Tania Strauss has over 20 years of experience in international development, public-private partnership facilitation, business development and strategy and development economics, in the areas of food and water security, food systems and sustainable agriculture value-chains, geopolitics and inclusive growth, gender, and health systems.
She is currently Head, Food and Water at the World Economic Forum, driving flagship initiatives on the First Movers Coalition for Food to generate $15-20 billion of green procurement through aggregated market demand signals, 100 million farmers on climate finance, grower economics and soil health technologies, Aquapeneurs initiative to mobilize pipeline of innovators problem-solving for water stewardship globally, and the Food Innovation Hubs global initiative harnessing the power of fit for purpose technology in country and regional innovation hub marketplaces.