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Jayadeep Akkireddy
Senior Innovation Manager - Digital & Financial Inclusion
Since November 2018, Jay has been leading the Smallholder Inclusion & Technology themes at IDH. He is an expert in developing inclusive business models and leading agribusinesses. Bringing innovations across industries and geographies, and pulling different pieces together for a bigger picture are natural to him.
Before joining IDH as Senior Manager – Learning & Innovation, Jay worked within the World Food Programme Zambia, creating an e-commerce app to link smallholder farmers with markets. He has done extensive work in developing countries to create farmer inclusive businesses for the last 7 years.