Speakers

04 . 11 . 2025
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Frankfurt, Germany 
Registration

Meet Our Speakers

  • Tom Boots

    Trader - 
Bunge

  • Claudia Brill

    Team Leader - Feed Sector QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH

  • Dr. Tanja Busse

    Moderator

  • Susanne Fromwald

    General Secretary Donau Soja Association

  • Alexander Hissting

    Managing Director VLOG - Association Food without Genetic Engineering

  • Bertalan Kruppa

    Market Analyst - Donau Soja Organisation

  • Astarta Kyiv

    Company

  • Emese van Maanen

    Managing Director ProTerra Foundation

  • Daniele Marcomin

    CEO Agriholism & Consultant Oleificio San Giorgio

  • Rene van der Poel

    General Manager - ADM Straubing

  • Dr. Christoph Rathmann

    Government Affairs & Sustainability Manager - Bunge

  • Will Schreiber

    Co-founder & Director / Representative 3Keel Group Ltd / Retail Soy Group

  • Leif Kjetil Skjæveland

    Manager of Sustainability and Public Affairs - Skretting

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    Robert Suter

    Manager, Stakeholder Engagement - ISEAL

  • Marcus Erich Thieme

    CEO - Caramuru Alimentos S.A.

Tom Boots

Trader - 
Bunge


Tom Boots was born and raised in a small town in the Netherlands. After completing his studies in Amsterdam, he started working with Bunge six years ago. He was initially responsible for merchandising soybean meal from Bunge’s Amsterdam crushing facility, after which he moved to the Barcelona office to join the non-GMO/GMO bean sourcing team for Bunge’s European assets. He is currently based in the Netherlands, where he is responsible for bean origination, as well as coordinating non-GMO soybean meal for Europe.

Claudia Brill

Team Leader - Feed Sector QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH

Claudia Brill studied Agricultural Sciences with a focus on Animal Sciences at the Faculty of Agriculture, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn. She is currently Team Leader at QS Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH, responsible for the feed sector.

Claudia has been part of the QS team since 2006. Prior to joining QS, she worked as a Quality Management Officer in the compound feed industry. Her responsibilities at QS include leading the feed sector team, developing standards for the feed industry, collaborating internationally with other standard-setting organisations, and advancing sustainable feed initiatives – a topic that has gained increasing importance within the QS system since 2022.

Photo: Copyright Georg Schweisfurth

Dr. Tanja Busse

Moderator

Tanja Busse is a German journalist, author and moderator who specialises in agriculture, ecology and sustainability. She studied journalism and philosophy in the University of Dortmund, Bochum and at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Following a traineeship at WDR and completing her doctorate in 2000, she worked as an editor at WDR before becoming a freelance journalist in 2003. Her work has appeared in the „Süddeutsche Zeitung“, „Die Zeit“ and „Der Freitag“. 

Tanja is the author of several notable books, including „Die Wegwerfkuh“ (The Throw Away Cow) published by Blessing in 2015, and the „Das Sterben der anderen“ which deals with biodiversity loss, and in 2021 „Fleischkonsum. 33 Fragen und Antworten“ was published by Piper. 

She co-edited the essay collection „Welche Rechte braucht die Natur?“, which explores the rights of nature, with Frank Adloff. She also co-authored „Der Grund. Die neuen Konflikte um unsere Böden – und wie sie gelöst werden können“ with Christiane Grefe, which addresses the need to protect our soils.

Tanja regularly moderates public events and contributes to the national discourse on sustainability and environmental policy.

Susanne Fromwald

General Secretary Donau Soja Association

Susanne Fromwald has worked for DONAU SOJA since the very beginning in 2012. She served as expert and advisor for standard development and stakeholder discussions. Later, she became Director for Standard and Value Chain Development and in 2019, Executive Director and Regional Director for Western Europe. Today she is working as Secretary General of the Association and Project Manager for the international Protein Partnership Programme. Additionally, she is a board member of the Collaborative Soy Initiative (CSI) and Donau Soja representative in the European Non-GMO Association (ENGA) and the
European National Soy initiatives (ENSI).

Alexander Hissting

Managing Director VLOG - Association Food without Genetic Engineering

Farmer and agricultural engineer by profession. Has been promoting GMO-free agriculture, feed and food processing for 30 years in various positions. Committed to preserving transparency at the supermarket shelf and freedom of choice for consumers and businesses.

Bertalan Kruppa

Market Analyst - Donau Soja Organisation

Bertalan has been working for Donau Soja for 10 years and supporting the organisation by preparing arket reports, collecting market info and creating infographics about the non-GM soya sector. Bertalan is he editor and co-author of the Donau Soja Market Report which is the single monthly market report at a global level with a focus on the non-GM soya market. These duties enabled him to gain an in-depth nowledge of the global and European non-GM soya market.


Earlier, Bertalan broadened his professional experience at the European Commission and WUR Wageningen as well as working for the Hungarian agricultural ministry under the EU presidency. He studied agricultural economics at universities in the Netherlands and Hungary.

Astarta Kyiv

Company

ASTARTA is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding with all facilities located in Ukraine. As public European company, Astarta runs a socially responsible business, producing food and feed commodities for global markets. The company’s core business areas include crop production, sugar industry, dairy farming, soybean processing, grain logistics, and bioenergy.

With a USD 80 million investment, Astarta pioneers Ukraine’s first high-value soy protein concentrate (SPC) production. The project offers a sustainable, plant-based alternative to fishmeal for European aquaculture, contributing to marine biodiversity preservation and enhancing Ukraine’s role in the global food supply chain.

For more information, visit Agro-industrial holding “Astarta-Kyiv”

Emese van Maanen

Managing Director ProTerra Foundation

Emese van Maanen is the managing director of the ProTerra Foundation. She has a strong background in the international agricultural sector, having developed and led responsible raw material procurement, CSR and sustainability for large Europe-based agricultural cooperatives whilst simultaneously serving on the Boards of several standard organizations. 

Emese is an agricultural engineer with additional university degrees in agricultural- and animal sciences, water management, food safety and an advanced federal diploma as Foreign Trade Specialist. She also obtained a Doctor of Business Administration degree.

Daniele Marcomin

CEO Agriholism & Consultant Oleificio San Giorgio

Daniele Marcomin is an experienced consultant with over two decades of work in the agri-food industry. He has developed specialised expertise in the edible beans sector, Non-GMO soybean crushing and trading. His work also includes in-depth market analysis with a focus on Non-GMO and organic supply chains. Daniele supports clients by providing strategic insights across the agricultural value chain, promoting sustainable, traceable, and responsible sourcing practices.

Rene van der Poel

General Manager - ADM Straubing

René van der Poel has over 40 years’ experience in the oil mill industry and has been a key figure in advancing sustainable, GMO-free supply chains in Europe. In his role as General Manager at ADM, one of the world’s leading nutrition companies, he offers valuable insights into the operational and strategic aspects of sustainable sourcing.

At this year’s Non-GM Soy Conference, René will share his perspective on the practical realities behind sustainability commitments and the long-term vision needed to make them credible.

Dr. Christoph Rathmann

Government Affairs & Sustainability Manager - Bunge

Dr. Christoph Rathmann was born and raised on a farm in Schleswig-Holstein. He pursued a degree in Agricultural Sciences with a focus on Agricultural Economics in Kiel and Uppsala, completing his PhD in 2007. Since then, he has held various roles at Bunge, including Trading Manager for Proteins in Southeast Asia, based in Singapore, and Senior Proteins Trader specialising in soybean trade in Germany and Northern Europe. Since 2019, Dr. Rathmann has served as Government Affairs & Sustainability Manager. He is also a board member and Chair of the Government Affairs & Sustainability at OVID, the German Oilseed Industry Association.

Will Schreiber

Co-founder & Director / Representative 3Keel Group Ltd / Retail Soy Group

Will has been the Representative of the Retail Soy Group since 2019 to address a sector-wide gap in the demand for sustainably produced soya. He is also a Founding Director at 3Keel Group Limited where he developed the sustainable commodities business unit. In his career spanning nearly two decades he has advised business, governments and the third sector on sustainability issues while being the key advisor for some of the world’s biggest businesses and financial institutions on building low impact, resilient supply chains and portfolios. In 2017 he launched 3Keel Data Services to support deforestation and sustainable commodity mapping within indirect downstream supply chains for soy and palm oil.

Leif Kjetil Skjæveland

Manager of Sustainability and Public Affairs - Skretting

Leif Kjetil Skjæveland is Skretting’s manager for sustainability in Norway and is part of the official steering group for the Norwegian government’s mission on sustainable feed. He works extensively with raw material challenges in both the supplier and retail sectors, as well as Skretting’s projects involving novel and circular ingredients. Skjæveland has ten years in the aquaculture industry with a background from scientific writing, journalism sustainability and marketing & branding.

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Robert Suter

Manager, Stakeholder Engagement - ISEAL

Robert Suter joined ISEAL in 2023 and is responsible for Stakeholder Engagement. In his
role he builds bridges between companies, sustainability systems and their changing
regulatory environment. Previously, Robert held various roles at the intersection of trade,
finance and public policy at a Swiss government agency.

Marcus Erich Thieme

CEO - Caramuru Alimentos S.A.

Marcus Thieme holds a degree in economics from University Mackenzie, Brazil (1995), an specialization in applied economics from FIPE/FEA USP (1998) and an MBA (except dissertation) from SMU, Canada (1999-2001) and an MBA in ESG from IBMEC (2024, Brazil). Throughout his career, he held positions related to capital markets, at Banco BTG Pactual (92 to 98); at RBC Capital Markets (2001-2007); at Vale S.A (2007-2009). From 2011-2017 at Tereos Internacional S.A, was responsible for the Investor Relations area. Between 2018 and 2019 he served as IRO at Bunge Açúcar e Bionergia. Since 2021, he leads the Investor Relation Director/ESG areas at Caramuru Alimentos S.A and Finance. In the end of 2024, he assumed the position of CEO of Caramuru Alimentos S.A.

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