Christophe Lafougère is the CEO of the consulting and research company GIRA, a company specialising in the world of agri-food.
Since joining GIRA more than 34 years ago, he has led numerous strategic consulting, due diligence and research assignments throughout the dairy chain.
He created the Gira Dairy Club 16 years ago, whose members includes 26 of the world's largest dairies. This club is a unique qualitative and quantitative forecasting base for all the main dairy/ingredients production, consumption and trading countries of the world, and it covers all the issues influencing milk production & dairy commodities in the short & medium term.
Christophe is well-known throughout the dairy industry and is a regular speaker at major international dairy events.
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