Final October, the WCF appointed Peter Koegler as Vice President of Programmes to spearhead facilitating a transformative change within the cocoa sector. Koegler’s remit is to design and lead the methods for each WCF’s present programmes and future ones, reporting on to the WCF President, Chris Vincent and the organisation’s earlier Programmes VP.
A senior chief with over 20 years of expertise in sustainability, agribusiness, provide chain points, power and local weather, and public and regulatory affairs, Koegler has led and supported groups in main non-profit organizations, the monetary and the company sector.
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In his final place as Senior Director at Conservation Worldwide (CI), a worldwide environmental organisation that mixes fieldwork with improvements in science, coverage, and finance, Koegler led the organisation’s company and monetary sector engagements in Europe, the place his groups of coverage engagement and private and non-private sector fundraising consultants promoted company and monetary sector partnerships for investments in local weather change, large-scale nature safety and Nature Based mostly Options initiatives across the globe.
“The Partnership Assembly is a superb alternative to have in-person conferences with members and companions and work together with an ideal number of stakeholders who’re actively concerned within the cocoa sector. I’m wanting ahead to attention-grabbing and provoking discussions and alternatives to fulfill new individuals and be taught from one another. With our new and really enthusiastic workforce of execs, along with our progress and forward-looking technique, we are going to give our associates, members, and stakeholders a refreshed enhance on its strategy to a extra sustainable, worthwhile, and equitable cocoa sector,” Koegler mentioned.
Koegler mentioned focussing on “native realities” will likely be a cornerstone of WCF Programmes. “Acknowledging and incorporating native realities into programme designs is non-negotiable. Robust groups on the bottom, together with devoted members working intently with communities and native authorities companies, are important. These groups guarantee a way of belonging and possession amongst all companions and stakeholders,” he mentioned.
Commenting on his appointment, Vincent mentioned: ‘‘Peter is becoming a member of us at a essential time, as the main target of our signature programme, the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI), pivots in direction of large-scale multistakeholder panorama approaches to deal with the challenges of deforestation and promote reforestation. We welcome his intensive expertise and innovation capabilities, which may also allow us to co-create and lead new collaborative programmes that allow our members to ship extra influence at scale.”
