestry in Europe, Latin America
and Southeast Asia.
Education: MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
from the University of Oxford, BSc in Biological Sciences (Ecology)
from the University of Edinburgh
8. Yolanda Kakabadse
Yolanda Kakabadse is President of WWF International since
January 2010. Previously she had the following positions:
She chaired the Scientific and Technology Advisory Panel of
the Global Environment Facility (STAP / GEF), she founded President
Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, an NGO she served as WWF International
Executive President until 2007 and is now its Senior Ecuador
Adviser. Fundacion Futuro Latino Americano designs and
organizes policy dialogues on sustainable development
among decision makers in Latin American.
She was the Executive Director of Fundacion Natura in Quito,
where she worked until 1990. Ms. Kakabadse helped
Fundacion Natura become one of Latin America's most
important environmental organizations through the
development of important processes for Ecuadorian society
and the international community, among others prestigious
positions.
9. Felipe Guerrero
Felipe Guerrero is the Sustainability Director from DAABON
Group, responsible for the sustainability programs and
corporate social responsibility. Is in charge for a number of Director de
programs including CDM projects and emissions neutrality. Sostenibilidad
Grupo DAABON
Previously he was the Researcher at the Florida International Colombia
University and the Environmental Advisor at the Q8
Corporation.
Education: Master in Environmental Engineering, Degree in
Renewable Energy Resources Management, Graduate in
Environmental Engineering from El Bosque University in
Bogota, Colombia.
10. Xavier Andrillón
Xavier Andrillón manages the activities of the International
Charity at The Forest Trust in Latin America.
Manager-Latin
After focused for 3 years on International Agricultural America
Development in various countries (Paraguay, Spain, France, TFT
Indonesia), he decided to settle in Brazil in 2008 to establish France
TFT's regional office. Xavier developed an expertise centered
on understanding the challenges faced by farmers,
processors and retailers to progress toward sustainable
agriculture and forest management and in particular,
economical and technical knowledge and leverage can be
applied in the supply chain.
Education: Master’s Degree in agricultural development from
AgroParisTech. Agro-economist Degree.
11. Tulio Días
Tulio Días is the Manager of Social and Environmental
Responsibility from Agropalma Group in Brazil, one of the
most important companies throughout Latin America.
Manager of Social
and Environmental
For 10 years he has devoted his career to environmental Responsibility
management and social responsibility in the agribusiness, Agropalma Group
mining and railways. Since 2008 he represents the Agropalma Brazil
Group in the chair of the Sustainable Amazon Forum
Executive Board, a private organization that the objective is
to promote dialogue among different sectors to guide the
economic activities towards sustainable development in the
Brazilian Amazon.
Education: Master in Agribusiness. Agronomist Engineer in
the University of Sao Paulo.
12. Diego Pierrend
Pierrend Diego is the Office Manager of Control Union
Certifications Since 2008 Colombia Ltda.
Gerente
He has experience in the field of agro export certifications Control Unión
and quality systems. It has been linked in the foreign trade Colombia Ltda.
sector since the beginning of their professional training. He Perú
has attended to several international events in Germany and
the Netherlands related to agriculture. Speaker at various
events about organic, sustainable, good agricultural
practices, quality systems and international trade.
Education: Agroindustrial Engineering, specialize in
International Business at the University of San Ignacio de
Loyola in Peru.
13. Amylkar Acosta
Amylkar Acosta is Member of the Colombian Academy of
Economics, former President of the Colombian Society of Board Member
Economists, teacher specialization in Mining, Energy and National
member of the same research group, former Congress President Federation of
and author of Act 693 of 2001 on the production and marketing Biofuels
of biofuels in Colombia, founder and member of the Board of Colombia
the National Federation of biofuels and member of the Board of
the state oil company Ecopetrol.
Writer with 32 published works and columnist for major
newspapers.
14. Jorge Wated
Jorge Wated is the General Manager of the National Financial
Corporation (CFN). He is the Board’s main vocal of the State
Bank on behalf of the Public Financial Institutions and he is one General
the Corpei Directors.
Manager
National
Previously he was the Advisor of the CEO in the Transit Financial
Commission of Guayas, Political Chief and Acting Governor of Corporation
the Canton, Secretary General of the Government of the Ecuador
Province of Guayas, Financial Advisor at the American Financial
Corporation, among others.
Education: Marketing and Sales Engineer with a major in
Business Administration Degree in Marketing, Bachelor of
Business Administration at the State University of New York.
15. Reintje Van Haeringen
Reintje Van Haeringen is Regional Director of SNV Latin America
and has over 20 years of experience in Latin America, Africa and
Asia, with expertise in a wide selection of areas and working with
public, private and nonprofit organizations. Regional
Director
SVN
She is passionate about promoting inclusive economic and social Holland
development for low-income communities through sustainable
market-based approaches. She has published numerous case
studies on inclusive business, inclusive public policy
development, and local economic development with a particular
focus on identifying the critical success factors that lead to
scalability in inclusive business ventures.
Education: Master in Landscape Architecture, Postgraduate
education in Organizational Development.
16. Andrés Castro
Andrés Castro is the Leader in the Planning and Social
Development Sector from the National Federation of Palm Oil
Growers, Fedepalma. He coordinates and develop the
sectorial policy, the programs and projects of corporate social Leader in the
responsibility from the Palm Oil Growers in Colombia. Planning and Social
Development
Previously he was the Secretary General of Fedepalma, Fedepalma
University Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Colombia
Government and International Relations at the University of
Rosario, Professor at the Faculty of International Relations at
the University of Jorge Tadeo Lozano and Independent
Consultant in United Nations development Program (UNDP).
Education: Master in Public Administration and Lawyer at the
University of Rosario.
17. Lourdes Luque de Jaramillo
Lourdes Luque is member from the Directives Board from the
Guayaquil Chamber of Industries and Consultant in Corpei.
Previously she had the following positions: Minister of the
Environmental
Environment in Ecuador, President Director from CEDEGE,
Specialist
Executive Director of the Business Council for Sustainable
CORPEI
Development (CEMD), Founder of the Economic Development
Ecuador
Agency of Guayaquil and its zone of influence ADREG, President
of the Foundation for People Assurance in Health, Economic
Development Manager SNV Netherlands Development
Organization (SNV).
Education: Master in Business Administration at the ESPOL.
Environmental Management and Strategic Management
Diploma and Social Science Educator.
18. Juan Carlos Espinosa
Juan Carlos Espinosa is the Leader in the Environmental
Planning and Development Sector in Fedepalma, he
coordinates activities of the guild palm around the adoption
Leader in the
of a model of environmental sustainability. Previously he
Environmental
worked for 5 years in the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in
Planning and
Colombia, worked in the National Planning Department of
Development Sector
Colombia in the environmental indicator systems for
Fedepalma
planning, monitoring and evaluating the regional
Colombia
environmental management, and in the Industrial Ecology
Center at Yale University in the conceptualization of eco-
industrial parks.
Education: Master in Environmental Management from Yale
University, Industrial Engineer at the University of Los
Angeles in Bogota, Colombia.
19. Valmir Ortega
Valmir Ortega is the Director of Environmental Policy
Program in the International Conservation in Brazil. Director of
Environmental Policy
Program
He previously served as Minister of Environment in the State
International
of Pará, Vice-president of the Brazilian Institute of
Conservation
Environment and Natural Resources . He was named special
Brazil
adviser of the Minister of Environment with the position of
National Coordinator in the Pantanal Program, among others
prestigious positions.
Education: Master in Agribusiness. Agronomist in the
University of Sao Paulo.
20. Max Lascano
Max Lascano is the Socio Bosque General Manager in the
Ministry of Environment in Ecuador. He has held various
positions in the area of economy and environmental
collaborating with determination in the policies design, Socio Bosque
strategies and projects that will allow the country to advance General Manager
in the Sustainable Development. Ministry of
Environment
Ecuador
He has a wide experience in public institutions that provides
help in the Secretariat Of Public Investment in the Ministry of
Economy, Secretariat of the Ministry of Social Development
and Socio Bosque Program Coordination of the Ministry of
Environment.
Education: Master in Management and Environmental
Palnning, Economist at the Catholic University in Quito.
21. Javier Carvajal Barriga
Javier Carvajal is the Main Teacher and Investigator in the
Pontifical Catholic University (PCUE) in Quito, Ecuador. He is
Director of the Research Center for Geotropically Biomass
(CNIB) and the Catholic Quito Collection of Yeasts (CLQCA), Main Teacher
Project Director, Representative of Ecuador to the
Iberoamerican Network of Energy (REDIENE) and at the PCUE
Iberoamerican Society for the Development of bio-refineries Ecuador
(SIADEB).
Is an expert of metabolic engineering in yeast, yeast
biodiversity, biotechnological applications of yeast, biofuel from
the fermentation, among others. Javier is currently installing a
bio-refinery for the production of bioethanol from biomass
waste.
Education: Ph.D. in Food Science and Technology (cum laude),
Master in Biotechnology, Master of Brewery Technology,
Bachelor in Biological Sciences Pontifical Catholic University of
Ecuador.
22. Larry Philip
Larry Philp is the General Director from CO2 Spain
Innovations and Solutions, S.A., society specialized in carbon
markets.
General Director
Under his direction includes the development of pipeline CO2 Spain
projects that generate carbon credits by reducing emissions United States
of greenhouse gases and advices to private and public
institutions. During the last 3 years he has been General
Director of Aretech climate changes, where the company has
managed a portfolio of $ 200 million for these new titles in
participatory projects. C02 Spain under his leadership since
2003, is a pioneer in the carbon market.
Education: Master in Economy and Business Management,
Master in Chemical Engineering, in the Technological
Institute from Massachusetts.
23. Roberto Burgos
Roberto Burgos is the Director of Research and Technology
Transfer in ANCUPA, National Association of oil palm growers
in Ecuador. His experience for over 11 years has focused in
the area of development, extension and training in the oil
palm sector. Director of Research
Under his charge runs several programs including and Technology
coordination in Ecuador of the International Project "Closing Transfer
Productivity Gap small scale producers in Latin America and Ancupa
the Caribbean" project funded by the Common Fund for Ecuador
Commodities and headed to Colombia, Venezuela and
Ecuador for the Fund Innovation in Latin American oil palm
FLIPA. He has lectured at several events in the agricultural
sector both nationally and internationally. Professor at the
University of Technology Equator UTE.
Educación: Agricultural Engineer at the Technical University
of Manabí.
24. Bella Sosa
Bella Sosa is the Project Coordinator from SNV in Tegucigalpa,
Honduras. She has over 15 years of experience in
environmental management and integrated administration of Proyect Coordinator
natural resources. Project and management consulting for SNV
renewable energy, cleaner production and climate change Honduras
with the private and public sector.
Counts with a wide work experience with international
organizations (UNDP y SNV), U.S. NGOs (AFCS y WLA) and
National Public Institutions. She has been invited as a speaker
for the IDB.
Education: Master in Local Development, Environmental
Engineering at the Catholic University of Honduras and a
Degree in Animal Science.
25. Mártides Banegas
Mártides Banegas is Responsible for the Rain Forest Alliance
Certification, supporting the process to the 30 member
cooperatives Hondupalma. He has 20 years of experience in Responsible for the
the cooperative union, affiliated with the company Rain Forest Alliance
Hondupalma, social enterprise dedicated to the cultivation Certification
and processing of oil palm. Extensive experience in Hondupalma
management and projection of the farmer cooperative Honduras
development. Experience in managing occupational safety
hygiene, and production management in the industrial and
agricultural Hondupalma.
Educación: He is currently studying a Masters in Financial
Management at the Technical University of Honduras.
Industrial Engineering Degree.
26. Alain Rival
Rival Alain is Research Coordinator for Oil Palm at CIRAD in
Montpellier, France. He has participated in several RSPO
Roundtable from the beginning.
Coordinator for Oil
His research focuses on epigenetic variation in plants, this Palm Research
work identifies early markers of abnormality monitoring Cirad
protocols for culture tissue. He spent the first years of his France
scientific work with international cooperation programs in
biotechnology overseas (Ivory Coast, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Costa Rica). He is a certificate teacher of Biology and
Physiology certificate since 2002.
Education: Doctorate in Plant Biotechnology, Molecular
physiologist.
27. Egbert J.A. Spaans
Egbert Spaans is President and Founding Partner of ALIA2,
a company that promotes the development of agro
products from Latin America by applying the specific
concept of Precision Agriculture and Rural Development.
President
He was professor at EARTH University in Costa Rica. He ALIA2
has dictated courses of “Properties of Soils in the Tropics“ Holland
and “Management and Conservation of Tropical Soils”.
He has done consultancies and training in Precision
Agriculture, Soil Management and Evaluation in Costa
Rica, Guadalupe, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Ecuador, USA and Dominican Republic.
Education: PhD in Soils, MSC in Tropic Soils in the
Agricultural University Wageningen, Holland.
