Now that 2026 is underway, one question remains front and center for executive teams across the ag and food system: how will you ensure your next leadership hire drives strategy, culture, and growth—rather than simply filling a gap? With complexity increasing, transformation accelerating, and succession pressures mounting, relying on whoever…
More DetailsAs the calendar turns towards 2026, one question looms large: how will you ensure your next leadership team and your next leadership hire drives strategy, culture, and growth rather than simply filling a gap? With complexity, transformation, and succession pressures mounting, relying on whoever happens to be looking to join…
More DetailsAs the calendar turns toward 2026, one question looms large: how will you ensure your next leadership team and your next leadership hire drives strategy, culture, and growth rather than simply filling a gap? With complexity, transformation, and succession pressures mounting, relying on who happens to be looking to join…
More DetailsBy Managing Partner Jon Leafstedt and Managing Director Aaron Locker | Originally Published by Seed World The Growing Leadership Challenge The seed industry faces a pressing leadership challenge. With senior executives averaging an age in the mid-50s and CEO tenures shrinking to roughly seven years on average, a significant wave…
More DetailsBy Managing Partner Phillip Osborne This year’s APAC Agri-Food Innovation Summit felt energising in a different way. Instead of the usual focus on funding cycles or high-level market hype, the conversations centred on practical innovation: addressing real-world challenges for smallholder farmers, exploring how CRISPR and AI can improve productivity, and…
More DetailsIn the European food and agriculture sectors, the right board Board Chair or Non-Executive Director (NED) can change outcomes. Margins are tight, risks are real, and trust with customers, regulators and farmers is hard-won. The most effective boards set a steady rhythm: clear guardrails, healthy debate, and the confidence to…
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