Bürgenstock in Interlaken 2008, September 3 to 6, 2008 > Speakers

Rod Gravelet-Blondin

Spent 20 years with the South African Department of Agriculture in marketing policy of which 10 years were spent abroad representing South African agriculture in Brussels and Geneva. Joined the Agricultural Markets Division of SAFEX (South African Futures Exchange) at its inception in 1995 and assisted in the development of the agricultural derivatives market in South Africa. SAFEX was taken over by the JSE Limited (then the JSE Securities Exchange in August 2001. Presently the Senior General Manager of the Agricultural Products Division of the JSE Limited. See also: 09:00 am Roundtable I - 'The Future of Emerging Markets in the Tundra of Behemoths'