Benjamin Wielgosz began his career as a GIS officer with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) before joining the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) as a Research Analyst supporting agricultural and environmental economics projects on smallholder irrigation, integrated pest management and contributing to the MAP-SPAM and IMPACT modelling teams. He has since worked as a Programme Manager for Information & Reporting with the World Economic Forum's New Vision for Agriculture, Business Intelligence Manager with SCOPEinsight / NewForesight B.V. and most recently as GeoSpatial Development Manager at Olam Food Ingredients with a focus on farm-polygon analysis for scope-3 emissions and EUDR monitoring, traceability and compliance.

Benjamin Wielgosz graduated from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with degrees in Mathematics and Geography and completed a Master´s degree in International Economics from American University (AU) in Washington DC.

With experience across every segment of agricultural supply chains in more than 30 countries, he is passionate about de-risking the food system by leveraging data, partnerships, and transparency.