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With over 16 years of experience in Procurement, I currently serve as Chief Procurement Officer at Orkla Foods, leveraging expertise in business strategy, cross-functional team leadership, and procurement to drive organizational excellence. My focus is on fostering operational efficiency and advancing procurement processes for impactful outcomes.

Prior roles at The Kraft Heinz Company allowed me to develop and implement innovative global procurement strategies, contributing to business transformation and enhancing supplier relationship management. I am deeply committed to creating strategic value through collaborative leadership and streamlined processes that align with organizational goals.

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Luana has nearly two decades of experience in the agri-food industry, including roles at major manufacturing companies such as Nestle and AB InBev. During her career, she focused on leading data and intelligence strategies to support industry players in making informed strategic decisions.

At Expana, Luana leads global multifunctional data and analytics teams. Her role involves growing and developing teams that apply quantitative and statistical analysis, as well as machine learning techniques, to enhance Expana’s data, insights, and forecasting capabilities. She also plays a critical role in integrating other businesses as part of Expana’s ambitious expansion efforts.

Luana holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business. Outside of her professional life, Luana enjoys spending quality time with her daughter, often cycling or solving puzzles together. She’s also an avid swimmer, rugby fan, and adventurous diver, constantly seeking new spots worldwide.

Marcel joined Expana in 2019, bringing a wealth of experience in price reporting, analytics, and risk management. At Expana, Marcel leads the proprietary agri-food and industrial coverage, empowering stakeholders across the value chain to make informed business decisions and mitigate risks through best-in-class price benchmarks, news, and analytics. Since joining, Marcel has been instrumental in transforming Expana into the largest IOSCO-assured Price Reporting Agency (PRA) in the agri-food sector, leveraging advanced in-house capabilities and strategic M&A.

Marcel’s expertise in enhancing transparency within physical commodity markets stems from his outstanding achievements at global firms such as S&P Global. Marcel holds an MSc in Energy, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School and outside of work, Marcel enjoys spending time with his family and playing golf.

Vinay joined Expana in 2023 as CPO and is, currently, also the interim CTO. As a leader of Expana’s Product and Technology team, he leads product strategy and execution, including development of Expana’s user friendly SaaS platform. Vinay has 25+ years of experience in product development and leadership, including Motorola (Symbol), Qlik and Interos. He is skilled in developing successful products that delight customers, having helped scale startups as well as transform product organizations at large enterprises. In particular, he has focused on helping companies find product market fit and deliver against key business goals and metrics. Vinay holds a Masters degree from Harvard University as well as a BE in Computer Science and Engineering.

Vinay is a supporter/volunteer for WeSeeHope, helping create sustainable change for vulnerable children in East Africa through education, child rights and economic empowerment initiatives. Vinay is an avid runner and scuba diver in his free time.

As Director of Market Reporting, Tosin has extensive experience in analysing, interpreting, and communicating commodity and agricultural market intelligence across various markets within the food and beverage supply chain. Leading a skilled team of market reporters, she ensures the delivery of reliable commodity prices, insightful market data analysis, and evaluation of critical event impacts on market dynamics. Beyond overseeing day-to-day operations, she provides invaluable specialist knowledge and actionable insights for stakeholders in the food and agriculture industry.  

 

Tosin has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan and a Master’s in International Economics, Finance and Development from the University of Surrey. 

Kyle is a senior market reporter responsible for covering the European Oilseeds and Oils markets and with significant experience Kyle has a well-established network of key industry people as his regular contacts.

Kyle’s aim is to always provide unbiased and transparent information on the market which he shares with the industry through webinars, blogs and his weekly veg oil reports.

Weather Analytics Lead at Expana, working with commodity experts to identify crops and commodities at risk of extreme weather around the world. Utilising historical and forecasted weather data, detailed crop masks, GIS software, satellite data and more, I help Expana’s clients understand what supply chains might be under threat.

Andrew is the US Managing Editor of the Non-Protein PRA Team at Expana, where he directs a multinational team of price reporters covering agri-food commodities, and who produce proprietary prices in many opaque US markets as well as regular reports and insight for Expana clients. Andrew has years of experience in commodity risk management, creating and executing hedging strategies for soft commodities and leading commercial cost price negotiations with some of Europe’s largest CPG companies. In addition to covering the coffee and cocoa markets within Expana, Andrew leads on engagement with finance industry professionals to develop risk management solutions. 

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