With a career path from Cargill to BNY Mellon, more than four decades of experience in farming and a multi-billion-dollar track record as a senior agribusiness executive, Detlef Schoen is currently one of very few experts globally that combine experience and a successful track record all the way from hands-on farming to international agribusiness and financial markets.

Driven by the firm belief that a radical shift towards validated sustainability and climate-smart agriculture is both necessary and possible, aiming to transform agriculture from being a ‘climate problem’ into a significant provider of ‘climate solutions’, he is a regular and well-known speaker at agricultural investment conferences, widely known for his thought leadership in sustainable agriculture and highly respected in the institutional investment world for farmland and agribusiness.

As a specialized project developer for Natural Capital, NewAg is discovering, designing, underwriting and executing investment opportunities in regenerative agriculture and holistically integrated agribusiness, driving a transformation towards climate positive food production.

At the core of the NewAg business model is the combination of competitive risk-adjusted financial returns with material and verifiable benefits for climate, nature and people.