People
SAI Platform is driven by people dedicated to sustainable agriculture.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee consists of food and drink industry representatives elected by the General Assembly for two years. It works together with the Platform Secretariat to discuss activities as well as to safeguard the quality and financial viability of the Platform.

Robert M. Erhard
PresidentCorporate Sustainable Agriculture Development – Head of Dairy, Nestlé

Rob Meyers
Vice PresidentSustainability Director, PepsiCo

Leon Mol
TreasurerDirector Product Safety & Social Compliance, Ahold Delhaize

Luc Beerens
Global Sustainable Sourcing Director, Mars Inc.

Eric Soubeiran
Managing Director, Unilever Climate & Nature Fund

Madhu Rajesh
Senior Director for Water & Agriculture, The Coca-Cola Company

Yann-Gaël Rio
V.P. Global Milk Procurement, Sustainability and R&D, Danone

Yves Leclerc
Global Director of Agriculture Sustainability, McCain Foods Limited

Katharine Teague
Head of Advocacy, AB Sugar
Advisory Council
Formed in 2004 to provide critical advice on the progress of the initiative, the Advisory Council is composed of experts in the field of sustainability, selected for their expertise and specific interest in issues linked to the economic, social and environmental pillars of sustainable agriculture.
It consists of representatives from NGOs, farmers organisations, research institutes and other stakeholder groups, advises on SAI Platform strategic direction, participates in the evaluation of the work of the Platform and its progress, and suggests potential new members.

Jason Clay
Senior Vice-President of Markets and Food, WWF

Gemma Cranston
Director, Natural Resource Security, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Arianna Giuliodori
Secretary General, World Farmers' Organisation

Dr Tracey Jones
Director of Food Business, Compassion in World Farming

Alan Johnson
Lead, Smallholder Supply Chains, IFC

Jane Nelson
Director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School

Janet Ranganathan
Vice President Science and Research, WRI

Carla Romeu Dalmau
Living Wage and Living Income Strategy Lead, IDH
Core Team
Our Core Team runs the operational business activities and carries out activities aimed at delivering SAI Platform’s mission.

Nick Betts
Regenerative Agriculture Director
Leah Blechschmidt
Americas Manager
Siobhán Bradley
Livestock Officer
Ashling Cahill
Administration Officer
Julia de Candido
Regenerative Agriculture Officer
Lexi Clark
Regenerative Agriculture Manager
Robyn Cooper
Crops Manager
Rozanne Davis
ERBS Director
Jane Duncan
Senior Operations Director
Dionys Forster
Director General
Patricia Garcia Diaz
Dairy Director
Joe Iveson
FSA Manager
Jessica Joubert
Systems User Support Officer
Ciara MacHugh
Communications Officer
Brigid Norde-McAleer
Communications Director
Maria Papadopoulou
Livestock Officer
Joe Rushton
FSA Director