Launching of UNCTAD Commodities and Development Report 2015
17 December 2015, 15h00, Room XXVI, Palais des Nations, Geneva
Civil Society Event. Bio of panelists
Bios of panelists
Mr. John Schluter, Café Africa
Mr. Philippe Egger, Special Advisor, Development Innovations Network (IRED)/West Africa
Farmers Organisation (ROPPA). A development and employment specialist, he has worked in
developing countries and at the ILO for many years including as Senior Adviser to the ILO
Director-General.
Ms. Charlotte Libog, Founder and Coordinator, Afrique Grenier du Monde (AGM). AGM's
objective is to promote investments in the agricultural sector in Africa, with a special emphasis
on women and youth. AGM is active in Cameroon, Gabon and Congo Brazzaville.
Mr. Alain Vergueylen, Executive Director, International Guarantee Fund (FIG). Established 30
years ago, FIG's guarantees have enabled to facilitate credit of more than $240 million for
producer cooperatives and microfinance organisations in Africa and in Latin America. About 45
percent of FIG's end beneficiaries are women.
Dr. Shaila Seisha Galvin, Assistant Professor, The Graduate Institute. Shaila holds a PhD in
Anthropology and Forestry and Environmental Studies from Yale University, and has worked
both at Yale and at Williams College, USA, where her research concentrates on agrarian change
in particular. She is the author of a review of Organic Certification and has conducted work on
Transparency, Trust and Organic Certification in Uttarakhand, India.