Christophe Dumont is a Managing Director at Kincannon & Reed Global Executive Search, where he specializes in recruiting senior leaders for organizations across the global food and agriculture value chain. He also serves as an Advisory Board Member for AgriThority®, providing scientific and market expertise to accelerate agricultural technology transfer. Christophe has a distinguished 21-year career at Bayer, where he held several high-profile executive roles, including President & CEO for the Cono Sur region and Senior Vice President for Latin America. His extensive global experience includes leading Bayer’s CropScience business in Central and Eastern Europe and managing global crop strategies for major commodities like corn and soybean from the company’s headquarters in Germany. Earlier in his career, he held leadership positions at AgrEvo and Schering AG across Romania, Portugal, and Hungary. Christophe is a highly educated industry expert with an Engineering degree in Agronomy and Crop Science from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Horticulture de Versailles and a Master’s in Biology from the Université de Rouen, supplemented by executive programs at Harvard Business School, INSEAD, and IMD.