Dr. Lutz Goedde, is a Senior Program Officer in the Agricultural Development Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  He previously worked as a senior executive in the agricultural inputs sector. As CEO and President, he led the turnaround of Alta Genetics, the world’s largest privately owned cattle genetics improvement and artificial insemination company with offices in 9 countries and sales in over 40 countries.  Prior to his leadership of Alta Genetics, he was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, a global strategy consulting firm, in their Toronto and Chicago offices. He focused his consulting work on agriculture, food and healthcare, becoming co-lead of the firm’s Agriculture & Food Chains industry practice. He was also part of the leadership team for the Innovation & Technology Management functional practice. In his earlier career he worked as a marketing manager for Bayer’s crop protection business in Central America. Dr. Goedde is fluent in English, German and Spanish and has extensive work experience in North America, Latin America, Europe, Southern Africa and Southeast Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany, and an MBA with honors from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.