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Ahmad Chit is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Canada. He is experienced in providing forensic accounting, fraud analysis, quantification of damages and accountants’ negligence assessments. From North America to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, Ahmad has extensive and diverse investigation and dispute experience. As a forensic expert, Ahmad has worked on a variety of engagements for regulatory bodies, law enforcement agencies, courts and tribunals, legal counsel, and large financial institutions. In both English and Arabic, he has drafted and supported numerous expert reports for both court and internal purposes, which included his analysis and expert opinion. He has worked in  the following industries; agriculture, defence, pharmaceuticals, waste management, automotive and resources. 

Aimee Ambrose is Professor of Energy Policy at the Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University. She is also a Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden and founder and trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network- an international charity funding research into energy poverty and facilitating knowledge exchange between academia and policy and practice. Aimee’s PhD was on non-technical considerations in relation to domestic energy efficiency. Her research interests, pursued over a career spanning 18 years, are primarily concerned with understanding how policies designed to reduce the negative environmental impacts of energy systems and housing impact upon and are experienced in the everyday lives of marginalised households. I am also very motivated to represent the interests of the non-human world in my research as am a vociferous advocate of justice for nature.  

Tropical forester specialized in environmental management and conservation with more than twenty five years of experience in Latin American countries including Colombia and Ecuador. Extensive experience and professional training in ecosystem services, nature based solutions, climate change adaptation and mitigation, financial mechanisms for forest management and conservation, sustainable livelihoods and value chains. Extensive knowledge on projects and programmes planning, design, implementation, managerial and technical backstopping, monitoring and evaluation, including multi stakeholders analysis as an input for project development.  

She works for international organizations, governments, national and international organizations including FAO, UN Environment, UNDP, IUCN, GIZ, AECID and EU. She holds a Master in Environmental Management from the Universidad de los Andes in Colombia. She has published several technical articles, as author and co-author.  

Her current work as a consultant focuses mainly on sustainable development, forest conservation and climate change projects and programmes design and evaluation & policy advice for national and international organizations. She also volunteers as Regional Chair of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM) for South America. 

Dr Rizzuti is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Hull. Her expertise lies in the fields of food crime, food fraud, environmental crimes and green criminology, organised crime and mafia studies, corporate crime, and comparative criminal justice. Before joining Hull, Alice worked at the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, where she completed her PhD with a research on the institutional responses to food crime and the involvements of organised crime and mafia-type groups in the food supply chain in England and Italy. She previously worked as a Research Associate for the project Countering Regional Italian Mafias Expansion sponsored by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account and in privileged partnership with Eurojust and Europol. Alice holds a five-year degree in law from the University of Palermo (Italy) and a second-level postgraduate master in studies on corruption and organised crime at the University of Pisa (Italy).

Gerald A. Herrmann is a  specialist and organic industry expert and speaker. He has experience with organic food fraud cases and participated in the EU’s Food Integrity project. After gaining his university degree in agriculture in 1985, he worked at Naturland, an international farmers’ association and private organic certifier: first as an organic farm consultant, then as its President and finally as its Executive Director. He has served voluntarily for nearly two decades in different capacities at the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (“IFOAM”), including as its Vice President (1989-2005) and President (2005-2008. This position, as well as other opportunities, have provided Gerald with the experience necessary to become an expert in the development of certification programs, supply chain traceability and integrity systems, as well as of organic markets worldwide. Since 2004, he has been sharing his expertise as the founding director of Organic Services.

Gill Main is an expert in poverty, social exclusion and well-being. Her career has included stints in academia and the voluntary sector, most recently as Professor of Childhood, Youth and Social Justice at the University of Leeds. She has extensive experience of conducting participatory and mixed methods research, and is committed to incorporating experiential expertise into how social issues are conceptualised, defined, measured and acted upon. She has worked on a wide range of local, national and international projects designed to better understand and address issues relating to social justice and transformative social change. 

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ForestEngineer.Diploma in Monitoringand Evaluation of Development Programs and Projects, Diplomain Social Management. Studies concluded in the Master'sprogram inSocial Management ofthe Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Associateof the NGO AIDER, Head of theProject Management Unitat AIDER.Fifteenyears of experience in the management of forestconservation and sustainable development projects in the Peruvian Amazonand the northern coast of Peru, with emphasis on project design, planning, monitoring and evaluation, extensionand training, systematization of experiences and facilitation of participatory processes,sustainableforest management (SFM), community forest management,sustainable land management(SLM)and FSC forest certification. Thirteenyears of experience in design, development, validationand verification of forest carbon capture and carbon emission reductionprojects from deforestation and degradation(REDD+) underVCS and CCBstandards.Experience in financing management, multi-stakeholder partnership managementandprivate sector engagementin forest conservation and sustainable inclusive business. Seven years of experience in the follow-up of the negotiations of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)and member of the Board of the international network Drynet.Current Manager of the Forest Alliance initiativeand Nii Kaniti REDD+ projectimplemented by AIDER with funding from USAID and the Althelia Climate Fund in indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon.

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Sankar Sivarajah is a Professor of Technology Management and Circular Economy at the University of Bradford School of Management. Prior to Bradford, he started his academic career at Brunel University London. 

He enjoys research and teaching which is interdisciplinary in nature focusing on the use of emerging digital technology for the betterment of society, be it in a business or government context. He is the Deputy Editor of Journal of Enterprise Information Management and has published over 70 scientific articles in leading peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His research tackling societal challenges such as energy efficient digital currencies, consumer behaviour and reduction of waste has featured in reputable media publications such as The World Economic Forum, BBC Yorkshire and The Conversation. 

To date, he has a successful track record as Principal and Co-investigator in over £3 million worth of Research and Innovation and consultancy projects funded by reputable funding bodies and commercial organisations. Some of the notable funders have been the European Commission (FP7, H2020, Marie Curie), Qatar National Research Fund (QNRF), Innovate UK/DEFRA and British Council focusing on projects addressing business and societal challenges surrounding themes such as AI Innovation Strategy Development, Smart Cities and Sustainable Societies. 

He is an elected governing Council Member and Treasurer of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) in the UK and a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA). 

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Shailvi Soni is a Public Health Nutritionist with over 10 years of experience working with local NGOs, Non-Profits, Governments, and Corporate Social Responsibility Organizations. She has extensive experience in Food Security, Impact Research, Global Nutrition Programs, Nutrition Policy Research, and Advocacy strategies for Child and Maternal nutrition, Malnutrition Management, Adolescent nutrition, and Global School Feeding Programs. Shailvi has demonstrated knowledge of International Nutrition Programs & Policies, Right to Food, and Strategic Planning & Implementation. She is experienced in Research Methodologies, Community Affairs, Government Relations, Public Advocacy, Media Campaigns, and Partnership Management. She has also led PAN India operations of Nutrition Innovation & School Feeding Policy process.Prior to becoming an independent consultant in 2021, Shailvi served as a Nutrition Policy Research & Advocacy expert for The Akshaya Patra Foundation, which is the world's largest organization implementing the Government's School Feeding Program in India aswell as functions a charitable trust in the UKrunning Food programs. With that, she gained hands-on experience in Food Security, Health & Urban Governance, Community Nutrition, Waste Management & Sustainability while working with various National & International stakeholders in India, Brazil, Nepal, and UAE.She has been a part of various National & Global Nutrition Forums & meets specially GCNF(Global Child Nutrition Foundation), have actively worked on Food Securityprojects of Denmark Embassy in New Delhi, Indiaas a subject matter expert.

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Simon Ferrigno is a freelance researcher and writer on cotton and sustainability with over 20 years experience, investigating problems and alternatives (organic, Fairtrade, etc.) in sustainable agriculture for public and private clients. He is a regular speaker at international events, the author of 'An Insider's Guide to Cotton and Sustainability' (February 2012) and 'An Inside Guide to Cotton & Sustainability' (2020) and a regular contributor to Ecotextile News magazine. He has previously worked for Pesticide Action Network UK and the International Institute for Environment and Development. Simon is ia member of European Movement UKs National Council.

Tristram Stuart is an international award-winning author, speaker, campaigner and expert on the environmental and social impacts of food. His books have been described as "a genuinely revelatory contribution to the history of human ideas” (The Times) and his TED talk has been watched over a million times. The environmental campaigning organisation he founded, Feedback, has spread its work into dozens of countries worldwide to change society's attitude towards wasting food.