Qualification: 

PDE - Management Development Programme at AESE Business School
GAIN - Management of Agribusiness at AESE Business School
Market Driving Strategies at the London Business School
Bachelor of Agriculture at ESACB

Goncalo Santos Andrade has been representing the Portuguese F&V sector in more than 50 countries, on four different continents, during the last eight years. Five years ago he joined the board of the Portuguese Farmers' Union where he was responsible  for all issues  concerning climate change and environment. Apart from that he has 30 years of experience concerning the soft fruit industry and other fruit and vegetables products. In 2005 he founded Lusomorango, S.A. - the 1^st Berries Producer Organization in Portugal. From 2006 to 2008 he was the vice president of FNOP - Portuguese Federation of Producers Organizations. He is the fourth generation to run the family agricultural business Casa Prudencio.

Starting with her education in food engineering, Kristine Bori has always been working with issues related to agriculture and rural development whether it was at the public administration, milk laboratory or working on a farm with her parents. With a background like that starting at the Latvian Ministry of Agriculture, she joined the Commission in 2004 and held various positiions in the area of rural development (young farmers, farm business development). In 2019, she moved on within DG AGRI to become responsible for management of fruit and vegetables support. Since 2022, she has been in charge of support provided to the fruit and vegetables sector within the framework of the CAP Strategic plans. 

Having grown up on a mountain farm in the Zillertal (Tyrol), Johannes Fankhauser received a comprehensive agricultural education, from the Rotholz Agricultural Technical School to his studies in agriculture at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna.

He is thoroughly familiar with all aspects of farmers' concerns as well as domestic agricultural policy. His professional experience includes roles at the Austria Bio Garantie certification body, as deputy chief of staff in the Ministry of Agriculture, as a market policy advisor and head of the Department of Rural Development, Education, and Advisory Services, Rural Youth and Women in Agriculture Division at the Austrian Chamber of Agriculture. Since May 2018, he has been Director-General at the Agriculture and Rural Development Section at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management.

Cyriacus Schultze is a German publicist, blogger, TEDx speaker, a long-standing member of the advisory board of Slow Food Germany and the Managing Director and founder of FOOD AND WINE CULTURE Consulting. He has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, North- and South America with a substantial background as Head of Export, Managing Director and CEO in the F&B and hospitality industry. With over 30 years of expertise and a proven track record for helping businesses achieve great results, Cyriacus Schultze and his colleagues are always in demand to identify strategies and solutions that lead toward results and growth.

Luc Vanoirbeek lives in Zepperen (Belgium), in the centre of the Belgian fruit-growing region. He has a Master's degree in Political and Social Sciences and worked for the Flemish Farmers' Union from 1986 until 2018. He spent the first years of his career as an educator in the 'Young Farmers and Rural Youth Movement. In 1988, he became the national chairman of these organisations.  In 1996, he moved to the study department of the Boerenbond as a consultant for social law. In this position, he took part in the European social dialogue in the agricultural and horticultural sector. From 2002 to 2007, he was a fruit-growing advisor and national director of the farmers' organisation in Limburg. He then returned to the research department as a horticultural advisor. He then became a European and international advisor for farmers' union. Since 2018, he has been General Secretary of the Federation of Belgian Horticultural Co-operatives (VBT) and Chairman of COPA-COGECA Fruit and Vegetables Working Group.