East-West Seed
Maaike Groot is currently the Global Head of Communications and Public Affairs at East-West Seed, a position held since March 2014, where responsibilities also include serving as a Member of the Supervisory Board and managing public affairs. Prior experience includes ownership of Great Work, focusing on talent search, recruitment, and project management from January 2014 to December 2015. Maaike has also held roles as Publisher Humanities at Amsterdam University Press from October 2008 to December 2013, Rights Manager/Administrator at Uitgeverij Querido, Nijgh, Atheneaum, Leopold en Ploegsma from October 2007 to May 2008, and Specialist in 20th Century Decorative Arts at Christie's from 1998 to 2007. Maaike holds a Master of Arts in History of Art from Utrecht University, with additional education from Erasmus University Rotterdam and ALPSP London.
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East-West Seed
Founded in 1982 by Dutch seedsman Simon Groot, the 2019 World Food Prize Laureate, East-West Seed is one of the world’s leading vegetable seed companies in Asia and expanding rapidly in Africa and Latin America. The privately-owned company has played an important role in the development and improvement of tropical vegetable varieties that are adapted to tropical markets and growing conditions. Its mission is to provide innovative products and services that help to improve the livelihood of vegetable farmers. In addition, East-West Seed trains vegetable farmers in order to help maximize their yield and income through better knowledge on vegetable production and farming skills. In 2019 it ranked number 1 on the Access to Seeds Index for Global Seed Companies and number 1 for South and Southeast Asia Index. In 2020, it ranked #28 in Fortune’s Change the World list of companies that are doing well by doing good. East-West Seed has its headquarters in Nonthaburi, Thailand. The company employs about 2,800 people and has 20 R&D establishments in 9 countries. With exports to over 75 countries in tropical areas, East-West Seed serves nearly 23 million farmers around the world.