our staff

Please feel free to contact our staff at their contact details below.

Our office

CropLife International A.I.S.B.L.
326 avenue Louise, box 35
1050 Brussels Belgium
Tel +32 2 542 04 10
Fax +32 2 542 04 19
croplife@croplife.org

For media enquiries related to crop protection, please contact Anna Riley
Tel: +32 475 48 92 29
anna.riley@croplife.org

For media enquiries related to biotechnology, please contact Deb Carstoiu
Tel: +1 202 330 2194
deb.carstoiu@croplife.org


Our President & CEO

Howard Minigh 
President & CEO
howard.minigh@croplife.org


Our Operations Team

Susanne Maise
Director of Operations
susanne.maise@croplife.org

Catherine Berniquet
Office Manager, Assistant to the President & Anti-Counterfeiting
catherine.berniquet@croplife.org

Françoise Grégoire
Administrative Assistant
francoise.gregoire@croplife.org


Our Crop Protection Team

Bernhard Johnen
Director of International Regulatory Policy 
bernhard.johnen@croplife.org

Keith Jones
Director, Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture
keith.jones@croplife.org

Sandra Keller
Regulatory Manager
sandra.keller@croplife.org

Lieu Nguyen
Management Assistant to the Crop Protection Team
Lieu.nguyen@croplife.org

Michelle Orfei (also team member of our Biotech team)
Director, Intellectual Property Rights and Trade
Michelle.orfei@croplife.org

D'Arcy Quinn
Director, Anti-Counterfeiting
darcy.quinn@croplife.org

Aaron Smethurst (also team member of our Biotech team)
Manager, Intellectual Property Rights
Aaron.smethurst@croplife.org


Our Plant Biotechnology Team

Denise Dewar
Executive Director, Plant Biotechnology
denise.dewar@croplife.org

Sarah Lukie
Managing Director, Regulatory and Multi-laterial Affairs for Plant Biotechnology
sarah.lukie@croplife.org

Michelle Orfei
(also team member of our Crop Protection team)
Director, Intellectual Property Rights and Trade
Michelle.orfei@croplife.org

Craig Rickard

Director, Regulatory Advocacy - Biotechnology
craig.rickard@croplife.org

Aaron Smethurst
(also team member of our Crop Protection team)
Manager, Intellectual Property Rights
Aaron.smethurst@croplife.org

Matt Lappat
Administrative coordinator
matt.lappat@croplife.org


Our Communication Team


Tim Kitchin
Director, Stakeholder Relations
tim.kitchin@croplife.org

Deb Carstoiu
 
Communications Director, Plant Biotechnology
deb.carstoiu@croplife.org

Isabelle Coche
Manager, Stakeholder Relations
isabelle.coche@croplife.org

Anna Riley 
Communications Manager, Crop Protection
Tel: +32 475 48 92 29
Anna.riley@croplife.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last update: 31 Jul 2010