Over the past five years, EAT has convened a diverse range of dynamic speakers to share solutions and motivate commitment.

commissioners

Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen

Co-founder & Executive Chair

Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen is the co-founder and executive chair of EAT. Recognized as a leading voice in her field, she has played a pivotal role in bringing together diverse…

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Professor Dr. Johan Rockström

Director

Johan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam. He is an internationally recognized scientist on…

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Amina J. Mohammed

Deputy Secretary-General

Ms. Amina J. Mohammed is the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Mohammed served as Minister…

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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim

President & VP Indigenous Women and Peoples association of Chad & UNPFII

President & VP Indigenous Women and Peoples association of Chad & UNPFII Environmental activist and member of Chad’s pastoralist Mbororo community, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim began advocating for Indigenous rights and…

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Benjamin Dousa

Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade

Benjamin Dousa is the Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade since September 2024. He most recently served as CEO of the Swedish Federation of Business Owners. Prior to this,…

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Karin Wanngård

Mayor

Karin Wanngård was elected as Mayor of Stockholm in September 2022. The majority she leads aims to futureproof the city as an equal, open and climate-smart city. With the residents…

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Adil Najam

President

Dr Adil Najam is a global public policy scholar whose teaching, research and public engagement focuses on international environment and conservation policy with a particular emphasis on climate change, on…

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General Eirik Kristoffersen

Chief of Defence

General Eirik Kristoffersen began his tenure as Chief of Defence on August 17th 2020. As Chief of Defence, general Kristoffersen holds full command over the Norwegian Armed Forces and is…

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Diane Holdorf

Executive Vice President

Ms Diane B. Holdorf is Executive Vice President (EVP) and a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), based in Geneva,…

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Maximo Torero

Chief Economist

Maximo Torero Cullen is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). He joined the Organization in January 2019 as Assistant Director-General for the…

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Sophie Healy-Thow

Founder

Sophie is the founder of Act4Food, a global youth-led movement dedicated to transforming food systems. Act4Food has been featured in Forbes and is being implemented worldwide. She was awarded the Global Citizen…

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H.E. Afshan Khan

UN Assistant Secretary-General & Coordinator SUN Movement

UN Assistant Secretary-General & Coordinator SUN Movement With over 30 years in international service, Afshan has held senior roles at UNICEF, including Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, and…

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Amit Bouri

Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder

Amit Bouri is the chief executive officer and co-founder of the Global Impact Investing Network, where he leads the largest global community of impact investors dedicated to increasing the scale…

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Ertharin Cousin

Managing Director and CEO

Ertharin Cousin is the Managing Director and CEO of FSF Ventures and the CEO of Food Systems for the Future Institute. She is a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council…

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Jessica Fanzo

Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative, Columbia Climate School

Jessica Fanzo, PhD, is a Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at the Columbia Climate School. Fanzo joined the Climate School from Johns Hopkins University,…

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Professor Walter Willett

Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition

Walter Willett is Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Willett grew up in Madison, Wisconsin,…

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Sonja Vermeulen

Director of Programs, CGIAR

Sonja Vermeulen is Director of Programs at the CGIAR System Organization, leading on coordination of the delivery, performance and results of the shared CGIAR research portfolio, plus future strategies for effective agricultural…

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Rina Augustina

Lecturer for the post-graduate study program in nutrition, Universitas Indonesia

Dr. Rina Agustina is a lecturer for the post-graduate study program in nutrition at the Department of Nutrition in collaboration with SEAMEO Regional Center for Community Nutrition Universitas Indonesia. She also serves…

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Patrick Webb

Director for USAID’s Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab, Tufts University​

Dr. Patrick Webb is engaged in research and policy guidance around the globe as Director for USAID’s Feed the Future Nutrition Innovation Lab. Dr. Webb also leads the US government’s Food Aid…

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Nitya Rao

Professor of Gender and Development, University of East Anglia

Nitiya Rao is a Professor of Gender and Development at the University of East Anglia and experienced researcher, trainer and social activist in the field of gender equality and women’s empowerment. Rao currently…

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Nita Forouhi

Professor of Population Health and Nutrition, MRC Investigator, University of Cambridge

Nita Gandhi Forouhi is a physician-scientist, Head of the Nutritional Epidemiology Programme, MRC Investigator, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator and Professor of Population Health and Nutrition at…

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Dr. Line J. Gordon PhD

Director

Dr. Line Gordon is the director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre. She is an internationally recognised scientist in sustainability of water, food, and the biosphere. She conducts innovative research that…

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Juan Rivera

Founding Director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health

Dr. Juan A. Rivera is the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health at the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico and is Professor of Nutrition…

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Ermias Kebreab

Associate Dean for Global Engagement, University of California, Davis​

Ermias Kebreab is Associate Dean for Global Engagement in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis, as well as director of the World Food Center. He is a renowned scholar…

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Sophie Bellon

Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer

Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo. Sophie Bellon has been Chairwoman of Sodexo’s Board of Directors since 2016 and has also acted as Chief Executive Officer…

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Khuloud Hasan Al Nuwais

Chief Sustainability Officer & Secretary General

Chief Sustainability Officer & Secretary General, Emirates Foundation & ne’ma National Steering Committee. In Feb 2024, Khuloud received Arab Women of the year for social development Award from London Arabia Organization.…

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Tania Strauss

Head of Sustainable Growth and People Agenda, Member of the Executive Committee

Head of Sustainable Growth and People Agenda, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum (WEF) Tania Strauss has over 20 years of experience in international development, public-private partnership facilitation, business…

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Gunn-Britt Retter

Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit

Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit, The Saami Council Gunn-Britt Retter is a Sámi person based in Norway. Ms. Retter holds a degree in teaching from the Sámi University of Applied…

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Virginia Villar Arribas

Deputy Director for Private Sector Partnerships

Deputy Director for Private Sector Partnerships, World Food Programme Mrs. Virginia Villar Arribas is the Deputy Director of the Private Sector Partnerships Division at the World Food Programme (WFP), based in…

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Kevin Hall

Nutrition Scientist, co-author of the book Food Intelligence

Nutrition Scientist, co-author of the book Food Intelligence Kevin Hall, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert in human nutrition, metabolism, obesity, and neuroscience. For more than two decades, Dr. Hall…

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Anna Lappé

Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Anna Lappé is the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working for food system transformation around the world. For…

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Prof. Caroline Orfila Jenkins

VP Science and Technology

Caroline leads a diverse team of scientists and engineers responsible for delivering R&D breakthroughs in crop quality & diversity, enzyme and bioprocessing technology, analytical science, consumer experience and human nutrition.…

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José Luis Chicoma

Program Chair

José Luis Chicoma is the Program Chair of The Future of Food at THE NEW INSTITUTE. He has served as Minister of Production in Peru, overseeing the fishing, aquaculture, and food market…

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Amar Laila

Post-doctoral fellow

Amar is a post-doctoral fellow at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden, and the University of Guelph, Canada. Amar completed his PhD at the University of Guelph, where he explored the…

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Xiao Gu

EAT-Lancet Youth Fellow

Xiao Gu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on examining dietary risk factors of cardiometabolic diseases, Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias,…

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Matthew Gibson

EAT-Lancet Youth Fellow

Xiao Gu is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on examining dietary risk factors of cardiometabolic diseases, Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias,…

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Daniel Mason-D’Croz

Senior Research Associate

Senior Research Associate in the Department of Global Development and a Cornell Atkinson Scholar, Cornell University Daniel Mason-D’Croz is a Senior Research Associate in the Department of Global Development and a…

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Dr. Anne Charlotte Bunge

EAT-Lancet Youth Fellow

PhD in Sustainability Science from Stockholm Resilience Centre in collaboration with Oxford University, educated in Public Health from Charité, Berlin. As an early-career researcher in the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission (2022-2025),…

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Dr. Richard Horton OBE

Editor in Chief

Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet.  He qualified in physiology and medicine with honours from the University of Birmingham in 1986. He joined The Lancet in 1990, moving to…

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Greg Garrett

Executive Director

As Executive Director, Greg oversees all aspects of ATNi, including strategic collaborations with partners and stakeholders. He is also a member of ATNi’s board (ex officio). Over the past two…

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Valerie Keller

Co-founder & CEO

IMAGINE Co-founder & CEO Valerie is a visionary entrepreneur and recognised expert in accelerating leaders to use their power for good. She is co-founder and CEO of IMAGINE, a global…

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H.E. Ambassador Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile

Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security

H.E. Ambassador Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile currently serves as the Chairperson of the Committee on World Food Security for the Biennium 2023-2025. She is also the Ambassador in Rome, Italy, and Permanent Representative…

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Aliou Ba

Ocean Campaign Lead

Dr. Aliou Ba is a Ocean Campaign Lead for Greenpeace Africa, an environmental organization that focuses on protecting forests, oceans, food and promoting renewable energy. Dr. Ba is based in…

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MoyosoreOluwa Odunfa

Founder and head chef

Moyo Odunfa is the founder and head chef of ‘The Atije Experience’ where she leads  her team to curate fine dining experiences that showcase the best of West African cuisine.…

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Paul Newnham

CEO

CEO, SDG2 Advocacy Hub Paul is a strategic innovator and executive leader with twenty five [25]+ years of expertise managing complex stakeholder relationships, designing campaign strategies, and extensive knowledge of…

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Damilola Ogunbiyi

CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All

CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All, and Co-Chair of UN-Energy Damilola Ogunbiyi is the CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (UN…

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Dr. Gunhild A. Stordalen Professor Dr. Johan Rockström Amina J. Mohammed Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim Benjamin Dousa Karin Wanngård Adil Najam General Eirik Kristoffersen Diane Holdorf Maximo Torero Sophie Healy-Thow H.E. Afshan Khan Amit Bouri Ertharin Cousin Jessica Fanzo Professor Walter Willett Sonja Vermeulen Rina Augustina Patrick Webb Nitya Rao Nita Forouhi Dr. Line J. Gordon PhD Juan Rivera Ermias Kebreab Sophie Bellon Khuloud Hasan Al Nuwais Tania Strauss Gunn-Britt Retter Virginia Villar Arribas Kevin Hall Anna Lappé Prof. Caroline Orfila Jenkins José Luis Chicoma Amar Laila Xiao Gu Matthew Gibson Daniel Mason-D’Croz Dr. Anne Charlotte Bunge Dr. Richard Horton OBE Greg Garrett Valerie Keller H.E. Ambassador Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile Aliou Ba MoyosoreOluwa Odunfa Paul Newnham Damilola Ogunbiyi