DSF Multi-stakeholder Advisory Council
Multi-stakeholder Advisory Council (ADCO)
- Is a resource for Governors to both challenge and source solutions to DSF related sustainability challenges.
- Is a ‘sounding board’ for Governors when evolving the DSF model.
- Members are specifically selected from a range of stakeholder groups identified by the DSF as having an interest in the sustainable development of the sector.
- Has two physical meetings per annum (One with the DSF Governors) and other ‘calls’ as and when required.
- May be required at times to provide input if requested by the EWG or the DSF Development Group.
- Is chaired by the DSF Governor representing the International Dairy Federation, providing a direct link to the Governors.
- Undertakes regular reviews to ensure the ADCO has the necessary stakeholder input.
- Also operates as the ADCO for the Sustainable Dairy Partnership based on their understanding of the fundamentals of the DSF.
Gilles Froment
Gilles Froment
ADCO Chair IDF PresidentMr. Froment was elected President of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) in October 2024 for a 4-year term after serving on the Board of Directors from 2020 to 2024 including the last 2 years as IDF Treasurer. Before that, he was Chair of the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policy and Economics from 2014 to 2020. He is also Chair of the IDF-IDF Canadian National Committee.
Mr. Froment is the Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations at Lactalis Canada Inc. He joined Lactalis Canada in 2016 and is a member of the Executive Team responsible for overseeing milk supply, regulatory affairs, trade, internal and external communications as well as relations with dairy farmers, government, industry stakeholders and associations.
Mr. Froment is a senior and recognized leader with almost 30 years of experience in the dairy sector. He held positions with farmer organization, processor and government. He serves as an executive member on various industry Boards and associations including the Dairy Processors Association of Canada (DPAC) where he chairs the Policy Committee and is the current Chair of the Ontario Dairy Council (ODC).
Gilles holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Montreal as well as an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from McGill University. He grew up on the family farm near Joliette, Quebec, Canada.
Beth Bradley
Beth Bradley
Chief Science Officer Global Dairy PlatformBeth advances dairy research and education through public-private partnerships that aim to protect and promote dairy in the global marketplace. Her breadth of experience ranges from the laboratory to health policy initiatives. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Vermont where she teaches courses in nutrition and food sciences.
Dr. Bradley joined GDP from Foodsense, LLC, a consulting firm, where over a period of 9 years she helped clients translate nutrition science for policy initiatives. Prior to founding Foodsense, she was Director of Scientific Affairs at National Dairy Council (Dairy Management, Inc.) where she led the scientific outreach strategy for translating dairy science for industry, academic, government, and health professional thought leaders, globally. Dr. Bradley also spent a few years in quality assurance at Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Holdings, Inc.
Beth earned her PhD in Animal, Nutrition and Food Sciences from the University of Vermont by investigating the role of dairy fat in cardiometabolic health. She resides in Burlington, VT.
Anke Ehlers
Anke Ehlers
Aldi South GroupAnke Ehlers, Managing Director International Sustainability ALDI SOUTH Group
Anke is Managing Director International Sustainability at ALDI SOUTH Group since 2019. She is reporting to the International Chief Commercial Officer.
She is responsible for delivering ALDI SOUTH Group’s ambitious Global Sustainability Strategy across Climate & Nature, Livelihoods, Packaging & Waste and Health, working with a global team of more than 180 people. Having joined ALDI SOUTH Group in 2010, Anke has worked in several countries, working and leading teams in Germany, Austria, Bangladesh and Hong Kong. Anke has almost two decades of deep, hands-on experience in sustainability in global businesses. Before joining ALDI, she gained valuable experience working in the German Parliament and the global sustainability department of the BMW Group.
Anke has recently been nominated Top 100 CSO and received the CSO Peer Award. She is a proud mother of three children.
Brian Maughan
Brian Maughan
RabobankBrian Maughan is an Executive Director with the Financial Advisory and Solutions Team in Rabobank, based at its office in Dublin, Ireland. Brian is a part of a multi-disciplinary global team which services Rabobank’s wholesale food and agri client base as a trusted advisor and corporate finance solution provider. Brian has worked with Rabobank since 2005 and throughout that time has worked with the bank’s clients to develop and execute tailored solutions to address their more complex financing needs. He has extensive experience working with dairy sector clients in Europe, developing solutions across a range of areas such as working capital financing, strengthening cooperative capital and farmer finance programs.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Limerick, a Graduate Diploma in Accounting from Dublin City University and is an Associate of the Irish Tax Institute. He previously worked as a tax consultant with PwC in Dublin and London and as a European Tax Manager with General Electric.
Donald Moore
Donald Moore
DSF Chairman Global Dairy PlatformDonald is the Executive Director of the Global Dairy Platform (GDP), based in Chicago USA, and serves as Chairman of the Dairy Sustainability Framework, as a leader of the Pathways to Dairy Net Zero initiative, and as a member of the UN Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (GASL) Guiding Group. He is the past Chairman of the International Agri-Food Network (IAFN) and the Private Sector Mechanism (PSM) to the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS).
Before joining GDP in 2010, Donald spent 10 years with Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. in a variety of roles including Managing Director, Oceania; Director, Business Development and Director, Ingredients Marketing. While with Fonterra Donald represented the cooperative on the boards of many of its joint venture businesses in Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Europe.
Prior to his involvement in the dairy sector, Donald spent 10 years as Chief Executive Officer of New Zealand’s largest independent business and information management consulting firm where he oversaw its international expansion, opening offices across South East Asia.
Born in Northern Ireland, Donald emigrated to New Zealand in the early 1970’s and then moved to the United States to join Global Dairy Platform in 2010.
Ruaraidh Petre
Ruaraidh Petre
GRSB (Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef)Ruaraidh (Rory) has been the Executive Director of GRSB since 2012. He studied agriculture in Edinburgh, specialising in livestock production, and an MSc in tropical animal production and health. His early career was in commercial livestock and farm management in New Zealand, Australia and Scotland.
He went on to work on farming systems in India and veterinary development in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Subsequently in Africa he managed a range of farmer support and development projects, serving as regional director for Solidaridad in Southern Africa as well as International Livestock Programme Coordinator until joining GRSB.
Over the past decade he has overseen the growth of the sustainable beef roundtable network to include 24 countries with a common commitment to making sustainable beef part of a thriving food system. The GRSB released its global goals on reducing climate impact, nature positive production and animal welfare in early July 2021 and is currently working on the MRV framework to report on progress.
Partha Ray
Partha Ray
The Nature ConservancyDr. Partha Ray is a dairy scientist and a veterinarian with over 10 years of experience working with dairy production stakeholders to develop on-farm and system level solutions to improve dairy production sustainability. Following a B.S. in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry and a M.S. of Veterinary Science, Animal Nutrition in India, he received his Ph.D. in Animal Sciences, Dairy from Virginia Tech.
Ernesto Reyes
Ernesto Reyes
GDP Sector Lead for Dairy DevelopmentErnesto is the Sector Lead Dairy Development at the IFCN Dairy Research Network Center; he is currently in charge of the Dairy Development strategy for the Global Dairy Platform (GDP).
Together with the FAO, IFAD, and GDP, Ernesto is leading an initiative called Dairy Impact Methodology (DIM), that produces evidence about the socio-economic role of the dairy sector. DIM is also developing tools and methodologies for calculating the social benefit of the dairy sector at the regional level. DIM initiative is currently implementing some pilots in Asia and Africa.
Ernesto is a livestock economist with more than 25 years of livestock development’s experience at the global level. He currently chairs the Action Network (AN), Livestock for Social Development, AN of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (FAO livestock initiative).
Geeta Sethi
Geeta Sethi
World BankGeeta Sethi is the Advisor and Global Lead for Food Systems at the World Bank. She is the lead architect of the World Bank’s Food System Transformation agenda, a food system that provides the triple bottom line—prosperity, sustainability and healthy people. She also manages the World Bank’s program on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. She has more than 20 years of experience working as an economist on fragile, low-, and middle-income countries. Her work has focused on issues of rural development, service delivery and intergovernmental fiscal policies around the world. She has delivered many lending programs to the World Bank Board and published books and articles in refereed journals on issues relating to rural labour markets, trade policy and fiscal decentralization. Previously, she was the Chief of Staff to the Climate Change Vice President and Special Envoy, the Operations and Strategy Manger for Climate Change, and worked as the Program Manager for the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program. She has an MBA and PhD in Economics.
Dr Xiangyu Song
Dr Xiangyu Song
FAODr. Xiangyu Song, an engineer and expert in Precision Dairy Farming, serves as the secretariat manager for the Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance (LEAP) Partnership within the Animal Production and Health Division (NSA) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Before joining FAO, Dr. Song spent over 15 years in the private sector in the global dairy industry, having earned his PhD in Animal Science from Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands.
Alisha Staggs
Alisha Staggs
The Nature ConservancyWith more than 15 years of experience in environmental sustainability, field work, agriculture, and animal care, Alisha Staggs is director of the dairy program for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Agriculture Program. She brings deep experience from both the non-profit and corporate sectors, and previously held roles at Walmart, EDF and WWF. Alisha holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Field Biology.
MacKenzie Waro
MacKenzie Waro
WWF - USMacKenzie is the Sustainable Protein Specialist for the World Wildlife Fund- US. MacKenzie has an undergraduate degree in Animal Science from Cornell University and a graduate degree in environmental studies from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her mission has been to sustainably connect animal agriculture and the environment, all while keeping the consumers content. MacKenzie has several years of experience working in the beef protein sector as well as expertise in the dairy industry and the red meat industry. Prior to working with the WWF, MacKenzie was a research assistant at Cornell University, heading a Regenerative Agriculture project and a Grass-Fed Beef economic study. Previously, she was a cattle buyer where she helped to create the largest local grass-fed beef program on the east coast at the time. In her spare time, MacKenzie enjoys riding and competing in dressage, and coaches an equestrian vaulting team in upstate New York.
