Shahid Tarar

Shahid Tarar brings nearly 20 years’ experience in Sales & Marketing as well as Sourcing, Strategy, Supply Chain Management and Manufacturing. He has been in the rice export business for 20 years and 14 years at the Managing Director of Galaxy Rice Mill. Galaxy is a family owned and run business with a focus on exporting Basmati rice to the European & US market. At Galaxy he has helped to build blue chip export customers in Spain, France, and UK, who service major retailers including Tesco, Sainsbury and M&S.

Bertrand Bessagnet

Bertrand Bessagnet joined ICIMOD in March 2024 as coordinator of the Air Pollution Action Area. He was previously at the European Commission - Joint Research Centre since 2021 as Project Officer - Air Policy Analyst. Formerly he worked in Citepa (France) as head of the Atmospheric Pollution, Mobility and Territories (POMI) department.