Food Fight: The Immediacy and Opportunity in Agriculture Investing

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Speakers

Ammar James
Deputy Portfolio Manager for the Active Agri-Food Technology Strategy
VanEck

Ammar James is the Deputy Portfolio Manager for the active Agri-Food technology Strategy. Ammar is also an analyst for the active Natural Resources Equity Strategy specializing in agribusiness, timber and paper and packaging research. He joined VanEck in 2019. Prior to VanEck, Shawn was an Associate Investment Director at Cambridge Associates.

BS, Mathematics, SUNY Stony Brook.

Robert Huebscher
CEO and Founder
Advisor Perspectives

Robert Huebscher is the founder and CEO of Advisor Perspectives and serves as its editor-in-chief. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has written extensively on topics including investment management, portfolio construction, financial planning and global economics.

Shawn Reynolds
Portfolio Manager for Natural Resources
VanEck

Shawn Reynolds is the portfolio Manager for the active Natural Resources Equity Strategy. Shawn oversees the Natural Resources Equity Investment Team including asset allocation, company research and security selection. He joined VanEck in 2005. Prior to VanEck, Shawn was an energy analyst at Petrie Parkman & Co. covering U.S. oil and gas exploration and production companies. Previously, Shawn was also an Analyst at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers (Australia) and Credit Suisse First Boston (London); covered North American, European and global energy companies; Exploration Geologist at Tenneco Oil Company. He served as board member of several private Latin American oil and gas exploration and production companies.

MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma National Honor Society), Finance, Columbia Business School.

MA (Phi Kappa Phi), Petroleum Geology, University of Texas, Austin.

BS, Engineering, Cornell University.