David Baumann
Senior Partner
-30 years experience in finance and private banking in Europe, Russia,
and the Middle East
-Extensive network of business executives and government officials
throughout Europe, Eastern-Europe, and Africa
-Fluent in 8 languages
Michael Dean
CEO SeedRock Agriculture/Partner
-Company director and lawyer with over 20 years of legal and business
management experience.
-Extensive experience of large scale and complex development and
resource ventures and acquisitions
-Expertise in project origination and development in the environmental
and alternative energy sectors
Stephen Burega
CEO SeedRock Social Enterprises/Partner
-13+ years experience in communications and government relations
-Experience spans national and international projects
-Has acted as communication council for Fortune 500 companies such as
General Electric
-Consultant to the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and
international AIDS Society
Kaz Okitsu
Executive VP Corporate Development
-18+ years of experience in both Asian and North American business
cultures
-Guided government officials, non-profit organizations, international
general trading companies
-Coordinated educational and technical tours for business people,
politicians, government officials, and investors
Rob Leclerc, PhD
Senior Associate
-15+ years of quantitative and scientific research
-Author of multiple ground breaking articles in published Nature
journals
-Five degrees, including a PhD from Yale University
Justin Bruch
SeedRock Agriculture COO
-16+ years large scale farming experience.
-Established farms in Iowa, Brazil, Ukraine
-Built several large scale agribusinesses (10,000 hectares+)
-BSc in Agronomy and an MBA
-Regular expert panelist at agribusiness conferences
Fernand Arnaud
SeedRock Agriculture Chief Agronomist
-A professional agronomist with 40+ years in agricultural project
origination and development in Africa
-Globally respected as a specialist in hybrid seed production
-Expert in crop and farm management
Nouhoum Traore
Country Manager, Mali
-Experienced and distinguished Agro-Economist
-Recipient of the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali (2006) and the
Chevalier du Merite Agricole de France (2009)
-Former technical adviser to the President of Mali on agriculture
Pierre Tapsoba
Country Manager, Burkina Faso
-Qualified geologist and former Minister for Health in Burkina Faso
-Most recently managed a team of agricultural specialists in the
development of large scale biofuel
Anya Walsh
Senior Program Coordinator
-4+ years of development experience in Africa, Latin America, Canada
and Asia
-Assistant to the Country Director for the UN's Food and Agriculture
Organization in Sierra Leone
-Led the Farmer Field School evaluation in West Africa
-MA Human Security and Peacebuilding