Health Talks for the Food Systems Summit

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director General, World Health Organization

Dr Agnes Kalibata

Special Envoy to the UN Food Systems Summit, United Nations

Secretary, Mr Lokman Hossain Miah

Secretary to the Health Services Division, Health Ministry, Bangladesh

Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari

First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria

Dr Sania Nishtar

Senator/Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety, Government of Pakistan

Guy Ryder

Director General, International Labour Organization

Dr Naoko Yamamoto

Assistant Director-General, Division of UHC/Healthier Populations, World Health Organization - HEP

Dr Shawn K. Baker

Chief Nutritionist, US Agency for International Development (USAID)

Dr Andreas Bluethner

Director of Nutrition, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Dr Francesco Branca

Director, Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization

Profr. Dame Sally Davies

UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, Government of United Kingdom

Dr Jessica Fanzo

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins University, USA

Dr Tom Frieden

President and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives

Dr Renu Garg

Medical Officer, World Health Organization (Thailand)

Chris Hegadorn

Secretary, Committee on World Food Security

Marion Jansen

Director of the Trade and Agriculture, OECD

Dr David Nabarro

Co-Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London

Dr Eduardo Nilson

Coodinator, Food and Nutrition, Ministry of Health Brazil

Dr Jemimah Njuki

Director, Africa, International Food Policy Research Institute

Michael Ojo

Country Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Nigeria

Johanna Ralston

CEO, World Obesity Federation

Ruth Richardson

Executive Director, Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Mary Grace Anne Rosales- Sto. Domingo

Healthy diets Lead, ImagineLaw

Dr Werner Schultink

Executive Director, Iodine Global Network

Dr Meera Shekar MSc, PhD

Global Lead, Nutrition, The World Bank

Dr Gunhild Stordalen

Executive Chair and Founder, EAT

Gerda Verburg

Coordinator, Scaling Up Nutrition

Dr Mandana Arabi

Vice President, Global Technical Services and Chief Technical Advisor,, Nutrition International

Cherrie Atilano

Founder and CEO, AGREA Agricultural Systems International, Inc., The Philippines

Dr Phil Baker

Research Fellow, Deakin University

Simon Bishop

Chief Executive Officer, The Power of Nutrition

Megan Cain

Director, Global Health and Nutrition Platforms, Health and Nutrition Bureau, Global Affairs Canada

Manpreet Chadha

Senior Technical Advisor, Food Fortification, Nutrition International

Bernis Cunningham

Executive Director, Planting Change Foundation

Dr Luz Maria De-Regil

Unit Head, Multisectoral Actions in Food Systems, World Health Organization

Kaia Engesveen

Technical Officer, World Health Organization

Dr Ferew Lemma Feyissa

Senior Nutrition Advisor, Minister, Ministry of Health, Ethiopia

Jo Jewell

Nutrition Specialist, UNICEF

Abdoulaye Ka

Executive Secretary, National Council for Nutrition Development, Government of Senegal

Dr Shweta Khandelwal

Head, Nutrition Research, Public Health Foundation of India

Dr Darika Kingnate

Advisor, International Cooperation, and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Department of Disease Control Thailand MOPH

Dr Anna Lartey

Professor of Nutrition, University of Ghana

Philip Lymbery

CEO, Compassion in World Farming

Dr Leonard Mizzi

Head of Unit, European Commission

Penjani Mkambula

Global Program Lead for Food Fortification, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

Mary Mpereh

Deputy director and focal point for gender, population and social policy, National Development Planning Commission of Ghana

Ndidi Nwuneli

Managing Partner, Sahel Consulting Agriculture & Nutrition Ltd and Co-founder of AACE Foods

Stineke Oenema

Executive Secretary, UN Nutrition

Lesley Oot

Associate Director, Alive & Thrive

Dr Saskia Osendarp

Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum

Dr Helena Pachon

Senior Nutrition Scientist, Food Fortification Initiative

Dr Patrizia Fracassi

Senior Nutrition and Food Policy officer, Food and Agriculture Organization

Alissa Pries

Senior Research Advisor, Hellen Keller International

Juan Lucas Restrepo

Director General, Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

Dr Corinne Ringholz

Food Fortification Advisor, World Food Programme

Dr Juan Ángel Rivera Dommarco

Director General, National Institute of Public Health, Mexico

Dr Rajeshwari Sinha

Programme Manager, Food Safety and Toxins Programme, Centre for Science and Environment - India

Dr Heidi Stensmyren

President-elect, World Medical Association

Lucy Sullivan

Founding Executive Director, Feed the Truth

Dr Marti van Liere

Program Lead, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, MNF

Dr Rain Yamamoto

Scientist, World Health Organization

Rizwan Yusufali