Mamatou Djaffo is the President of Federation Nationale des Productrices de Karité, a federation of 50 000+ women shea collectors and butter processors in Benin.
Ali is the co-founder of Salid Agriculture Nigeria Ltd, an agricultural commodities company that trades shea. He is also the Vice President of National Shea Products Association of Nigeria (NASPAN).
Elisabeth PALI-TCHALLA is the president of Filière Karité du Togo, an association of women shea collectors and butter processor in Togo. She is also the president of the Interprofession du Karité du Togo (the umbrella organization of shea stakeholders in Togo) as well as the Founder of Société Togolaise de Karité.
Laura is the Sustainability Manager for Bunge Loders Croklaan, the plant based lipids business of Bunge. Laura heads the Shea Sustainability team in West Africa responsible for the strategic development, co-ordination and implementation of the activities under Where life Grows
Mohammed is the President of the National Shea product Association of Nigeria (NASPAN) and Director General of the Niger State Commodity and Export Promotion Agency
Tom Skirrow is Director of Operations at Tree Aid International, managing the overall programme of £7m with 50 staff across UK, West Africa and Ethiopia.