3rd World Grains Trade Summit

Gordon Davis is the Managing Director of AWB Ltd. Before joining AWB, Mr Davis was General Manager Australia and Asia for Orica Mining Services and other Orica group companies in the areas of fertilizer and chemical production.

Prior to joining Orica, he worked as a Policy Advisor to the Australian Federal Leader of the Opposition, specialising in the areas of environment, science, and resources. Mr Davis earned his MBA and Bachelor of Forest Science (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, and his Master of Agricultural Science from the University of Tasmania.

World Grains Trade 2009 Singapore Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Feb 17
15:15  Australia’s Wheat Supply and Its Global Impact an Trade

World Grains Trade Summit is a critical global conference that guarantees in-depth coverage, insights and objectivity to provide clarity to your interests and investments in the grains & oilseeds markets. To find more about Grains World in Singapore from Feb 17 to 18, 2009, please visit http://www.worldgrainstrade.com

In 1989, after graduation from college, Gu Lifeng joined COFCO, which is China’s most powerful player for diversified asset portfolio management and has been consecutively listed among FORTUNE GLOBAL 500 since 1994. Mr. Gu has been working in corn trade for 20 years, with rich experience in domestic and international trade. Now he is mainly in charge of the corn trade as the deputy general manager of COFCO Agri-trading & Logistics Co. Ltd, one member of COFCO (group).

World Grains Trade 2009 Singapore Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Feb 17
14:45  Corn Market Outlook In China

World Grains Trade Summit is a critical global conference that guarantees in-depth coverage, insights and objectivity to provide clarity to your interests and investments in the grains & oilseeds markets. To find more about Grains World in Singapore from Feb 17 to 18, 2009, please visit http://www.worldgrainstrade.com

Connie Lo is a Senior Consultant with Nexant Asia Limited.  Prior to joining Nexant, Connie was with JJ-Lurgi Engineering, responsible for developing Lurgi’s Bio-Fuels activities across South East Asia and China. During that time, she had also gained extensive experience in leading projects in the areas of Oleochemicals and Edible Oils.  Connie holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemistry from the University Science of Malaysia before obtaining a Masters Degree in Advanced Chemical Engineering from Imperial College in the UK.

World Grains Trade 2009 Singapore Speaker
Day 2 – Wednesday, Feb 18
12:00  Review of the Global Biofuels Development

World Grains Trade Summit is a critical global conference that guarantees in-depth coverage, insights and objectivity to provide clarity to your interests and investments in the grains & oilseeds markets. To find more about Grains World in Singapore from Feb 17 to 18, 2009, please visit http://www.worldgrainstrade.com

Rajeev Raina is the Sr. Vice President and heads the global rice business at Olam International Limited. He has a Post Graduate in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India. Rajeev has over 16 years of varied experience in different aspects of supply chain management of agricultural raw materials. He is a member of the Management Committee at Olam.

World Grains Trade 2009 Singapore Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Feb 17
12:20  Global / Asia Rice Trade Flow & Market Outlook

World Grains Trade Summit is a critical global conference that guarantees in-depth coverage, insights and objectivity to provide clarity to your interests and investments in the grains & oilseeds markets. To find more about Grains World in Singapore from Feb 17 to 18, 2009, please visit http://www.worldgrainstrade.com

Mahesh Uniyal has been working with the FAO Asia-Pacific regional office for the past eight years as a consultant dealing with public information on FAO work on food security, agricultural and rural development, agricultural trade and pro-rural poor bioenergy issues in the region.

World Grains Trade 2009 Singapore Speaker
Day 1 – Tuesday, Feb 17
11:50  Long-Term Prospects For Agriculture & Major Commodity Groups : World Agriculture Towards 2030

World Grains Trade Summit is a critical global conference that guarantees in-depth coverage, insights and objectivity to provide clarity to your interests and investments in the grains & oilseeds markets. To find more about Grains World in Singapore from Feb 17 to 18, 2009, please visit http://www.worldgrainstrade.com