David Bennell is a senior advisor to the Transformational Investing in Food Systems initiative at the Global Alliance for The Future of Food. An ESG and sustainability professional with over 25 years experience, he is a management consultant on ESG practices and impact investing and a limited partner in a private equity fund focused on climate tech, climate agtech, and climate fintech. Bennell has helped create food and agriculture reports, events, and tools, including the 2021 report Transformational Investment in Climate Smart Agriculture and the 2019 to 2021 Food Systems Dialogues for Investors series. He previously led the food and nature program at the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, directed food and capital markets for Ceres, was director of corporate impact for The Trust for Public Land, and more. Bennell serves on the board of Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment.
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