Yannick Foing

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Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, GAIN has offices in countries with high levels of malnutrition: Bangladesh, Benin, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. To support work in those countries, we have representative offices in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Yannick Foing is the Global Director of DSM’s Nutrition Improvement Unit, whose mission is to positively impact public health by developing and implementing effective and affordable nutrition solutions, leveraging expertise and cross sector partnerships to reach low-income consumers and beneficiaries. Yannick joined DSM in 2012, driving the development of food fortification and supplementation programmes, including rice fortification. Prior to joining DSM, Yannick was the Director of Partnerships and Fundraising for BIOVISION - the World Life Sciences Forum (France).