● 2026 PROGRAM CONCLUDED
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP &
SUCCESSION PROGRAM
This invitation-only program prepares next-generation leaders of agrifood
companies to step into CEO, COO, and Board-level roles with confidence
Designed for senior executives and future CEOs of agribusinesses.
EXPRESS INTEREST FOR 2027 ➤
For leaders moving into broader responsibility
Future Food & Ag is for executives, successors, founders, and board-facing leaders across the agrifood value chain who are preparing to take broader responsibility for performance, people, technology, sustainability, and long-term growth.
Input and machinery producers
Growers
Financial institutions
and investors
Food processors
Startups and high-potential ventures
Agrifood leadership is now an enterprise responsibility
Agrifood leaders face margin pressure, market and climate volatility, regulatory scrutiny, and succession challenges — often all at once.

At this level, leadership is less about functional expertise and more about judgment: where to invest, how to lead teams, how to manage risk, and how to balance sustainability with productivity and margins.

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The program combines INSEAD faculty, peer exchange, and sector context to work through these pressures at CEO level.
Benefits
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Lead with confidence
Strengthen the strategic, leadership and transformation skills needed to lead agrifood businesses through complexity and change.
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See what’s next
Understand the market shifts, technology trends and sustainability pressures reshaping food and agriculture globally.
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Join a senior peer network
Connect with CEOs, successors and senior agrifood leaders to exchange perspectives, challenge assumptions and build lasting relationships.
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Earn INSEAD recognition
Complete the programme and receive an INSEAD Certificate of Completion — a mark of executive learning from one of the world’s leading business schools.
Program modules
The program is tailored to address the core challenges faced by agrifood leaders
Profit
Governing performance in volatile markets

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Agribusinesses face unprecedented margin pressure driven by price volatility, input inflation, capital constraints, and market uncertainty.
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At CEO level, profitability is no longer about optimization — it is about governing trade-offs and allocating capital under uncertainty
Strengthen enterprise-level decision-making across production, investment, and risk
Evaluate digital and AI tools through a CEO lens: value, scalability, and ROI
People
Building leadership teams and succession capacity

As leaders move toward CEO and Board-facing roles, success increasingly depends on their ability to build strong leadership teams and lead through influence rather than control.
Strengthen personal leadership effectiveness at senior and board levels
Learn how to lead decisively in volatile environments while maintaining long term direction
Build high-performing executive teams
and talent pipelines aligned with strategy
Planet
Leading sustainable production at scale

Increasing environmental pressure, climate volatility, and regulatory scrutiny place direct responsibility on senior leadership to ensure sustainability without sacrificing productivity, margins, or operational reliability.
Assess global agri-environmental trends
and their strategic implications
Translate sustainability objectives
into practical and scalable decisions
Balance yield, cost, risk, and
environmental outcomes at enterprise
level
Timeline
Start
Registration & cohort selection
Kick Off Webinar
Live virtual
Day 1: Planet
On campus
INSEAD, France
Day 2: Profit
On campus
INSEAD, France
Day 3: People
On campus
INSEAD, France
Day 4:
Field visit
Hosted by Syngenta France
France
INSEAD Certificate
The 2026 program
A look at what our 2026 participants experienced
PROFIT
PEOPLE
PLANET
Virtual · Zoom
Leading the enterprise in times of structural change
Course introduction and pre-work
Stanislav Shekshnia
INSEAD professor, Program director

Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs.

Stanislav Shekshnia research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and
effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books. He has published book chapters, articles,
executive commentaries, interviews and case studies on entrepreneurship, leadership, people management, intercultural management and business and management.

Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior advisor at Ward Howell talent equity advisory with an office in Dubai. Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior
executives and executive teams.

Profit
Global Forces Reshaping Agrifood Enterprises
Implications for strategy, scale, and long-term positioning
Subramanian Rangan
Professor of Strategy and Management, INSEAD; The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court Endowed Chair in Societal Progress

Subi Rangan received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University. His research explores the future of capitalism, the integration of performance and progress in enterprises, and the political sociology of discrimination of foreign transnational firms. He is also the founder of the Society for Progress and has authored/co-authored multiple books and articles. Subi has won several awards for his research and teaching and directs INSEAD's executive seminar AVIRA.

People
Sustaining Leadership Performance at the Top + Succession
The “Athletic CEO” perspective
Stanislav Shekshnia
INSEAD professor, Program director

Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs.

Stanislav Shekshnia research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and
effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books. He has published book chapters, articles,
executive commentaries, interviews and case studies on entrepreneurship, leadership, people management, intercultural management and business and management.

Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior advisor at Ward Howell talent equity advisory with an office in Dubai. Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior
executives and executive teams.

SOCIAL PROGRAM
Opening dinner & wine tasting
Profit
AI for Agribusiness
From Boardroom Buzz to Operational Reality
Anton Ovchinnikov
Associate Professor of Decision Sciences

Dr. Anton Ovchinnikov is an Associate Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD. He holds a specialist degree in Economics from his hometown university in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, and a PhD in Operations Management from the University of Toronto.

Prior to INSEAD he was a professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia in the USA and at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in Canada (from which he is presently on leave).

Under his leadership, the Smith School won a major global prize for the best curriculum in analytics and AI: the UPS Prize by the Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).

GUEST SPEAKER
Thomas Couteaudier · Chief Strategy Officer, Louis Dreyfus Company
Profit
Designing Resilient Agrifood Supply Chains
Performance, risk, and coordination at scale
Enver Yücesan
Professor of Operations Management, INSEAD; Director, Supply Chain Management

Enver Yücesan's is a Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD.

Professor Yücesan's main teaching and research activities focus on tactical operational problems such as process analysis, manufacturing planning and control, integrated logistics, supply chain management, and performance assessment in manufacturing as well as service environments.

Professor Yücesan is a specialist in computer simulation with an emphasis on large-scale industrial applications and performance analysis. He is an industrial engineer with a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University.Enver Yücesan is an Academic

Director of the Supply Chain Management programme.

GUEST SPEAKER
Thomas Couteaudier · Chief Strategy Officer, Louis Dreyfus Company
Planet
Sustainability as a Leadership Trade-Off
Balancing stakeholder expectations, performance, and long-term value
Enver Yücesan
Professor of Operations Management, INSEAD; Director, Supply Chain Management

Enver Yücesan is a Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD. His main teaching and research activities focus on tactical operational problems such as process analysis, manufacturing planning and control, integrated logistics, supply chain management, and performance assessment in manufacturing as well as service environments. He is a specialist in computer simulation with an emphasis on large-scale industrial applications and performance analysis, and an industrial engineer with a PhD in Operations Research from Cornell University. He is Academic Director of the Supply Chain Management programme.

GUEST SPEAKER
Michael Horsch · Founder, HORSCH Maschinen GmbH
People
Leading Through Influence
Balancing analytical rigor and emotional intelligence
Stanislav Shekshnia
INSEAD professor, Program director

Stanislav Shekshnia is a Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at INSEAD, co-director of Leading from the Chair and Scandinavian Executive Institute Executive Board and Advanced Board development programs.

Stanislav Shekshnia research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and
effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Shekshnia is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books. He has published book chapters, articles,
executive commentaries, interviews and case studies on entrepreneurship, leadership, people management, intercultural management and business and management.

Stanislav Shekshnia is a senior advisor at Ward Howell talent equity advisory with an office in Dubai. Stanislav provides advice and personal coaching to business owners, senior
executives and executive teams.

GUEST SPEAKER
Caroline Barth · Chief Human Resources Officer, Syngenta Group
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Dinner
Governance
Impact Investing & Governance in the Agrifood Sector
Paul Halard
Investment Director, Crédit Mutuel Impact

Paul Halard is an Investment Director at Crédit Mutuel Impact, where he leads impact investments in the agrifood sector. Over the past 14 years, he has invested in innovative startups and SMEs developing more sustainable and resilient food systems. He also teaches Impact Investing at Master’s level.

Before joining Crédit Mutuel Impact in 2022, Paul held investment roles at IDIA, Crédit Agricole's private equity arm, after beginning his career in M&A at Pernod Ricard and in financial advisory at Deloitte.

Field visit
Field visit
Organized by Syngenta France
SOCIAL PROGRAM
Closing lunch
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Testimonials

What our participants say

FFA 2026
Paul Halard
Investment Director,
Crédit Mutuel Impact
“
Honored to have attended and spoken at the Future of Food and Agriculture Leadership program at INSEAD, an excellent executive education programme covering global trends, leadership, sustainaibility, supply chains and IA. I shared perspectives on Impact investing and governance in the agrifood sector and gained valuable insights from the faculty and participants from very diverse backgrounds.
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FFA 2026
Arthur Gearon
Grain and Cotton Producer,
Bealla Farming
“
Three days at INSEAD Fontainebleau on the Future Food & Agriculture Leadership Programme, alongside agribusiness leaders from Europe, South and Central America, China, South Africa, Ukraine, Australia and New Zealand.
If we can’t control the conditions, what we can control is how we decide within them, and that idea ran through the whole programme.
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FFA 2026
Sergiu Staicu
Head of Marketing and
Comercial Transformation Europe,
Syngenta
“
Grateful for the opportunity to reconnect with the campus, challenge my thinking, and learn alongside an extraordinary group of global leaders.
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FFA 2026
Ben Stel
Chief Executive Officer,
S&dB
“
Leading in agriculture today means learning fast and acting fast. Shifting from a mindset of reducing risk to one of reducing regret.
I’ve just had a fantastic time at the Future Food and Agriculture Leadership programme at INSEAD…
Thank you to the INSEAD team and a fantastic cohort for the openness and the great conversations.
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FFA 2025
Raouf Tawfik
Chief Executive Officer,
Al Dahra North Africa
“
Proud to have completed the Future Food & Agriculture Leadership Program at INSEAD — a world-class experience that brought together global leaders tackling one of humanity’s most critical challenges: how to feed a growing population sustainably.
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FFA 2025
Arnoud van den Berg
CEO I Board member, Al Dahra
“
This October key Al Dahra leaders took part in the Future Food + AG Leadership Program by INSEAD, a dynamic platform designed to connect agrifood executives from across the globe.
Over three days, the program included discussions, collaborative activities, and sessions focused on priorities that are influencing the sector’s sustainable future: people, profit, and planet.
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FFA 2023
Name Surname
Chief Executive Officer,
SALIC Australia
“
It was a privilege to attend the inaugural Future Food & Ag Leadership Programme at INSEAD. The team skillfully choreographed an inspiring course that confirmed how excited and motivated I still am about the responsibility of efficient and sustainable food production.
A big thank you to, not only the organisers, but also fellow participants for full on engagement, stimulating debate and the start of lasting friendship.
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FFA 2023
“
150% inspired! An international diverse group of professional colleagues from England, Australia, Brazil, India, Switzerland, America, Italy, Germany and Ukraine, outstanding INSEAD professors, an amazing atmosphere and a forgotten thirst for knowledge and new experience - just a breath of fresh air and a source of energy.
FFA 2023
“
What made FFA truly remarkable was the diverse group of colleagues I had the pleasure of engaging with, representing various sectors such as venture capital, consultancy, crop protection, seed industry, farmers, and agri-holdings managers. These interactions sparked deep and fascinating discussions about real-world case studies.
FFA 2023
“
Incredible cohort of participants for the inspiring discussions and shared insights. Together, we're poised to make a meaningful impact on the future of food and agriculture!
FFA 2023
“
Grateful for the transformative experience and the opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders.
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EXPRESS INTEREST FOR 2027 ➤
Program directors
Co-director
Stanislav Shekshnia
INSEAD Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise
Stanislav Shekshnia research concentrates on leadership, leadership development and effective corporate governance at emerging markets and organizations. Stanislav is the author, co-author, and editor of 11 books. He has published book chapters, articles, executive commentaries, interviews and case studies on entrepreneurship, leadership, people management, intercultural management and business and management.
INSEAD profile →
Co-director
Yulia Poroshenko
Agrohub Founder
After more than 10 years at PwC, General Electric and McKinsey, Yulia founded Agrohub, a high-tech startup that combines big data analysis with the agricultural sectorYulia holds economic cybernetics degree and INSEAD MBA degree
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Co-director
Subramanian Rangan
INSEAD Professor of Strategy and Management
The Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court Endowed Chair in Societal Progress Subi received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University. His research explores the future of capitalism, the integration of performance and progress in enterprises, and the political sociology of discrimination of foreign transnational firms.
INSEAD profile →
Organizers
Co-organizer
Agrohub is agricultural advanced-analytics center with a team of data scientists, industry experts and management consultants experienced in applying analytics and big data to agrobusiness challenges.

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Co-organizer
INSEAD is a pioneer of international business education, with the graduation of the first MBA class on European campus in Fontainebleau in 1960.

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Participation fee

2027 dates and fees will be announced soon. Express your interest to receive them first.
Four-day program
Fontainebleau Campus, INSEAD, France
Autumn 2027
Exact dates to be announced
Participation fee
Four days, excluding accommodation
€ 9,000
2026 edition, for reference
AgTech Startup Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships for founders and senior leaders of high-potential ventures.
30% off program cost
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Contact
Questions about the program or the 2027 edition? We’re happy to help.
Program team
Future Food & Ag
team & coordinator
✉admin@ffaleadership.com
Agrohub
Bogdan Popovych
Global Projects Lead, Agrohub
✉bp@agrohub.org