Who's Who in Halal

Ihsan Ovut

Secretary General of Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC)

Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic Countries (SMIIC)

Abdullah Haron

Deputy Secretary General

Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)

Airlangga Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs

Government of Indonesia

Anggoro Eko Cahyo

President Director

Bank Syariah Indonesia

Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development

Government of Malaysia

Destry Damayanti

Senior Deputy Governor

Bank Indonesia

Dr. Hamid Slimi

President

Council of Imams

Honourable Senator Dato' Setia Dr. Haji Mohd Na'im bin Haji Mokhtar

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Malaysia

Ivan Meyer

Minister of Agriculture, Economic Development and Tourism

Western Cape

Marwan Ahmad

President

American Halal Council & Arabesque Media

Mohamad Ali Iqbal Abdul Khalid

Assistant Governor

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)

Mohd Rizal

Group Executive Chairman

Euro Jasmine Holding Sdn Bhd, Malaysia

Perry Warjiyo

Governor

Bank Indonesia

RJ Sigurdson

Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation

Alberta

Saleh Lootah

Chairman

UAE Food Cluster

Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz

Minister of Investment, Trade & Industry

Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry (MITI)

Trevor Jones

Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness

Ontario

YBhg. Dato' Dr. Sirajuddin bin Suhaimee

Director General, Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM)

Zamir Iqbal

Vice President, Finance and CFO

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

Hyojin Hwang

CEO

Ojina

Hyunsoo Kim

Chef

Ojina

Iszam Bin Padil

Senior Principal Assistant Director, Halal Management Division, JAKIM

Jaeseok Jeong

External Affairs Director

Ojina

Jiwon Hwang

Sous-chef

Ojina

Khaled Ismail

CEO

Toughlove Advisors

Kinda Ibrahim

Regional GM, Operations & Marketing - Middle East, Africa, Turkiye, Pakistan & South Asia

TikTok

Kyung Soo Moon

Culinary Director

Sunset Hospitality

Luigi Gerosa

Owner and Executive Director

GWG FZ LLE

Mohammed Ali Alsheikh

SMIIC Secretariat

SMIIC, Turkiye

Neil Gibson

Commercial Head

Spinneys

Riad Al Mawass

General Manager - Levant Foods & Beverages

PepsiCo Middle East

Aarti Kochhar Kaji

Co-Founder & CEO

Taali

Abbyas Shlyaposhnikov

Chairman, Halal Standard Committee of the Muslim Religious Board of the Republic of Tatarstan

Muslim Religious Board of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Abdul Kadir Hussain

Arqaam Capital

Abdulatef Ahmed Nesr

Life Science Department, Graduate School of Basic Sciences

Libyan Academy for Graduate Studies, Libya

Abdulaziz Fahad Alrushodi

CEO

Saudi Halal Center, Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Alotaibi

Founder and CEO, Nabt

Abdullah Zeini Jefri

Division Director, GCC International Finance Corporation

World Bank Group

Abdulrahman A. Al-Romaizan

Investment Department Director, Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON)

Abhishek Dev

Chairman

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

Afzal Hussain Mohammed Nakheeb

Founder, Chairman, and Head of Strategy

T57

Ahmad Shamieh

General Partner

Homegrown Ventures

Ahmed Purdić

Fatwa-i emin, Envoy of the Grand Mufti

Ahmer Ashraf

Co-founder

SavFood

Alberto Aguilar

Co-Founder & CEO

Plantaform

Aldin Dugonjic

Chief Development Officer

The Bridge, Croatia

Alena Kavalchuk

Supply Chain Director

MAIR Group

Alessio D'Antino

CEO

Forward Fooding

Alex Mayers

Managing Director

The Good Food Institute Europe

Alex Shandrovsky

Investor Relations & Co-Founder

Ayana Bio & Food Tech Weekly

Alex Worker

Founder, President

Nutrition from Water (NXW)

Alexander Ward

CEO, Food Future Group

Alfred Whitman

Global Vice President - Vertical Lead - Perishables

DP World

Aliyu Umar Waziri

Administrative Assistant

Islamic University in Uganda, Uganda

Almuhannad Al Balushi

Co-Founder & CTO

Zabonex

Amath Pathe Sene

Managing Director

Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF)

Amel Mohammed Abdallaha

Technical Advisor

SMIIC, Turkiye

Amihilda J. Sangcopan

Undersecretary

Department of Agrarian Reform

Andrea Bellini

Andrés Ponce Olías

Managing Director

Tilda International (Ebro Foods)

Anshu Gupta

Director, Public Policy & Public Affairs

APCO MENA

Anthea Ayache

Founder

The Ethicalist

Anum Ishaq

Assistant Professor, School of Food and Agricultural Sciences (SFAS)

University of Management and Technology, Pakistan

Aqib Khan

Founder

TruePixel Group

Arij Baidas

Founder

Yufeed

Arya Rangga Yogasati

Director, Department of Payment System Policy

Bank Indonesia

Asad Sajjad

CEO

Halal Development Council (HDC), Pakistan

Aslan Sultanov

Founding Partner & CEO

White Hill Capital

Asrar Damdam

Founder & CEO, Uvera Inc.

Assem Abdrimova

Adviser to the Minister of Agriculture

Republic of Kazakhstan

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mahbubi Ali

Deputy Dean Research, IIUM Institute of Islamic Banking and Finance; Member of Dewan Shariah, MUI

Athar Hussain Khokhar

Director General Agri Division

Trade Development Authority of Pakistan

Attiya Ahmad

Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

George Washington University

Aurimas Bagdanavicus

Avinash Joshi

Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Government of India

Awais Malik

General Manager, Regional Head of Cloud Kitchen

Talabat

Awal Fuseini

Senior Halal Manager

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, UK

Azhar Tambuwala

Executive Director

Sahyadri Farms Post Harvest Care

Bader Ayed Al Qarni

Director of Health Specialties Programs, Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacy

Jeddah First Health Cluster, Saudi Arabia

Bahaa Salam

Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer

Al Salem Holding

Balki Radhakrishnan

VP, Global Emerging Markets

General Mills

Baranidharan Pacha

CEO

Transgreen Agro & Logix

Bashar Al Natoor

Fitch Ratings

Beatriz Jacoste Lozano

CEO

KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub

Ben Leyka

CEO

Africa Agri Council

Ben Salah Soussi Ahlem

Researcher, Faculty of Sciences Sfax

University of Sfax, Tunisia

Bertrand Favre

VP and Managing Director UAE, Oman, Qatar

Arla Foods

Biljana Đilas

Vindija Group

Bodie Lazar

Managing Director

BODIE'z Protein Water

Boyd Termpornpakdeekul

Bruce Woolner

Director

Kai Gourmet Foodstuff Supply LLC

Cécile Béliot

CEO

Groupe Bel

Chef Boy Logro

Live cooking demonstrations

Chef Tahir

Live cooking demonstrations

Chris DeArmitt

President

Phantom Plastics

Christian Pichler

Managing Director

GERBER-RAUTH Srl

Clara Moura Guedes

Claude Bizimana

CEO

National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB)

Dadang Muljawan

Executive Director, Department of Islamic Economics and Finance

Bank Indonesia

Dafinah Ahmed Hilmi

Chief Executive Officer

Hong Leong Islamic Bank

Dan Ghadimi

Founder

Bowimi

Dane Hague

CEO & Co-Founder

MyLand

Daniel Bennett

Global Head of Behavioural Science

Ogilvy

Daniel Khachab

Co-Founder & CEO

Choco

Daniel Siebert

CEO

Plantsalt

Dato' Hairil Yahri Yaacob

Secretary General

Ministry of Investment, Trade & Industry (MITI)

Defri Andri

Deputy Commissioner

Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK)

Dhaliff G. Anuar

Head of Halal Consultancy and Advisory

Halal Development Corporation (HDC)

Dhruv Dhawan

General Manager

FSL/Nadura

Dhruv Kohli

Founder

Boba Bhai

Dhruv Shanker

CEO

Kash Kounter

Diego Canga Fano

Dimas Kresnariadi T

Head of Treasury Syariah

Maybank Indonesia

Dirhem Abdo Saeed

Group Chairman

HSA Group

Don Ebubeogu

Managing Director

Tiger Foods Limited

Dr. Bryan Tracy

Co-Founder & CEO, Superbrewed Food

Dr. Chetan Parmar

Dr. Flavia Fayet-Moore

Dr. Maha Tahiri

CEO & Founder, Nutrition Sustainability Strategies

Dr. Martin Bem

Dr. Michael Lakeman

Dr. Mohd Farid bin Mohd Shahran

Principal Fellow (Director), Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)

Dr. Phontakorn Wongcharoen

Dr. Timothy Graham

CEO, Topian — Aqua Culture Company

Ebru Tuygun

CEO

GVGL Marketing Management

Edward Hamod

CEO

Switch Foods

Eka Nilam Dari

President Director

PT Airpay International Indonesia

Ella Ukkonen

Marketing Manager

onego.bio

Emil Fazira

Emre Kizil

Biogenetics and Food Laboratory

Turkish Standards Institute, Turkiye

Eric Dartige du Fornet

Head of Commercial - New Business

Pernod Ricard Middle East

Erich Sieber

Co-Founder and General Partner

Peakbridge VC

Erik Yang

Founder & CEO

Digitaste

Erika Doyle

Founder & MD

Drink Dry

Erin Grover

Carbon Expert, Working Group for Carbon & Blockchain

World Economic Forum

Evie Tan

Ezmir Hazizi Azhar

Corporate Affairs Director

Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad

Faranak Farahmand Pour

Director, Global Strategic Initiatives

Google

Fatih Kanca

President

Diyanet Center of America, USA

Fatma Betul Tellioglu Gul

System Supervisor, Halal Product Application and Research Center

Lokman Hekim University, Turkiye

Fatma G. Unay

Researcher, Economics

Istanbul University, Turkiye

Fellicia Kristianti

Floriana Cimmarusti

Secretary General

SAFE - Safe Food Advocacy Europe

Fouad Hayel Saeed Anam

Chairman & Group CEO

Pacific Inter-Link Sdn Bhd

George Bos

Founder

The Natural Bottle

Gerry Connolly

U.S. Representative (D-VA)

U.S. House of Representatives

Ghadeer Makki

Director, R&D

fairlife

Ghiyath Nakshbendi

Professor

American University, Washington DC

Grace Meng

U.S. Representative (D-NY)

U.S. House of Representatives

Grace S. Thomson

AI Policy Clinic Director

Center for AI and Digital Policy (CAIDP)

Graham Style

Lead EMEA Protein Price Analyst

S&P Global Energy, Platts

H. Rumeysa Kucukoner

Associate Professor, Faculty of Theology

Dicle University, Turkiye

H.E. Eng. Moteb Al-Mezani

Director General of the GCC Accreditation Center (GAC)

H.E. Sheikh Dr. Nazir Mohammed Ayyad

Grand Mufti of Egypt (TBC)

Habib Alshammari

Director of Corporate Communications, Agriculture Development Fund (ADF)

Habibulloh

Senior Planner, Directorate General of Industrial Resilience, Region and International Industrial Access

Ministry of Industry Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia

Hafiz Ubaid ur Rahman

Associate Professor, School of Food and Agricultural Sciences

University of Management and Technology, Pakistan

Haim Ben Hayim

CRO

AKA Foods Netherlands BV

Haitham Al-Sayed

Regional Manager

Saturna/Amana Mutual

Hamed Abdulwahab

Support & Programs Execution Sr. Specialist, Local Content & Government Procurement Authority

Hamza Ates

Professor

Istanbul Medeniyet University, Turkiye

Hanif Ghulam

CEO

Affin Hwang Investment Bank

Harlina Suzana Jaafar

Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Technology and Supply Chain Management, Faculty of Business and Management

Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia

Harsh Wardhan

Fellow

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Hasan Salah

Supply Chain & Procurement Director

Sunbulah Group

Hassan Halawy

CEO

Elite Argo Projects

Hassan Naja

Director Regional Commercial Excellence MENA

Arla Foods

Haythem Riahi

Founder and CEO

Circa Biotech

Hebah Abbas

Chairwoman, Sustainability Committee

Kuwait Water Association

Hemen Ruparel

CEO

Samex India Pvt. Ltd

Hesham Yehia Abd El Hakim

Acting CEO

Emirates Industry for Camel Milk and Products

Hichem Bouqniss

Executive Director

International Islamic Liquidity Management Corporation (IILM)

Hirander Misra

Chairman & CEO

GMEX Group & ZERO13

Ikuto Hongu

CEO

Halal Navi Co., Ltd, Japan

Iman Ali

Consultant

DinarStandard

Imran Pasha

Director General

National Institute of Food Science & Technology (NIFSAT), Pakistan

Irene Madeje Mlola

Director General

Cereals and Other Produce Regulatory Authority (COPRA)

Irwandi Jaswir

Professor

International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART), Malaysia

Ismet Kalić

Rector, FINRA University Tuzla

Iwan Jaya Aziz

Professor

Cornell University

Jack Bobo

Executive Director

UCLA Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies

Jackson Engunda Essandja

Managing Director

Boma Nzala

Jad Haj Chahine

Senior Consultant

Frost & Sullivan

Jad Neaime

General Manager - Middle East & Africa

Kerry

Jake Auchincloss

U.S. Representative (D-MA)

U.S. House of Representatives

Jake Berber

Co-Founder & CEO

Prefer

Jana Majzoub

Founder

Behind My Meals

Jason Spaziante

Managing Editor

SPG Global

Javier Duque

Corporate R&D Startup Lead - Open Innovation

Nestlé

Jawad Alzeer

Jawaid Akram

Department of Botany (ISHU), Faculty of Science

University of Karachi, Pakistan

Jayatheertha Chary

Deputy Managing Director

Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd

Jayen Sharadchandra Mehta

Managing Director

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) - AMUL

Jean Stoll

Global Head of Protein & Dairy

A.P. Moller - Maersk

Jens Michel

CEO

Abu Dhabi Food Hub

Jingang Shi

CTO

EPC Flavoring

Johannes Monodowafa Mashaba

Strategic Advisor to the Minister, Office of the Minister of Agriculture

Republic of South Africa

Johnny Drain

CEO

Hypesound.it

Jose Francisco Fernández Serna

CEO

e-motionfoods

K B Balmurali

COO

Transworld

Kadrija Hodžić

Professor

Kalyn Rozanski

Founder & CEO

Hypersights Lab

Karim Benvenuto

President

Italy Muslim Friendly, Italy

Karin Miller

CEO

Bon Vegan

Kartika Listriana

Director General of Marine Spatial Planning

Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, Indonesia

Katie Chambers

International MC and Broadcast Journalist

Kelvin Ng

Kemal Sejranic

Head of department for certification and analysis

Agency for Halal Quality Certification, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kerem Erikci

Co Founder

tarla.io

Keziban Yalap

Biogenetics and Food Laboratory

Turkish Standards Institute, Turkiye

Khadiyatoulah Fall

Honorary Professor of the Intercultural Research Chair (CERII)

University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, Senegal

Khalid AlJarwan AlShamsi

Executive Vice President - Commercial & Corporate Services Sector

Dubai Chambers

Kristin Veriga

CEO and Founder

Karmic Global

Laura Lukasik

President and Founder

Numen Bio

Leandro Buchmann

Head of Bioprocessing

Bühler AG

Leonard Ariff Abdul Shatar

Group Managing Director & Executive Director

Duopharma Biotech Berhad

Lucio Cicerelli

Director of Open Innovation & Technical Excellence

pladis Global

Luigi Tozzi

Deputy Director

SAFE - Safe Food Advocacy Europe

Luke Tay

Luqman Hariz

Moderator

M Ashraf Ali Farooqui

CEO

International Halal Inspection and Certification (IHIC), Pakistan

Madam Izwatul Jannah binti Abd Latif

Malaysia Halal Council Secretariat, JAKIM

Madam Nur Alyssa Caroline Yussin

Director, Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC)

Madiha Saeed

President

International Institute of Islamic Medicine

Mahdewi Silky

Trade Attaché

Embassy of Indonesia

Mahir Jameel

Lecturer, Islamic Studies Department

Govt. MAO College, Lahore, Pakistan

Mahmoud Tatari

CEO, Halal Control LTD

Mamadou Ndiaye

CEO of Appsaya; Founder of Wasabih

Appsaya

Manoj Kumar Agarwal

Investor

SEAFUND

Marc Oshima

CEO

Oshima Good Food

Marina Epifanceva

Deputy Chief Executive

Tatarstan Investment Development Agency

Mario Ubiali

Founder and CEO

Thimus

Marium Husain

President

Islamic Medical Association

Mark Titterington

Mark Warner

Co-Founder and CEO, Liberation Labs

Martin Hablesreiter

Architect and Food Design Pioneer

honey & bunny

Martin Kennedy

Marwa Abouelseoud

General Manager

Alexandria Angels

Mary Gukasyan

Managing Director, Middle East and Africa

The Kraft Heinz Company

Mathias Behn Bjornhof

Futurist & Founder, ANTICIPATE

Mathieu Chaumont

Matthew Cutts

R&D VP Europe, India, Middle East and Africa

Griffith Foods

Matthew Reid

Matthew Singh

Head of Investment

Emirates Growth Fund

Max Leveau

Founding Partner & COO

Forward Fooding

Maxim Haartsen

Co-founder & CEO

ejaby.io

Mayor Isko Moreno

Day 3 keynote

Mazen Rizk

Founder & CEO

Infinite Roots

Megumi Avigail Yoshitomi

President

Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture

Meifan Shi

Co-Managing Partner

Waterpoint Lane

Melissa Chin

Host

Mian N. Riaz

Professor of Food Diversity

Texas A&M University, USA

Mian Riaz

Professor, Texas A&M University

Michiel Bakker

President

The Culinary Institute of America

Mike Hecker

Founder & CEO

BE WTR

Milad Talebian

Mindy Yang

Co-Founder & CEO

World Taste & Smell Association

Mira El Ghaziri

Managing Director

HealthyPath

Miriam Wolk

Chief Membership Officer

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA)

Mohamad Itani

CEO

United Foods Company (PJSC)

Mohamed Althaf

Group Director, Global Operations & CSO

Lulu Group International

Mohamed Salah

CMO

Microsoft UAE

Mohamed Shaji

Aquaculture Expert & Former Joint Director

MPEDA, India

Mohammad Rahim Shahzad

Assistant Researcher

SESRIC, Turkiye

Mohammed Junaid Quddos

Category Manager

Safco International

Mohammed Yusif

Investment Director

Shahia Investments

Morecome Mumba

High Commissioner of Zambia to Malaysia

High Commission of Zambia

Mr Ala Mustapha

Co-host

Mr. Hussalmizzar bin Hussain

Senior Director (Standardisation), Department of Standard Malaysia (DSM)

Mr. Khairul Anam bin Che Rani

Malaysia Halal Council Secretariat, JAKIM

Mr. Mauritius Wijffels

Lawyer, Middle East Legal and Business Advice

Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq

CEO, Amanah Halal Research Centre

Mr. Muhyidin bin Aziz @ Saari

Director, Halal Management Division, JAKIM

Mr. Murk Muller

Lawyer

Mr. Said Elamraoui

CEO, Hadj Info

Mustafa Hamurcu

Industrial Engineer, Faculty of Islamic Science

Kirikkale University, Turkiye

Mustafa Hasani

Dean, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo

Mustafa Zaffer

CEO

OpenFarming

Nadav Berger

Founder & Managing Partner

Peakbridge VC

Nader Amiri

Managing Partner

Homegrown Ventures

Nadia Swan

Independent Broadcast Journalist

Nadir Saigol

Managing Director

SMITHS Saigol and Gulf

Naeem Shahid

Director General

International Islamic Institute of Halal, Cultural, Social and Spiritual Sciences (IHCS), Pakistan

Naif M. Al-Duraywish

Partnerships and Products General Department, Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON)

Najwa Mohamad

Head of Quality, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology & Industry, Faculty of Pharmacy

University of Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Natalie Lindo

International Journalist & Event Host

Naveed Dowlatshahi

COO

Gastronomica ME

Nazli Berberoglu

Country Manager - UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar

The Coca-Cola Company

Neha Jamani Dhawan

Culinary Medicine Chef & Co-Founder

Nadura Foods

Niall Hoey

Vice President & Director of Clusters MEA

SIG

Nihad Awad

Executive Director and Co-founder

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

Nisa Muhammad

Assistant Dean for Religious Life

Howard University

Nouran Ezzeldin

Founder & CEO

Granos Oros for Global Agribusiness Solutions and Export

Nureesun Mahamud

Halal Science Center, Chulalongkorn University

Olga Bezukladova

Head of Regional Innovation, SAMEA

Givaudan

Oliver Lépine

CEO

Brad Technology

Olivia Smith

Olivier Leblan

Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Ghassan Aboud Holding

Olympia Yarger

CEO

Goterra

Omar Khan

Head - Research and Data Department

Dubai Chambers

Osama Gamal El Din

General Manager, Nestlé Central Arabia

Pascal Ruzius

Managing Partner

Cibus Nexum

Passant El-Ghannam

Marketing Director MEA

Kraft Heinz

Pej Prapakittikun

Peter Unger

Vice President & Principal Consultant at IQEIS; President Emeritus of A2LA

IQEIS

Phattarasuda Namthongthai

Phd. Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh

CEO, International Institute for Research and Development of Special Interest Tourism

Phil Lempert

Founder, CEO and Editor

SupermarketGuru

Pornpimol Mahamad

Halal Science Center, Chulalongkorn University

Prabodh Halde

Head Global Regulatory, Public Policy & Advocacy

Marico Limited

Prof. Henrik von Scheel

Industry 4.0 Originator, Strategist & Futurist

Quintin Gray

Former Agriculture Counselor

U.S. Embassies

Raeda Hamra

Award-winning Investigative Reporter/News Anchor

Rafiuddin Shikoh

CEO

DinarStandard

Raghav Agrawal

CEO

Dabur International LTD

Rahmatullah

Executive Director of Reserve Management

Bank Indonesia

Rami Habbal

CEO

GS1 UAE

Ramzi Kuhail

General Manager - Fruits and Vegetables Market

DP World

Ramzi Stephan

Senior Franchise Director Gulf

PepsiCo

Rana Sengupta

CEO

Al Kabeer - Group Savola

Randolph Breschini

Senior Consultant & Advisor

REB International

Rania Abou Samra

Vice President of Innovation and R&D, Nestlé MENA

Ranjit Ajit Singh

FSAP Mission Chief

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Raweewan Puenhuan

Rebecca McLaughlin-Eastham

Independent TV Anchor (Former CNBC & Bloomberg)

Euronews

Reem El Shafaki

Partner

DinarStandard

Rehan Saeed

Vice President

AYA Financial Inc.

Renee Born

International MC and Presenter

Revathi Sharma Kollegala

Advisor, Office of the CEO

CIFOR-ICRAF

Richard Dean

Director

Roar Media

Rinata Ilyubayeva

CEO

Tumar Innovation Hub

Rob Hall

Roberto Vitón

Managing Director

Valoral Advisors

Rod Solaimani

MENA Partnership & Policy Lead

OpenAI

Rodrigo Ramirez

Founder & CEO

Numen.Bio

Roger Franz Wilfinger

COO & Co-Founder

KA-EX

Rohaizad Bin Hassan

General Manager, Food Safety & Defense

Yildiz Holding, Turkiye

Roland Wirth

Managing Director

Frigotec

Rory Paterson

Co-Founder and CEO

XOXO Soda

Ruba Al-Thawabeia

Chairperson, SMIIC TC2 on Halal Cosmetics

SMIIC, Jordan

Russell Parry

Director

Advanced Food Safety Limited

Saaed Ahmed Hama

Head, Food Safety Organization Kurdistan Region

Food Safety Organization

Sacide Tuba Barkcin

Professional Communicator

Turkiye

Saeed AlSuwaidi

Founding Executive Director, OneCamel

Sally Mousa

Senior Presenter

Forbes Middle East

Salman Abedin

Instructor

triOS College

Samer Elesawi

Head of Islamic Development Bank Center of Excellence Kuala Lumpur

Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)

Sami Bejjani

Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

Kitopi

Sandhya Sriram

Sara Tosti

Sascha Louise Dutta

Founder

Foodpreneurs Collective

Satish Kumar Sivan

Consul General of India to Dubai and the Northern Emirates

Consulate General of India

Satomi Ohgata

Professor of International Studies, Faculty of Contemporary Business

Kyushu International University, Japan

Sayed Arif Ali Shah Alhusaini

General Manager

Halal Certification, Testing and Research Services (HCTRS), Pakistan

SeauYeen Su

Sebastián Popik

Founder and Managing Partner

Aqua Capital

Seda Solmaz

CEO & Founder

Idea Atelier

Sedat Yuksel

Associate Professor, Tourism Faculty

Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkiye

Semi Hakim

Co-Founder & CEO

Kok Projekt

Sepehr Achard

COO & Co-Founder

Agtech Media Group, iGrownews

Shail Khiyara

CEO

Swarm

Sharon Cittone

Founder & CEO

Edible Planet Ventures

Sharoon Saleem

Co-Founder

Salesflo

Sherif Deif

Executive Director

Rich Wings General Trading

Siddik Turhalli

Co-Founder

Cravies

Sidi Ragi

New Vertical Solution Director

Centric Software

Silvi Mustikawati

Director

Indonesia Trade Promotion Center

Simon Hugh Miller

Regulatory Specialist

Abu Dhabi Quality and Conformity Council

Sky Kurtz

Founder & CEO

Pure Harvest Farms

Sophie Attwood

Behavioral Scientist

Behavior Global

Sophie Chogovadze

Head of Marketing ME

The Wendy's Company

Soumaya El Hamdi

Director

Halal Travel Guide

Soumaya T. Hamdi

Director

Halal Travel Guide, UK

Stephan van Sint Fiet

CEO

Vivici

Suhas Patel

Founder & CEO

Tvarit GmbH

Sule Aslantas

Biogenetics and Food Laboratory

Turkish Standards Institute, Turkiye

Sumeyye Aktas

Halal Product Development Program, Institute of Health Sciences

Lokman Hekim University, Turkiye

Suraiya Abdul Rahman

Dean, Faculty of Pharmacy

University College MAIWP International (UCMI), Malaysia

Suvangi Rath

Fellow

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Syed Muhammad Abubakar

Resident Shariah Board Member

Dubai Islamic Bank, Pakistan

Taha Ghayyur

SVP

Sound Vision Canada

Tanuchporn Pongsuttiyakorn

Tarek El Houby

Chairman

National Food Safety Authority (NFSA), Egypt

Tarek El Kady

Co-founder and Chairman

Alex Angels

Teddie Levenfiche

Co-Founder

PerfectTed

Tharwat Mamdouh Al-Bataineh

Thirach Rungruang

Thomas Neuburger

Managing Director & Owner

Neuburger Fleischlos

Thomas Ullram

Global Marketing Director Taste & Wellbeing

Givaudan

Tolga Gündüz

CEO

Banvit A.S

Tony Hunter

Tony Meghabghab

Founder & CEO, MEPEQ

Turki Alsabbar

Co-Founder & CEO, La Vanoise

Uma Valeti

Founder and CEO

UPSIDE Foods

Usman Mir Khan

Ph.D. Food Technology, National Institute of Food Science and Technology

University of Agriculture, Pakistan

Ustaz Husaini Mahmur

Quran Reciter

Valeria Csukasi

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Government of Uruguay

Vera Carvalho

Business Development Director

PFx Biotech

Victor Aigbogun

Technical Director

Camelicious

Vipul Jain

Head of Commercial

Cellular Agriculture

Visit Limlurcha

Vice Chairman

The Thai Chamber of Commerce

Waleed Jahangir

Executive Director

British Trade Association / Salam Booking / Muslim Travel Show, UK

Walid Bakr

Head of Strategy & Business Development — Middle East & Africa, Bühler Group

Wasantha Samarasinghe

Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security, and Cooperative Development

Government of Sri Lanka

William Bao Bean

Managing General Partner

Orbit Ventures

Yarne De Munck

CEO

Polysense

Yasin Zülfikaroğlu

SMIIC Secretariat

Yasir Memon

Co-founder

Salesflo

Yayat Taryadi

Head of Foreign Investment

Badan Pengelola Keuangan Haji (BPKH) Indonesia

Younjae Jung

Chief Business Strategist

Unione

Yousef Alshabnan

Senior Project Manager, Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources

Yousuf A.R. Khan

CEO

SANHA Halal Associates Pakistan, Pakistan

Yousuf Saleem

CEO, Al Barakah Dates

Zafer Soylu

Chairman of the Board of Directors of HAK (Halal Accreditation Agency)

Halal Accreditation Agency (HAK), Turkiye

Zain Shamsi

Chief Commercial Officer

Salesflo

Zeelaf Munir

Managing Director & CEO

English Biscuit Manufacturers (EBM)