Simon Winter became SFSA Executive Director in 2017. He joined from TechnoServe, where he had
been SVP, Development in Washington, D.C, and previously led operations in sub-Saharan Africa.
From 2015-2017, Simon was also a Senior Fellow of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at the Harvard
Kennedy School of Government. He is a member of the Griffith Foods Sustainability Advisory Council,
the Dalberg Trust Board, the ACRE Africa Board, and, the TechnoServe, South Africa Board. He is an
adviser to the World Economic Forum’s food and agriculture work, including being an Ambassador
for the Food Innovation Hubs. He is an adviser to the Steering Committee of the Farm to Market
Alliance, where he served as Chair from 2019 to 2023. Past board roles include: Root Capital and a
founding member of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs Steering Committee. His
earlier career included management positions at McKinsey & Co, development consulting, economic
planning for a Ministry in Botswana, and roles on three continents with Barclay’s Bank. A UK citizen,
Simon holds a PhD in Economics from SOAS, London.