Dr. Samira Amellal
Director General CropLife Africa Middle East
Samira Amellal is the DG of CropLife Africa Middle East; the voice and advocate for the Plant Science Industry and serves on its board of directors. CropLife Africa Middle East is the regional association representing the leading global manufacturers of crop protection products (pesticides), seed and plant biotechnology in more than 22 national associations spread throughout Africa and the Middle East.
She leads the programmatic priorities of stewardship, regulatory harmonization, advocacy and fighting illegal and counterfeit prodcuts across the Africa Middle East region.
An accomplished leader with passion in science and innovation in the agriculture having worked in the sector for the past 20 years, she also has enormous experience in research, product development, advocacy and project management in agriculture technology in private sector. She had also experience in soil science, microbiology and biochemistry through her research work at Agronomic Research Institute in France . She holds a PhD in Agronomy from the Ecole National Polytechnique de Lorraine France.