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.
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Future Food & Ag is cultivating CEO-level
leadership
Future Food&Ag brings together senior executives and future CEOs of agrifood businesses to strengthen strategic leadership, enterprise decision-making, and succession readiness.

The program is designed for leaders who already operate at scale — and are expected to step into broader CEO, COO, or Board-level responsibility.
Your peers
The program selects AgriFood executives commited to leadership growth, strategic vision, and industry impact
Input and machinery producers
Growers
Financial institutions
and investors
Food processors
Startups
Three-day program is tailored to address
the core challenges faced by agrifood leaders
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
Profit
Governing performance in volatilemarkets

Agribusinesses face unprecedented margin pressure driven by price volatility, input inflation, capital constraints, and market uncertainty.

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
*Dates may change
Timeline
Start
Registration Deadline June 10th
Kick Off Webinar
Live virtual
Day 1: Planet
October 12, 2026
INSEAD, France
Day 2: Profit
October 13, 2026
INSEAD, France
Day 3: People
October 14, 2026
INSEAD, France
Day 4: Field visit
October 15, 2026
INSEAD, France
INSEAD Certificate
Program

The CEO Agenda: Leading the enterprise in times of structural
change
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.

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.

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.

Openning dinner
Executive Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: Critical thinking for complex systems
Enrico Diecidue
Professor of Decision Sciences, INSEAD; Visiting Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (2008–09)

Enrico Diecidue is a Professor of Decision Sciences at INSEAD. He obtained his degree in Economics from Bocconi University, Italy in 1996 and his PhD from Tilburg University, the Netherlands in 2001. He has been a resident faculty member at INSEAD since 2001, with visiting positions at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and Erasmus School of Economics, the Netherlands. His research focuses on decision making under uncertainty, including the role of regret, aspiration levels, and time in individual decisions and the role of groups in complex decisions. He has published in leading journals and serves on the editorial boards of Decision and Journal of Risk and Uncertainty. He teaches courses in uncertainty, data, and judgment for MBA and Executive MBA programs, as well as Decision Sciences for PhD students and Executive Education programs. He directs the International Directors Programme and the Strategic Decision Making for Leaders Program.

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.

Wine tasting and dinner
Sustainability as a Leadership Trade-Off: Balancing stakeholder
expectations, performance, and long-term value
Atalay Atasu
Academic Director, Hoffmann Institute, Academic Director, INSEAD Sustainable Business Initiative

Dr. Atalay Atasu's research focus is on socially and environmentally responsible operations management, with topics of interest including the circular economy, extended producer responsibility, and environmental regulation. His research appeared in Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. He received a number of awards, including the Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award (winner 2007, runner up 2014), Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award (2012), and Paul Kleindorfer Award in Sustainability (2013). He serves as Editor for the POM Sustainable Operations Department, and as associate editor for MSOM.Atalay Atasu is and is co-directing the new INSEAD Business Sustainability Programme at INSEAD.

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.

Dinner
Field visit TBC
Organized by Syngenta France
Closing lunch
* Session topics and faculty assignments are subject to minor changes
Benefits
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Knowledge and skills
Develop senior management skills across areas such as leadership, strategy, digital transformation and sustainability
/02
Trends awareness
Stay current with shifts in market demand, regional and global trend and evolving local employment realities.
/03
Network building
Interact with peers, make useful acquaintances, exchange experiences, and share the latest insights.
/04
INSEAD Certificate
After successfully finishing three modules, participants will receive an INSEAD certificate of completion and access to Global alumni database

Prior program feedback

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.
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.
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.
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!
Grateful for the transformative experience and the opportunity to collaborate with industry leaders.
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Program directors
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.
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
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.
Organizers
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.
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

Three-day program
Fontainebleu Campus, INSEAD, France
12-15 October 2026
Participation fee
Four days
€ 9,000
Accomodation costs
Single room, bed and breakfast
€170 - €225 per night
AgTech Startup Scholarships
To support innovation and next-generation leadership in agrifood, the Future Food & Ag Leadership Programme offers a limited number of AgTech Startup Scholarships for founders and senior leaders of high-potential ventures.
30% off program cost
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Program's coordinator
Bogdan Popovich
admin@ffaleadership.com
If any questions left, please write to our email bp@agrohub.org