20 CANADA'S FARM SHOW 2024 Regina, SK | Presented by Viterra Subject to change presented by LAUNCH PAD SPEAKERS LEONARDO SABO Leonardo is a finance and investment professional with extensive experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising on a global scale. Leonardo is currently a principal at Mandi, an earlystage venture capital fund focused on accelerating the adoption of disruptive technologies in the food and agriculture industries. Before joining Mandi, Leonardo worked for J.P. Morgan’s Latin America Investment Banking division in New York and São Paulo for over 6 years. During his time at J.P. Morgan, Leonardo closed 28 transactions totaling over US$13.5 billion in total transaction value. Leonardo has a bachelor’s degree in finance and data Science from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. MATTHEW JOHNSON Matthew Johnson is a dynamic keynote speaker whose journey from military service to pioneering entrepreneurship showcases the power of perseverance, innovation, and strategic vision. With a background serving in the Canadian Armed Forces and five years shaping young minds as a high school mathematics teacher, Matthew embarked on an unexpected path that led to the forefront of the burgeoning drone industry. In 2015, while still teaching, Matthew launched a drone service business as a passion project. Recognizing a gap in the market for comprehensive and engaging training programs, he leveraged his educational expertise to develop a groundbreaking curriculum approved by Transport Canada. What began as a side hustle quickly flourished into a thriving enterprise, earning accolades for its innovative approach and impeccable delivery. NAVDEEP TOOR Navdeep Toor is COO of Axiom Group, Director of Axiom XACT Agriculture and Forestry Inc., and is a senior technical and management professional with over 22 years of broad environmental science, engineering, management, and business strategy experience. Most recently, Navdeep has been focused on adapting and applying innovative, remote sensing technologies and data analytics for applications in agriculture, forestry, mining, energy, environment, climate science. SHAUN HANEY Founder of RealAgriculture, Shaun Haney manages one of the leading industry ag media companies for Canadian farmers and ranchers. RealAgriculture provides the latest in ag policy, agronomics, current events and farm management from their website, radio shows, and podcast streams. Shaun is the host of RealAg Radio which is broadcast across North America on Rural Radio Channel 147 on SiriusXM daily at 4:30 PM Eastern, and also makes regular appearances on RFD-TV, Agritalk and US Farm Report. Together with Justin Funk of Agri Studies, Shaun helms RealAgristudies, a market insights partnership formed in 2019. TINA BEAUDRY Tina is a partner in our Cyber Strategy and Risk Advisory Practice and has deep industry expertise in GPS. She is a strategist and communicator and works as part of our executive training programs for both CISOs and for Boards. Tina also represents our Canadian/Chilean member firm on the Global Women in Cyber Advisory. She is LCSP for SaskTel and the Cyber LBP for the Governments of MB, Sask and AB. Tina holds her certification in Cybersecurity Risk from Harvard in addition to her current membership in ISC2 where she has earned Certified in Cyber. She formerly served as a cabinet minister in multiple portfolios under both Premier Brad Wall and Premier Scott Moe in the Government of Saskatchewan. She has served nationally at Federal/Provincial/Territorial tables in her respective files & lead the Council of Ministers of Education Canada at both the G20 in 2018 and UNESCO’s General Conference in 2019. She also is a recognized SME in AgTech & is a founding member of the AgTech Accelerator.
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