The Champions

Champions 12.3 consists of executives from governments, businesses, international organizations, research institutions, farmer groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3 by 2030.

Hans Hoogeveen

Co-Chair

Independent Chairperson of the Council at FAO

Sunny Verghese

Co-Chair

Co-Founder and Group CEO, Olam International Limited

Inger Andersen

Executive Director, UN Environment Programme

Peter Bakker

President and CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Manish Bapna

President and CEO, NRDC

Sophie Bellon

Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo

Steve Cahillane

Chairman and CEO, Kellogg Company

Wai-Chan Chan

Managing Director, Consumer Goods Forum

Nguyen Xuan Cuong

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam

Wiebe Draijer

Chairman of the Managing Board, Rabobank

Shenggen Fan

Chair Professor, China Agricultural University

Kevin J. Fay

Executive Director, Global Food Cold Chain Council

Maneesh Gobin

Attorney General Minister of Agro-Industry and Food Security, Republic of Mauritius

Liz Goodwin

Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute

Sjoukje Heimovaara

President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

Gilbert F. Houngbo

Director-General, International Labour Organization

Alan Jope

CEO, Unilever

Selina Juul

Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food movement

Yolanda Kakabadse

Member, WWF US Board of Directors

Agnes Kalibata

President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Sam Kass

Founder, TROVE and Acre Venture Partners

Michael Keller

Secretary General, International Seed Federation

Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London

Stella Kyriakides

Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, European Commission

Alvaro Lario

President, International Fund of Agricultural Development

Geraldine Matchett

Co-CEO, CFO and Member of the Managing Board, DSM

Ken Murphy

Group Chief Executive, Tesco

Rasmus Prehn

Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries

Michael S. Regan

Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency

Demba Sabally

Minister of Agriculture, Republic of Gambia

Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko

Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

Oyun Sanjaasuren

Director of External Affairs, Green Climate Fund

Mark Schneider

CEO, Nestlé SA

Rajiv J. Shah

President, The Rockefeller Foundation

Lindiwe Majele Sibanda

Co-Chair, Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture

Achim Steiner

Administrator, United Nations Development Programme

Tristram Stuart

Founder, Feedback

Johan Swinnen

Managing Director of Systems Transformation, CGIAR | Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute

Tom Vilsack

Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

Juergen Voegele

Vice President for Sustainable Development, World Bank