• Industry-wide well-respected leading agricultural crop and asset insurance expert and agricultural crop reinsurance expert with more than 15 years of professional experience in agricultural insurance and reinsurance; national and international speaker on various topics around irrigation and agricultural insurance • Extensive in-house experience as agricultural insurance specialist and head of agricultural departments at South Africa’s leading agricultural insurance providers; • Extensive knowledge in agricultural insurance strategy and product development, business models, marketing and capacity building; • Strong technical skills and knowledge of most crop production methods and husbandry practices including grains, fruit, vegetables and greenhouses gained while working as agriculturist and agricultural consultant in these industries. • Strong technical skills and knowledge about crop growth simulations models and the use of EO for agricultural use as well as irrigation scheduling and water use.