Rudy Rabbinge

Roelof (Rudy) Rabbinge is emeritus research professor of Sustainable Development and Food Security at Wageningen University (WUR) and member of the High Level Panel of Experts Steering Committee of the FAO, the United Nations  Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Professional background
Rudy Rabbinge is former president of the Executive Board of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT). He was previously also member of the Task Force Biodiversity and Natural Resources and member of the Dutch Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid). He is moreover a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science and former chairman of both the InterAcademy Council and the CGIAR (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research) Science Council. In addition, Rudy Rabbinge was Director of Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa (AGRA). Professor Rabbinge has more than 300 scientific publications to his name.

Personal motto
Ecological literacy is the way to World food security and sustainable development.

Tineke Lambooy

Tineke Lambooy is researcher at the Centre for Sustainability at Nyenrode Business University, specializing in Corporate Social Responsibility and globalization. She is also lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Utrecht. She is the  initiator and lecturer of the courses Mergers & Acquisitions; Legal Aspects of Globalization and International Economic Public Law in the international masters programme International Business Law and Globalization at Utrecht University.

Professional background
Tineke Lambooy is editor of the European Company Law review journal and has worked as PhD researcher on the legal aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility at the University of Leiden. She was also initiator of the Foundation Golden Child Preparatory School, with fundraising for a secondary school in Ghana as goal. Tineke Lambooy has worked as a corporate lawyer specialized in, for instance, international transactions and privatizations. She was moreover initiator of the CSR programme Loyens & Loeff.

Her personal motto
May Summertime always be with you: let the fish keep jumpin’ and the cotton grow high!