I am honoured to serve as Chair of the IFPA for 2025-2026. In the second year of IFPA’s Strategic Plan we will continue to build on the core pillars — expanding our Worldwide Influence, deepening Personalized Experience, and Future Proofing our industry. Our sincere thanks goes to Tammy DeBoer for her leadership over the past year, Cathy Burns for her vision and partnership, and to the fantastic #IFPA team and our band of selfless volunteers. Get set for another year of bold steps forward in global advocacy and technological innovation as we continue to fight for fresh!

Fantastic to see the front page of Vientiane Times Business section, feature our efforts in growing awareness; thought leadership to promote Food, Beverage and Agriculture sector in The Lao PDR. Humbled 🙏 @patrickvizzone @AirportFarming @Khoon_Goh @faruqui_farhan @judocarli

Glittering evening at the IFR Asia awards dinner where ANZ won Asian Bank of the Year, Australia/NZ Bond House of the Year and Australia/NZ Loan House of the Year. Farhan Faruqui @markwhelan15 Amar Bindra Richard Dawson Andrew Harward Ciaran Voyles…lnkd.in/fnn7B8c

Asia’s rapid growth is an opportunity Australian #food, #beverage and #agribusiness enterprises are taking advantage of, albeit mostly via exports. ANZ Institutional research shows that there are more – and often higher – profits t…lnkd.in/fHKUCEF lnkd.in/fFsKHsQ

Recent article published in The Australian which encourages Australian #food, #beverage and #agribusiness exporters to invest in rapidly growing and maturing Asian markets on the back of secular demand growth. Outbound investment b…lnkd.in/f2UyS8r lnkd.in/f7nQKBS

Key takeaways from Mark’s post-results interview with Bloomberg: - ANZ has a clear Asia strategy focused on Institutional Banking. We are investing, not retreating! - We have shrunk our customer base by 40% and are smaller, more profitable and focused on…lnkd.in/fMAPckE

Great opportunity at ANZ. lnkd.in/fzFUAVt

Was a pleasure and a privilege to have participated in ANZ’s first Food, Beverage and Agribusiness forum in Laos with Rufus Pinto Michael Whitehead and Khoon Goh. The level of government and industry support for the event was phenomenal and underscores th…lnkd.in/f4Mt43N

A slew of number 1s for ANZ’s Institutional franchise. Graham Turley lnkd.in/eYRYge4 lnkd.in/euqkrzF

ANZ brings food, beverage & agribusiness insights to Japan linkedin.com/pulse/anz-bring…

“If there’s one thing we can leave you with today, it’s that Australia is open for business.” Great panel discussion at ANZ/ANZCCJ Food, Bev & Agri Seminar in Tokyo @ANZ_AU #ANZagri

“Tariff reductions have had immense benefits for Australian agri exports to Japan, and offer huge opportunities going forward.” Patrick Vizzone, ANZ/ANZCCJ Food Bev & Agri Seminar in Tokyo. @ANZ_AU @patrickvizzone

Michael Whitehead from today’s ANZ/ANZCCJ Food Bev & Ag Seminar in Tokyo: “Horticulture is the most exciting space in Australia’s food, bev & agri arena. Production value to grow 18% in the next 2 years with exports adding $500 million over the same time. #ANZ #Ag #Horticulture

Inciteful article on ANZ’s strategic focus underpinned by continued growth in and strong home market linkages with Asia. #ANZ #Institutional #Insto #Asia Farhan Faruqui lnkd.in/ffm9ZYn

Here are a few of my thoughts on food retail, payments systems and supply chain focused on China’s burgeoning eCommerce arena. lnkd.in/f6rwKky anz.co/HCaj30jhrvn

Retail, payments and supply in the Middle Kingdom anz.co/HCaj30jhrvn @patrickvizzone

#Agtech brings immense opportunities - across sustainability, financing, production, and food quality – to the region’s food & agri sector lnkd.in/ft3PMMn lnkd.in/f63xmEy

Very thought provoking article on the future of agribusiness. Mary Shelman , Michael Dean , @robleclerc lnkd.in/fwJwJBW

At the #ANZCommunity Sydney market, @AlpineBerryFarm tell us what attracted them to start exporting 2 China 🇨🇳