Sunny Verghese joins panel at the Global Food Security Symposium
Olam’s Co-Founder, Group Managing Director and CEO, Sunny Verghese, will be participating in a panel at this year’s Global Food Security Symposium 2015 convened by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Sunny will be sharing his expert insight on how the global food chain can be leveraged to improve nutrition, drive economic growth and produce more diverse and affordable diets.
Deeply passionate about addressing food security, Sunny believes that such forums are important catalysts – helping to integrate debate, break down siloes and canvas holistic solutions. Read more from Sunny on the Chicago Council website here.
In good company, Sunny will be joined on the panel by Shawn Baker, Director, Nutrition, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Richard S. Greene, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, The US Agency for International Development and Stefan Schmitz, Deputy Director-General and Commissioner, the “One World – No Hunger” Initiative. It will be chaired by Monica Eng, Food Reporter and Producer, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio.
Panel: Thursday 15th April 2015, 1:15pm at Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, DC
Please see here for more information about the Global Food Security Symposium.
Sunny’s article on food security can also be read in our blog section here