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 F&V Portuguese sector in more than 50 countries, in four different continents, during the last five years. Two years ago, he joined the board of the Portuguese Farmers' Union where he was responsible  for all climate change and environmental issues. He also has 29 years of experience in the soft fruit industry and concerning other fruit and vegetables products. In 2005 he founded the 1st Berries Producer Organization in Portugal, Lusomorango, S.A. From 2006 to 2008 he was the vice president of FNOP - Portuguese Federation of Producers Organization. He is the fourth generation to run the family agricultural business Casa Prudencio.

Agronomist Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). Economic education and management and leadership courses at different business schools, such as London Business School or Georgetown, among others. Professional career developed over 18 years (1993 - 2011) at Andersen Consulting, Cap Gemini, Globeflow / Kewill Systems, Matchmind /Telvent, in business consulting and ICT technology environments, occupying various management positions.

Since 2012, Mr. Molina is the CEO of Grupo Hispatec.

Expertise in the renewable energy business

• Agri-PV system development
• Agri-PV project development and management

An internship in a solar association in 2009 was the starting point of his professional career in the field of renewable energies. During his studies Stephan Schindele worked several times for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

After completing his MBA program at the California State University East Bay (2011) he was employed as a PhD candidate and project manager at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE. There he built up the new business field of agri-photovoltaics, wrote numerous publications on the topic of Agri-PV and received several awards for his work (2012 - 2020). Between 2015 and 2020 he taught energy policy at Reutlingen University.

In 2020 Stephan Schindele joined the BayWa r.e. Solar Projects family as Head of Agri-PV. He supports the global Agri-PV market development and successfully leverages the synergies of the agricultural and energy industry.

Luc Vanoirbeek lives in Zepperen (Belgium), in the middle of the Belgian fruit region. He holds a master degree in political and social sciences and he worked for the Flemish Farmers' Union from 1986 until 2018. He spent the early years of his career as an educator in the movement for young farmers and rural youth. In 1988 he became national chairman of those organizations.  In 1996 he switched to the study department of the Boerenbond as an advisor in social legislation. In that position he took part in the European Social Dialogue in the agricultural and horticultural sector. From 2002 to 2007 he was a fruit cultivation advisor and provincial director of the farmers's union in Limburg, after which he returned to the research department as a horticultural advisor. He then became a European and international advisor for farmers' union to conclude his career in the agricultural organization as spokesman. Since 2018 he is the general secretary of the association of Belgian horticultural cooperatives (VBT) and chairman of the working party Fruit and Vegetables of COPA-COGECA.