Prem Warrior
Chief Operating Officer & Global Sales Manager
Valagro SpA
Italy
Biography
Prem joined Valagro in the role of Chief Business Development Officer in July 2013 and was since then appointed as the Chief Operating Officer in December 2013 and as the Global Sales Manager in September 2014. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Valagro since July 2012. In his current role, he manages the global operations of the R&D, Marketing, Business development and Sales teams, working closely with the CEO on key strategic initiatives of the company. Prior to joining Valagro, he was a Senior Regional Advisor on the Agricultural Development team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle advancing the foundation’s partnerships in South Asia. He concurrently served as a Senior Program Officer and the Team Leader for the Postharvest & Markets group at the Gates foundation. While at the Foundation, he managed a portfolio of grants in the crop management area including biological nitrogen fixation, integrated pest management, evaluation of crop protection products including seed treatment products, as well as managing a group of postharvest & markets in the Access & Markets team. Prior to joining the foundation, Prem was in an executive leadership role managing technology and directing global programs in agricultural research, formulations, and technology assessments at Abbott Laboratories and Valent BioSciences Corporation. Prem has a PhD in Plant pathology/Nematology and an MBA in general business. He has published more than 70 scientific peer-reviewed publications, has over 30 patents issued and more than 50 patents pending and has been associated with the discovery and development of several agricultural products including insecticide, nematicide and plant growth regulators
Research Interest
Agriculture Biotechnology