Speakers

Gilles Froment

President

Gilles Froment was elected President of the International Dairy Federation (IDF) in October 2024, after four years on its Board and as Treasurer since 2022; he also sits on the Global Dairy Platform Board and as a Dairy Sustainability Framework Governor, and previously chaired the IDF Standing Committee on Dairy Policy and Economics (2014–2020) in a 25-year IDF career.

He is Senior Vice President of Government and Industry Relations at Lactalis Canada, which he joined in 2016 after nearly 20 years at the Canadian Dairy Commission, rising to Chief Operating Officer, with earlier roles at the Canadian Turkey Marketing Agency and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. He also serves on boards including the Dairy Processors Association of Canada, the Ontario Dairy Council, and is a founding member of the Western Dairy Council.

Gilles holds a B.Sc. in Economics (University of Montreal) and an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics (McGill), and grew up on his family's farm near Joliette, Quebec.